Matt McCue

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Iowa City, Iowa
High School:
Iowa City Regional

PERSONAL BESTS

Indoor:

Mile: 4:34.22 (2002)

3,000-Meter: 8:33.25 (2004)

5,000-Meter: 14:59.10 (2003)

Outdoor:

1,500-Meter: 4:11.67 (2003)

3,000-Meter: 8:44.99 (2003)

5,000-Meter: 15:06.64 (2004)

10,000-Meter: 30:38.86 (2003)

2005 Outlook: McCue has a great work ethic that has landed him varsity duty in cross country in the past and hopes to do so again on the track.

2004: An indoor 3,000-meter constant, at the Adidas Classic he set a new personal record by running an 8:33.25 to earn 14th. A week earlier he finished his race at the Air Force Classic in 9:05.69 to garner 11th. During the outdoor season McCue competed in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000-meter distances. He ran a 9:04.03 in the 3,000 at the Potts Invitational finishing third, and then a career-best 15:06.64 in the 5K at the Mt. SAC Relays to earn 29th place. His 10,000 (31:14.66) at the Stanford Invitational was the second-best on the team for the season, as he trailed only All-American Dathan Ritzenhein.

2003: McCue took 15th place in the indoor 3,000-meter at the Air Force Invite (9:08.29) before advancing to the Big 12 Championships and a 42nd place finish (8:51.46). In the 5,000, McCue placed 11th at the Frank Sevigne Invite (14:59.10). During the outdoor season he destroyed his previous indoor 3,000-meter best by nearly 23 seconds with an 8:44.99 for a 21st place showing at the Pepsi Team Invite. McCue also participated in the 5,000-meter at the Big 12 Championships, taking 19th place (15:15.49).

2002: As a freshman he competed indoors in the mile run, and 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs. He ran a 4:34.33 in the mile at the Colorado Invite, while he finished 34th at the Big 12 Championships with an 8:43.44 in the 3,000. His best time in the 5,000 came at the Husker Invite when he clocked a 15:09.88 to finish 13th. During outdoors, he was third at the Colorado Invitational in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:17.2. He also ran the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs outdoors, placing fifth at the Arizona State Invitational in the 3,000 by clocking an 8:48.32.

Cross Country: McCue has run four seasons at CU and lettered in 2003 when he ran in the Big 12 Championships. In 12 career races he has scored in five, as CU’s top runner twice. His best career finish was a runner-up effort at Air Force in 2003.

High School: McCue was part of two track state championship squads and two teams that took cross-country titles. Individually, he set school records in the 1,600 and 3,200-meters, and was a two-time conference champion.

Academics: An English major with a 3.399 grade point average, McCue has spent three semesters on the Dean’s List, seven on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and was named first-team Academic All-Big 12 in 2003.

Personal: Matthew James McCue was born Sept. 11, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa. He is the son of Mike (a former offensive lineman at Colorado State in the 1970s) and Kathy McCue of Iowa City. He is the older brother of 20-year-old Tim (a sophomore at Northern Iowa), Patrick (16) and Sarah (14). His hobbies include reading, cooking and spending time with friends at the Fight Club.