Columbia University Athletics

High School: Letterwinner in Track & Field at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire ... 2019 NEPSAC 300IH Champion ... Two-time Outdoor Track & Field captain (2019-20) ... 2019 Phillips Exeter Academy Outdoor MVP ... Owns the school record in the 60m Hurdles.

Personal: Born, Matthew Rugomoka Wabunoha, on Jan. 16, 2002 in New Haven, Connecticut ... Son of Prim Wabunoha ... Has two siblings, James (26) and Andrew (25) ... Parents immigrated from Uganda during the early 1990s ... Can play the saxophone ... Received recruiting attention from fellow Ivy League programs, Penn and Princeton ... Went with Columbia because "it is an ideal place to meet different and exciting people and to grow and learn from those experiences" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Major is currently undecided.

High School Personal Bests:
60m Hurdles (39") - 8.15
60m Hurdles (42") - 8.33
110m Hurdles - 14.32
200m - 22.29
400m - 50.07