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2005: Earned all-region honors after finishing fifth at the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 5 ... three top ten finishes - against Detroit Mercy finishing 3rd, at Wisconsin-Parkside with a 6th place finish, and at the NCAA Regionals finishing 5th ... best 8k time came at Wisconsin-Parkside with a time of 25:34 ... earned All-America accolades after finishing 30th (24th in team scoring) at the NCAA Championships on Nov. 19.
2004: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic team and the All-GLIAC second team ... had two top 10 finishes - against Detroit Mercy finishing 4th and at Cross Country Nationals with a 6th place finish ... finished 11th at the NCAA Regional, improving his time by over a minute from 2003 and qualifying for the NCAA Championship ... finished with a time of 34:00.1 at the NCAA Championship ... best 8k time came at the GLIAC Championship (26:02.1).
2003: Placed 15th in his first WSU meet, the Seagull Opener in Salisbury, Md. ... best 8k time came at the GLIAC Championship (26:35.3).
Pre-WSU: Attended Macomb Community College for two years ... competed in 2002 for MCC.
High School: A 2001 graduate of Warren Mott ... was a four-year cross country and track letterwinner for the Marauders ... earned all-region, all-county and all-conference honors ... named team MVP, team most improved and most dedicated ... set the school record in the 5k (16:12).
Personal: Full name--Matthew Jonathan Fecht ... born November 17, 1983, in Warren ... son of Mark and Leslie Fecht ... has an older brother, Nick ... is a secondary education major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2004, Winter 2005, and Fall 2005 ... is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
| Matt Fecht's Career Statistics | ||||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Meet | Time | Place | Time | Place | Time | Place |
| Salisbury Opener - 8k | 27:22.68 | 15th | ||||
| Virginia Tech - 6k | 20:15.23 | 16th | ||||
| Iowa - 6k | 19:02 | 20th | ||||
| Detroit Mercy - 4 mile | 21:27 | 32nd | 20:58 | 4th | 20:20 | 3rd |
| Wis.-Parkside - 8k | DNR | 26:11 | 28th | 25:34 | 6th | |
| CC Only Nationals - 8k | 26:19.64 | 6th | ||||
| Louisville Classic - 8k | 29:03.90 | 186th | ||||
| Lehigh/Paul Short - 8k | 27:08.99 | 95th | 25:41 | 143rd | ||
| Bucknell - 8k | 26:53.25 | 49th | ||||
| Michigan Intercollegiate - 8k | DNR | DNR | ||||
| GLIAC - 8k | 26:35.3 | 38th | 26:02.7 | 12th | 28:11.4 | 38th |
| NCAA Regional - 10k | 33:50.1 | 58th | 32:42.37 | 11th | 31:50.3 | 5th |
| NCAA Championship - 10k | DNR | 34:00.1 | 56th | 32:40.1 | 30th | |