| Matt H. Miller |
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Cross Country: Did not compete in a race in 2010 ... in 2009, earned first-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors ... finished 23rd at the Stanford Invitational ... competed in five races for the Bears in 2008 ... highest showing was a third-place finish at the season-opening USF Invitational ... took 65th at the Pac-10 Championships and gained national experience running at the NCAA meet, where he covered the 10,000-meter distance in 33:16.8 to finish 248th ... chosen to the Pac-10 All-Academic second team ... redshirted his first season with the Bears. Track: Set a PR of 14:34.48 in the 5000 meters at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational ... Cal's only 10K runner during the year, finishing a PR 30:59.48 at Stanford ... also 16th in the 10,000 at the Pac-10 Championships ... in 2010, ran 14:52.19 in the 5000 meters at the SFSU Distance Carnival ... set a PR in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:01.31 at the Cal Outdoor Opener in '09 ... later ran a career-best 8:39.73 in the 3000 at the Big Meet ... best indoor performance came in the 5000 at the MPSF championships (14:35.32). High School: Recorded times of 4:33 in the 1600 meters and 9:39 in the 3200 ... three-year letterman in cross country ... scholar-athlete and member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born Aug. 23, 1989, in Laguna Hills, Calif. ... parents are Stephen and Birget Miller ... tore an ankle ligament following the 2007 cross country season and redshirted in track in 2008 ... hobbies include rock climbing and playing the guitar ... political economy and business administration double major.