Matthew Norton

Photo by: Mackenzie Wilkie / Mean Green Sports

Position:
Distance/XC
Class:
Junior
High School:
Denton HS
Hometown:
Denton, Texas
Prev School:
East Central University

TFFRS Bio (East Central) I TFFRS Bio (UNT)

Personal Bests

1,500 Meters	4:00.70
3,000 Meters	8:43.00
5,000 Meters	15:06.32
6K (XC)	18:32.9
8K (XC)	24:18.4
10K (XC)	35:13.9

2025 Outdoors
Split his time between the 1,500m and 5,000m ... Recorded a seventh-place finish at the Bill Schmidt Invite with a 15:15.57 in the 5,000m ... Clocked a career-best time of 4:00.70 in the 1,500m at the Alumni Muster ... Finished 32nd in the 5,000m at the conference meet.

2025 Indoors
Appeared at two meets in the 3,000m and 5,000m ... Placed 12th in the 5,000m at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a season-best time of 15:35.49 ... Tallied a 19th-place finish in the 5,000m and 34th-place finish in the 3,000m at the conference meet.

2024 Cross Country
Competed at four meets ... Set new personal bests in the 6K and 8K during the season ... Placed 59th at the American Athletic Conference Championship with a time of 26:19.3 in the 8K.

Prior to UNT
Competed in two cross country seasons and one track season for East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma ... Placed ninth in the 5,000m at the 2023 GAC Track & Field Outdoor Championships ... Took 25th at the cross country conference meet ... Advanced to the NCAA Division II Central Region Cross Country Championships as a true freshman in 2022.

High School
Made the all-state team in consecutive years with podium finishes in 2021 (3rd) and 2022 (2nd).