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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Nelagh Matthews

  • Position S/H
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Junior
  • High School Metuchen
  • Hometown Metuchen, NJ

Biography

Matthews' College-Best Times

National/Regional Honors
Indoor -
All-East, 4x400m relay (2025)
Outdoor - All-East, 4x400m relay (2025)

2024-25: Ran a personal-best 300m time of 43.83 at the Rutgers Holiday Classic...clocked a personal-best 400m time of 1:00.86 at the Fastrack National Invite...set the school record in the 60m hurdles with a personal-best time of 9.13 at the America East Indoor Championships...finished fourth in the 4x400m relay at AE indoors (3:50.40) and the ECAC Indoor Championships (3:51.94)...posted a personal-best 100m hurdles time of 15.01 at the Monmouth Season Opener...recorded a personal-best 400m hurdles time of 1:05.87 at the Sam Howell Invite...delivered a personal-best 200m time of 26.31 at the Bucknell Bison Invite...finished seventh in the 4x400m relay (3:56.41) at the America East Outdoor Championships.

2023-24: Posted personal-best times in the 60m (8.16) and 60m hurdles (9.41) at the Mets Indoor Championships...clocked a personal-best 200m time of 27.32 at the Fastrack National Invite...recorded personal-best times in the 100m hurdles (15.80) and 400m hurdles (1:06.97) at the Monmouth Track & Field Season Opener...finished seventh in the 4x100m relay (49.58) at the America East Outdoor Championships.

Prior to NJIT: 2023 Greater Middlesex County Scholar Athlete of the Year...2023 NJ Group I indoor state champion in the 55m...placed second in the HS girls DMR at the Penn Relays (400m leg)...placed third at 2022 Nike Indoor Nationals in the DMR (400m leg).

Personal: Nelagh Carmel Matthews...daughter of Craig & Dana Matthews...Civil Engineering major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    S/H
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    S/H
    5'2"
  • 2025-26Junior

    S/H
    5'2"