2023-2024 Women's Track & Field Roster

Kara Templin
Ashley Cefali
Rob Garcia

Darria Matthias

  • Event Sprints
  • Height 5-5
  • Indoor/Outdoor Gr./Gr.
  • Hometown Prospect, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Prev School Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College
  • Major Fashion Styling

Biography

2024: 2024 All-PacWest Second Team (4x100m) ... 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team ... posted indoor season-bests of 7.64 in the 60m at the GVSU Holiday Open and 25.03 in the 200m at the GVSU Big Meet ... delivered outdoor season-bests of 12.04 in the 100m and 24.79 in the 200m at the Hornet Invite.

2023: 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (4x100m) ... 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (4x100m) ... 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (200m) ... 2023 All-PacWest First Team (4x100m) ... 2023 All-PacWest Third Team (100m) ... 2022-23 Academic All-PacWest Team ... posted indoor season-bests of 7.59 in the 60m at the Fastrack Last Chance Meet and 24.32 in the 200m at the Last Chance Indoor National Qualifier ... turned in outdoor lifetime-bests of 11.75 at the Stanford Invite and 1:01.45 in the 400m at the Brutus Hamilton Invite ... delivered an outdoor season-best 24.30 in the 200m at the PacWest Championships.

2022: 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (4x100m) ... 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (4x100m) ... 2022 All-PacWest Third Team (4x100m) ... posted indoor season-bests of 7.61 in the 60m at the Fastrack Last Chance Invite and BU Last Chance Meet as well as 24.85 in the 200m at the BU Last Chance Meet ... turned in outdoor season-bests of 11.81 (w: 2.3) at the PacWest Championships and 24.25 in the 200m at the APU Last Chance Meet.

2021: 2021 USTFCCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (4x100m) ... 2021 USTFCCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (200m) ... 2021 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (100m, 200m, 4x100m) ... 2020-21 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (60m, 200m) ... 2021 All-PacWest Second Team (200m, 4x100m) ... 2021 All-PacWest Third Team (100m, 4x400m) ... posted indoor season-bests of 7.62 in the 60m at the UIndy Last Chance Meet and 26.09 in the 200m at the Indoor Gorilla Classic ... turned in outdoor personal-bests of 11.77 in the 100m and 23.90 in the 200m at the Bryan Clay Invite.

2020: 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America (60m, 200m) ... 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (60m, 200m) ... ran indoor season-bests of 7.56 in the 60m at the Armory Leap Year Invite and 24.39 in the 200m at the Boston Last Chance Meet.

2019: 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-America (60m) ... 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-America (4x100m) ... 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-Region (4x100m) ... 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (60m, 200m) ... 2019 All-PacWest First Team (4x100m), Third Team (100m) ... posted indoor season-bests in the 60m (7.50) at the NCAA DII Indoor Championship and in the 200m (24.74) at the BU Last Chance Meet ... turned in outdoor season-bests in the 100m (11.82) at the PacWest Championship, in the 200m (24.26) at the Oxy Invite, and in the 400m (1:02.2) at the Payton Jordan Invite.

Previous Experience: Matthias is a transfer from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College ... served as team captain and held the 100m and 200m program records at St. Joseph's Convent Kingstown in 2015-16.

Personal: Darria Matthias was born in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ... parents are Melisa Matthias and Andre John ... has one sister, Arriah ... hopes to become a human resource manager or fashion stylist ... favorite movie is Ocean's 8 ... favorite food is burgers ... favorite music is R&B and dancehall ... favorite sports moments was breaking high school records in 2016 ... life hero is her mother ... enjoys listening to music and styling hair ... Fashion Styling major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-2019Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2019-2020Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2020-2021Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2021-2022Junior

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2022-2023Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2023-2024Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'5"