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Matthias Cannon Season 2019

ClassFreshman
HometownGlen Allen, Va.
High SchoolDeep Run

2022 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2022 Indoor: Did not compete.

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021 Indoor: Did not compete.

2020 Indoor: Turned in a time of 1:54.89 in the 800 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Finished with a time of 1:54.04 in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic.

2019 Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500-meter race at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, running the event in a time of 3:49.54 … Came in seventh in the 1,500 at the ACC Championships with a personal-best time of 3:45.99 … Won the 1,500 at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a time of 3:47.95 … Was third in the 1,500 at the Duke Invitational, running the distance in a time of 3:50.89 … Came in 12th in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 3:49.07 … Ran the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays in a time of 14:40.56.

2019 Indoor: Ran unattached in the mile at the Doc Hale Elite meet and came in second with a time of 4:15.03 … Ran unattached in the 800 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet was was third with a time of 1:52.35 … Ran unattached in the 3,000 at the Hokie Invitational and finished fourth with a time of 8:28.26 … Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational and was eighth with a time of 2:31.61.

High school: Won the state championship in the 3,200 at the Class 5A state championship outdoor meet as a senior with a time of 9:24.86 … Finished third in the 1,600-meter run at that same meet and also ran the anchor leg on Deep Run’s 4x800-meter relay team that won the silver medal at that meet … Won two state championships at the Virginia Class 5A indoor state championship meet in 2018 … Won the state title in the 1,600 with a time of 4:23.55 and was the anchor on the 4x800-meter relay team the won the state crown with a time of 8:01.49 … Finished second in the 3,200 at the Class 5A state indoor meet in 2018, running the event in a time of 9:23.63.

Personal: Born Jan. 2, 2000 in Heidelberg, Germany … Son of Jemal and Angela Cannon … Has four siblings … Major is biology.

Cannon's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

800m — 1:52.35, Doc Hale Elite Meet (2019)
1,000m — 2:31.61, Virginia Tech Invitational (2019)
Mile — 4:15.03, Doc Hale Elite Meet (2019)
3,000m — 8:28.26, Hokie Invitational (2019)

italics = unattached

1,500m — 3:45.99, ACC Championships (2019)
5,000m — 14:40.56, Raleigh Relays (2019)