Matthew Bigelow

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Carterville, Ill.

TFRRS Bio

2017-18
All-MVC, Heptathlon
All-MVC, Decathlon
Outdoor: Scored a personal-best 6660 points in the decathlon at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championship (5/14) to finish third and earn his second All-MVC honor of his career … Set PRs in five events and finished no worse than fifth in any of the 10 events at the MVC Outdoor Championships … Recorded six top-10 finishes across seven events … Threw the javelin 136’-6” (41.61m) at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/24) to finish fourth.
Indoor: Set PRs in 6 of 7 events at the 2018 MVC Indoor Championships to take second in the heptathlon and scored 5258 points, the most by a Saluki at the conference meet since 2012 … Twice ran 8.80 in the 60m hurdles … Clocked a personal-best in the 60m dash at 7.12 at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3) … Cleared 6’-.75” (1.85m) in the high jump at the Illini Open (1/13).

2016-17
Outdoor: Finished ninth in the decathlon at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) with 5933 points…Bigelow’s 5933 points were the most in the event by a Saluki at the MVC Championships since Matthew Rives scored 6233 points in 2008…Set personal-bests in five of 10 decathlon events at the conference meet…Ran a leg of the 4x400 relay that took seventh at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Placed fourth in the high jump at the Kansas Relays (4/22) with a personal-best clearance of 6’-1.25” (1.86m)...Competed in 12 total events during the outdoor season.
Indoor: Did not compete (redshirt).

2015-16
Outdoor: Redshirted.
Indoor: Scored team points with an eighth place finish in the heptathlon at the MVC Indoor Championships...Set personal-bests in the pole vault, 60m, and shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished third in the heptathlon at the Don DeNoon Invitational..Placed fifth in the long jump at the EIU Friday Night Special...Competed in six indoor meets.

2014-15
MVC Honor Roll
Competed in seven different events, including the decathlon during the outdoor season...Ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the Bill Cornell SC, helping SIU to a fourth-place finish...Took fourth in the decathlon at the Big Blue Classic with a personal-best mark of 5,035...Competed in five events during the indoor season, including the heptathlon...Helped 4x400-meter relay team to a runner-up finish at the Saluki Fast Start Meet...Finished fifth in the heptathlon at the SIU Invitational with a score of 3,928.

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner for Carterville's track and field team, while also lettering all four years in basketball, three years in cross country and one year in football...Six-time state qualifier, qualifying twice in the 4x100m.

Personal
Born Jan. 4, 1996 in Montgomery, Alabama...Son of Reed and Mary Bigelow...Father, Reed, is retired from the military and his mother, Mary, is an optometrist...Majoring in sports administration.