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2025 Men's Track Roster

Dave Winder, MUR

Matthew Gladieux

  • Position Throws
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown Archbold, Ohio
  • Highschool Archbold

Biography

STATS

2022 - 1st Team All-OVC (Discus) - Outdoor Track

2025:
Only competed in indoor track during the 2025 season... INDOOR: Competed in seven meets throughout the course of the indoor season… scored points in both throws events at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships... earned bronze in the weight throw at the OVC championship with a third place finish on a throw of 57'0.25"... season best weight throw came at the Grand Valley Big Meet with a toss of 59'9.50"... season best shot put mark was at the OVC championship placing fourth with a mark of 52'8.75"...  Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators... 

2024: Competed in indoor and outdoor track track during the 2024 season.... INDOOR: Competed in seven meets during the indoor season... posted two first place finishes in the weight throw during the indoor season, one at the Redbird Tune Up with a mark of 61'6.75" which is also ranked 5th in the EIU record book, and one at the Eastern Illinois Early Bird meet with a mark of 58'7.5"... season best shot put mark was 52'8.75" at the GVSU Big Meet... OUTDOOR... Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season... scored points in three throws events at the OVC Championship... won a gold medal in the OVC Championships in the discus throw with a mark of 175'9" which puts him in seventh place in the EIU history book and serves as his personal best... entered sixth place in the EIU history book in the hammer throw with a personal best distance of 192'5" at the Cougar Classic... season best shot put mark was 50'11" at the OVC Championship...  

2023: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2023 season... INDOOR: Competed in seven meets during the indoor season... scored points in two events as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track Championship squad... placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 54'5.50"... was seventh in the weight throw... season best throw mark was 58'0.25" at the Grand Valley Big Meet, mark ranked tied for tenth on the EIU record book list... OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... scored points in three throws events at the OVC Outdoor Championship... had a podium finish with a bronze medal throw in the discus measuring 164'6"... season best discus throw was 169'5" at the EIU Big Blue Meet... season best hammer throw was 182'8" at the OVC Championship, mark ranked eighth on the EIU record book list... season best shot put mark was 52'8" at the Illini Challenge... 

2022: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2022 season... INDOOR: Competed in six meets during the indoor season... competed in the shot put and weight throw with season best marks in both events coming at the EIU Friday Night... scored points in the shot put with a fifth place finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships... season best shot put mark was 51'1" while season best weight throw was 50'2"... OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season... earned first team All-OVC honors with a gold medal performance in the discus at the OVC Outdoor Championships... had an OVC winning throw of 173'9" which ranked as a season best and and ranked seventh on the EIU career record book... also competed in the hammer throw and shot put... season best hammer throw was 153'7" at the EIU Big Blue Classic... season best shot put was 52'2.75" at the ISU Pacesetter... 

2021: Competed in indoor and outdoor track during the 2021 season... INDOOR: Competed in three meets during the indoor season... competed in shot put and weight throw with season best marks in both events coming at the EIU Friday Night... season best shot put mark was 48'10" while season best weight throw was 50'7.25"... OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season... competed in the discus, hammer and shot put... season best discus was 158'4" at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships... season best hammer throw was 152'11" at the Kentucky Invite... season best shot put mark was 50' at the SIU Bill Cornell... member of OVC Outdoor Championship squad scoring points in the discus... 

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in track at Archbold HS… competed in throws finishing seventh at the OATCCC D2/D3 Indoor State Championships in the shot put as a senior with a throw of 51’5.75”… won the Midwest Indoor Track & Field Championships shot put event as a senior with a season best throw of 53’1.75”… as a junior advanced to the Ohio D2 Regionals in both the shot put and discus as a junior… season best shot put mark as a junior was 50’5.50” while season best discus mark as a junior was 158’3”…

Historical Player Information

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