2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Matthew DeRoos
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oceanside, Calif.
- High School:
- Tri-City Christian
2021
Competed unattached in one meet for the Bruins as he recovered from injury … Ran unattached in the 100m at Rafer/JJK, finishing fifth overall with a time of 11.26.
2020
Indoor: Finished his indoor season at the MPSF Championships, where he scored for the Bruins in the long jump (5th place) with a career-best leap of 7.41m (24-03.75) … Notched a personal-best time of 6.86 in the 60m dash at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Also competed in the triple jump (14.47m, 47-05.75) and long jump (6.96m, 22-10.00), finishing 13th and 14th in the events, respectively … Finished seventh in the triple jump at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a lifetime-best jump of 14.65m (48-00.75) … Opened his season with a triple at the UW Preview, competing in the long jump (5th), triple jump (8th), and 60m (9th).
2019
Took part in eight meets during the season … Indoor: PR’ed in the 60m at the Don Kirby Invitational with a time of 7.12 … Finished 13th in the long jump at the MPSF Indoor Championships, posting 6.81m (22-4.25) … Outdoor: PR’ed in the 100m at the Jim Bush Legends Invitational with a time of 10.97 … PR’ed in the long jump vs. USC with an effort of 7.32m (24-0.25) to place third … Took second in the triple jump at USC with 13.90m (45-7.25) … Posted an outdoor PR in the triple jump at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing seventh with a mark of 14.15m (46-5.25) … Also competed in the long jump, placing 11th … Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2018
As a true freshman, competed in seven outdoor meets and one outdoor meet ... Primarily participated in the long jump, but also ran in a 4X100 relay and competed once in the high jump ... Best long jump of the year came at the Aztec Invite on Mar. 24, where he had a top mark of 7.25m (23-9.5) ... Was the 14th place finisher at the Pac-12 Championships, logging a top mark of 6.84m (22-5.25).
High School
Four-year letter-winner in track and field and three-year letter-winner in basketball at Tri-City Christina High School in Oceanside, Calif. … Competed in the long jump, triple jump, 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay in high school … Named the Pacific League Field MVP his sophomore, junior, and senior years … San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic Team Captain 2016-17 … CIF San Diego Champion in triple jump in 2015-17 and long jump in 2016-17 … Took fifth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump at CIF State Championships in 2016 … Placed second in the long jump at the CIF State Championships in 2017 … First-team All-CIF San Diego accolades in 2015-17 … Set high school personal bests of 24-05.50 (long jump), 47-02.50 (triple jump), and 11.04 (100m).
Personal
Son of parents Gary and Teresa DeRoos … Has one younger sister, Christine … Decided to attend UCLA because of the amazing coaches, people, academics, and facilities … Lists his greatest athletic thrill as posting 24-04.00 in the long jump coming off a partially torn hamstring and sitting out half his senior year … Enjoys surfing, gaming, playing basketball, going to the beach, hanging out with friends, and watching movies … Loves to film and video edit in his free time … Admires horizontal jumpers Luvo Manyonga, Will Claye, and Christian Taylor … Plans to major in Business Economics and wants to start his own business.
