Matt Lahti Class: Junior Hometown: Murrieta, Calif. High School: Murrieta Valley HS Event: Throws

UCI:

2009: Finished 15th of 29 in the hammer throw with a mark of 192-4 at the NCAA Championships...won the hammer throw at the Big West Championships with a mark of 194-4...placed fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 187-8 at the Asics/Steve Scott Invitational...won the hammer throw with a lifetime best mark of 203-0 for the third-best showing in school history at the Big West Challenge Cup...placed twelfth in the hammer throw at 180', 1" at the Mt Sac Relays...placed seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 190-9 at the Texas Relays...placed sixth at 151-7 in the discus at the UCI Spring Invitational. He also placed fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 162-3 at the same event...won twice for the placing first in the discus throw (151-7) and in the hammer throw (178-1) at the All UC Meet.

2008: Recorded a mark of 192-3 at the Oxy Invitational to qualify for NCAA West Regional, this was the fourth best mark in UCI history... named Big West Field Athlete of the Week May 18^th...finished second in Hammer throw (174-7 ¼) at Cal Poly Invitational, finished fifth in Shot Put (46-7 ¼)... finished second in Hammer throw (174-1) at Big West Challenge Cup...finished seventh in Hammer throw (182-3) at Asics/Steve Scott Invitational and eighth in Discus (153-1)... finished eleventh in Hammer throw (180-9) at Triton Invitational... finished twenty ninth in Hammer (174-4) at NCAA West Regional.