COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 60m – 7.14, 100m – 11.25, 200m – 22.31, 400m – 48.21, 400mH – 52.24
COLLEGIATE RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (’24)
2024 Outdoor
Season: Ran in the 4x400 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships…Scored two points at the Big Ten Championships on the 4x400 relay team…Set his 400mH PR at UCF.
UCF Knights Invite (3/22-23): Clocked a 52.24 PR in the 400m hurdles in his first outdoor meet as a Nittany Lion…Added a 48.96 mark in the flat 400m. Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Went 52.38 in the 400m hurdles, finishing fifth overall. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (4/25-27): Helped the 4x400m relay team to a seventh-place final standing in 3:08.86…Finished 13th in the conference in the 400m hurldes with a 53.22. NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/5-8): Ran the anchor leg of the Nittany Lions’ 4x400m team that clocked a 3:11.01, placing 23rd in the country.
2024 Indoor
Season: Set his 400-meter PR in his first indoor season with the Nittany Lions.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Clocked a 49.44 in the 400m…Helped his 4x400 squad win the event with a 3:12.72. Penn State National Open (1/26-27): Went 49.28 in the 400m, finishing 13th. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/3): Ran a 48.74 in the 400m, his first sub-49.00 of the season, finishing sixth. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Ran a 48.21 PR in the 400m to place second overall.
BEFORE PENN STATE
2023 Outdoor (at Duquesne)
Season: Set PR in the 400mH at the IC4A/ECAC Championships…Qualified for the finals and finished fourth at the A10 Outdoor Championships.
Robert Morris Mid-Week PR Bonanza (4/5): Set PRs in the 100m (11.25) and 200m (22.31) as he ramped up competition for the postseason. Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Finished ninth in the 400mH with a 54.71. A10 Outdoor Championships (5/6-7): Qualified for the finals in the 400mH where he ran a 53.77 to finish fourth in the conference…Placed ninth in the 4x400, helping his team to a 3:20.54. IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): Set a lifetime-best mark with a 53.61 in the 400mH, good for sixth overall.
2023 Indoor (at Duquesne)
Season: Set PRs in the flat 60 and flat 400 during indoor season.
SPIRE Collegiate Indoor Games 2023 (2/11): Ran 50.23 in the flat 400, finishing eighth with a PR. Akron-Al Campbell Invite (2/17): Clocked a 7.14 in the 60m for 14th…Finished sixth in the 200m with a 22.43.
Attended Hamption High School where he ran track, played football, and played basketball…Qualified for states in the 300mH, triple jump, and 4x400…Three-time First Team All-Conference in football.
PERSONAL
Son of Jacque and Bonnie DeMatteo…Has one sister, Anna…Father, Jacque, played football and baseball at Clarion…enjoys hunting, fishing, mountain biking, and hiking…Studying telecommunications at Penn State…Chose Penn State because “I have always grown up with a Penn State family, having relatives that live in State College, and I have always wanted to compete at the highest level there is. Penn State is at the top in college sports and when I was offered the opportunity to be a part of this university, I couldn’t pass that up. Go State!”