Outdoor Track 5/24/2014 5:28:00 PM

Curtis caps career repeating as All-American

Two-time outdoor track All-American Matt Curtis

DELAWARE, Ohio –
During his senior indoor track season, Curtis won the NJAC championship in the 200-meter dash, the 400-meter dash and as the anchor on the 4x200 team, while also anchoring the second-place 4x400 team to earn NJAC Second Team recognition. He was named the Most Outstanding Male Athlete at the NJAC Championships, was a four-time NJAC Track Athlete of the Week and a three-time ECAC Metro Track Athlete of the Week.

As a junior during the 2012-13 scholastic year, Curtis earned NJAC First Team honors and the ECAC championship in the 400-meter dash during indoor track season, while also adding NJAC Honorable Mention with the 4x200 relay team. He won the Most Outstanding Male Athlete honor at the NJAC Indoor Championships for the first of two straight years, while also capturing five honors as the conference's Track Athlete of the Week.

During his junior outdoor season, he was the NJAC champion in the 400-meter dash and captured NJAC Honorable Mention (third place) in the 400-meter hurdles. He earned two honors as the NJAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.

He capped his junior track seasons with All-American recognition in the 400-meter dash (indoor) and 400-meter hurdles (outdoor).

As a sophomore during the 2011-12 indoor track season, Curtis was a two-time NJAC Track Athlete of the Week, and he went on to capture his first NJAC title and All-Conference First Team honor during outdoor season in the 400-meter hurdles. That spring he was a three-time NJAC Track Athlete of the Week and closed his season appearing in his first NCAA Championship in the 400 hurdles.

Curtis was a NJAC Outdoor Track Rookie of the Week on April 25, 2011 as a freshman.

Curtis was named the Rutgers-Camden outdoor track MVP as a junior and a senior, while capturing indoor track MVP honors during his sophomore and junior seasons. He also earned a pair of honors as the outdoor track team's Most Dedicated athlete (freshman and sophomore years) and captured a similar honor during his sophomore indoor season.

Curtis leaves Rutgers-Camden holding 10 track records, including five in indoor track at 200, 400 and 500 meters and on the 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams. In outdoor track, Curtis holds program marks at 200 and 400 meters, as well as records with the 4x100, 4x400 and the spring medley team.

400-meter hurdles final
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