Matthias Treff

  • Matthias
  • Treff

  • Event
    Throws
  • Class
    r-Senior
  • High School/Other
    Sportgymnasium Halle
  • Hometown
    Burgthann, Germany

Updated: July 20, 2013

2013 Outdoor: Earned second team All-America honors in the javelin with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Championship (217-6, 66.29m) ... Became the first male javelin thrower in ACC history to win four ACC championships in a career ... Won the event by breaking his own meet record with his first throw that was 249-1 (75.92m) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship on his final throw at the NCAA East prelims (229-0, 69.80m) ... ACC All-Academic Team ... VaSID Academic All-State Team.

2013 Indoor: Did not compete.

2012 Outdoor: Placed third in the javelin throw at the NCAA Championship with a season best mark of 248-9 (75.83m) … Earned first team All-America honors … Won his third career ACC title in the javelin throw on his sixth and final attempt with an ACC Championship meet record mark of 245-0 (74.68m) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship with a runner-up finish at the East Prelims (240-10, 73.41m) ... Won the javelin at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invitational (242-10, 74.02m).

2012 Indoor: Did not compete.

2011 Outdoor: Set the school and all-time ACC record in the javelin (255-6, 77.88m) as the runner-up at the NCAA Championships, earning his first career All-America honor … Won his second career ACC javelin title (239-6, 73.01m) ... Named to the ACC All-Academic Team and to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Competed at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China in the javelin, finishing seventh in his flight with a throw of 221-11 (67.66m).

2011 Indoor: Redshirted.

2010 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2010 Indoor: Competed in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships.

2009 Outdoor: Captured the ACC crown in the javelin with a toss of 239-10 in first competition of the year … Took third in the NCAA East Regional’s javelin throw with a launch of 212-10 … Suffered elbow injury which forced him to miss the NCAA Championships … Member of USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic squad … Named to All-ACC academic team.

2009 Indoor: Did not compete.

High School: Took seventh in the javelin at the Under-18 World Championships in 2005 in Marrakech, Morocco … Held a prep best in the javelin throw of 232-2.

Personal: Born Feb. 27, 1988 in Nuremberg, Germany … Son of Siegfried and Andrea Treff … Has one sister, Kathrin … Majoring in industrial systems engineering.

Treff's Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Outdoor
JT: 255-6 (77.88m)-SR