User:ZahidMatthews

Zahid Matthews, (Born August 21, 2001) is an American Track & Field Sprinter. He started running Track & field at age 13 where he ran for an AAU Detroit based Track & Field Team named "Detroit Pal/Track Life University" which was coached by Olympic Gold Medalist Darnell Hall. During his time with Track Life University he ran in over 20 meets and earned several medals and earned All City Honors 3 times. Zahid continued his Track & Field career onto high school where he ran for Loyola High School Detroit. At Loyola he won 3 Catholic League Division 3 C&D Championships and was a 4x Region 24 Champion for the 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, and 100m dash; He also was a Michigan Division 3 State Finalist 2 times in his Highschool Career. His Personal Best for the 100m Dash is 10.53, his 200m Personal Best is 21.00, and his 400m Personal Best is 52.34. Matthews graduated from Loyola High School Detroit in June of 2019. Matthews acquired 13 athletic scholarship offers to different Universities and Colleges such as Ohio Dominican University and Spring Arbor University. Ultimately Matthews chose the school that didn’t offer him any scholarship money, which was Alcorn State University. Matthews is currently not running for Alcorn in the upcoming 2020 season however the true freshman will be a participant in the 2021 season for he was redshirted. Matthews grew up on Detroit's Westside on Seven Mile & Evergreen.