| Matt Esche |
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 | Hometown:
Waukesha, WI
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| High School:
West
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| Height / Weight:
6-1 / 156
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2006 -- Indoor - placed 20th in 5,000 meters (14:57.93) at Big Ten Championships... Outdoor - ran collegiate-best 5,000 meters (14:12.07), which ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time best performers list... placed 10th in 5,000 meters (14:26.04) at Big Ten Championships... runner-up in 3,000 meters (8:19.99) at Musco Twilight VIII... letterwinner.
2005 -- Indoor - ran 4:26.39 mile at Iowa Open... Outdoor - placed fourth in 5,000 meters (15:00.06) at Tom Botts Invite... Cross Country - placed 17th at NCAA regional (31:27), earning all-region honors... placed 21st at Big Ten Championships (25:04)... placed 24th at Murray Keatinge Invite with season-best 8,000 meters (24.52)... ran season-best 31:03 in 10,000 meters at NCAA Championships, placing 85th... placed 25th (24:56) at Griak Invite and 88th (25:06) at NCAA Pre-Nationals... letterwinner.
2004 -- Indoor - led team in 3,000, two miles and 5,000 meters... placed ninth in 3,000 meters with a collegiate-best 8:17.28 at Big Ten Championships... ran collegiate-best mile (4:17.74) at Gold Country Classic... best 5,000-meter time ranks fourth and best 3,000-meter time ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time bests list... Outdoor - led team in 5,000 and 10,000 meters... qualified for regional meet in 5,000 meters (14:15.73) at Stanford Invite... placed ninth in 5,000 (14:32.19) and 10th in 10,000 meters (30:08.82) at Big Ten meet... the 10,000 meter time ranks ninth on Iowa's all-time bests list... placed 21st in 5,000 meters (15:09.37) at regional meet... letterwinner... Cross Country - competed in all eight races... led team in 6,000 meters (18:45) and five miles (24:30.60)... placed 12th at NCAA regional (30:58.08), earning all-region honors... placed 18th at Big Ten Championships (24:49) and 62nd at NCAA Championships (32:38)... first Hawkeye to cross finish line in first four races... won Hawkeye Invite (18:45) and placed third at Murray Keatinge Invite (24:30.60)... letterwinner.
2003 -- Indoor - placed seventh in 5,000 meters at Big Ten Championships (14:28.23) and Iowa State Classic (14:19.44)... led team in that event... Outdoor - redshirted... Cross Country - all-region selection, placing 10th at NCAA regional (31:26)... placed 27th at Big Ten Championships (25:02) and 59th (24:37) at Pre-National Invite... letterwinner.
2002 -- Indoor - led team in 3,000 meters (8:18.76)... ran season-best mile (4:18.40) at Meyo Invite... Outdoor - led team in 5,000 meters (14:17.18)... placed 11th in 1,500 meters with collegiate-best 3:54.03 at Musco Twilight IV... letterwinner... Cross Country - all-region selection, placing fifth at NCAA regional with a collegiate-best and school-record setting 30:10.15... placed 75th at NCAA Championships (31:06.9)... led team in five of seven meets... placed third at Iowa State Open (25:19), 14th at Roy Griak Invite (24:47.1) and 20th at Pre-National Invite (24:32)... letterwinner.
2001 -- Cross Country - redshirted.
High School -- all-American, placing 15th (15:21) at Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships... placed seventh (15:18) at Foot Locker regional, earning first team all-Midwest honors... placed 10th in two miles (9:14) at Adidas National track meet... cross country state champion as a junior and runner-up as senior... two-time first team all-state in cross country and three-time in track... two-time conference and sectional cross country champion... three-time regional and sectional 3,200-meter champion... conference champion in indoor and outdoor 3,200 meters, and in outdoor 1,600 meters... set school records in cross country (15:18), indoor 3,200 meters (9:19), outdoor 3,200 meters (9:10) and as a member of 6,400-meter relay (18:19)... cross country team captain and team MVP in cross country and track as a senior... coaches were Al Sapa, Bo Ellis, Don Czarapata and Shawn Thelitz.
Personal -- born December 23, 1982... son of Phil and Jeanne Esche... his sister, Molly, runs on the Iowa women's track and cross country team... open major.
Esche's Collegiate Bests
| Event | Time | Meet | Date |
| 1,500 meters (O) | 3:54.03 | Iowa Musco Twilight IV | 5/4/02 |
| Mile (I) | 4:17.74 | at Gold Country Classiconal | 1/24/04 |
| 3,000 meters (I) | 8:17.28 | at Big Ten Championships | 2/28/04 |
| Two Miles (I) | 9:03.82 | Hawkeye Invite | 1/17/04 |
| 5,000 meters (O) | 14:12.07 | at Drake Relays | 4/27/06 |
| Five Miles (CC) | 24:30:60 | at Murray Keatinge | 9/25/04 |
| 8,000 meters (CC) | 24:32 | Pre-National Invitational | 10/19/02 |
| 10,000 meters (O) | 30:08.82 | Big Ten Championship | 5/14/04 |
| 10,000 meters (CC) | 30:10.15 | NCAA Midwest Regional | 11/16/02 |
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