2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Kevin L. Dorsey
Kevin Dorsey

Matthew Swepson

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Durham, N.C.
  • High School Research Triangle HS

Biography

Career Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7779072/NC_Central/Matthew_Swepson.html

2024-25 - GRADUATE SEASON
  • Named Outstanding Field Performer at the 2025 MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships after competing and earning points in four events
  • Won two bronze medals at the 2025 MEAC Outdoor T&F Championships. Finished third in the javelin throw (52.17m) and hammer throw (46.95m), earning All-MEAC Third team
  • CSC Academic All-District Team honoree
  • MEAC All-Academic Team selection
  • Awarded the Eagle Excellence honor for the men's track & field program at the 2025 NCCU Eddie Awards
  • Finished 42nd for the men's javelin throw on the Southeast region Outdoor performance list (53.07m)
2023-24 - SENIOR SEASON
  • Awarded the Eagle Excellence Academic honor for men's track & field by the NCCU Athletic Department.
2022-23 - JUNIOR SEASON
  • Named the Outstanding Field Performer at the MEAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
  • All-MEAC Third Team - Outdoor (Hammer).
  • Collected two medals at the MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Swepson earned silver for men's javelin throw (55.61m) and bronze for men's hammer throw (49.00m).
  • Selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
  • Named the Student-Athlete of the Month in May.
  • Honored with the Eagle Excellence Academic Award for track & field by NCCU's Athletic Department.
2021-22 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
  • Earned a bronze medal and set a new career mark in the men's shot put with a 15.68-meter toss at the 2022 MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships.
  • Picked up four medals at the MEAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, including his lone silver medal in the men's javelin throw with a career-best mark of 56.56 meters. Also set a personal-best in the hammer throw with a 45.22m heave to place third. His other two bronze medals came in the discus and shot put, posting distances of 45.31m and 15.21m, respectively. His 26-point performance garnered him the Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award, the first Eagle to do so in the Division I era.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE HIGH SCHOOL
  • Won the 2018 1A state championship in the discus with a throw of 140'9".

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

  • 2024-25Graduate Student