Mateya Haintz

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Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Maple Ridge Secondary School
Hometown:
Pitt Meadows, B.C.

TFRRS Profile

PERSONAL BESTS

Event	Time/Mark	Date/Meet
Weight Throw (I)	18.41m	2/23/2024 at MAC Indoor Champioships
Hammer Throw (O)	60.08m	at MAC Outdoor Champioships

Awards & Honors

First-Team All-MAC (2024)
Academic All-MAC (2024)
MAC Field Athlete of the Week 3/27/2024
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2024)

Bowling Green

2024-25
Indoor

Did Not Compete

2023-24
Indoor

Competed in the weight throw
Placed first in back to back meets, recorded a 55' 5.75" performance at Tom Wright and a 56' 1.75" mark at Falcon Early Bird
Placed fourth at the Bob Park Memorial, recording a 57' 5.75" mark
Recorded a regular season best in the weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet, placing second with a 60' 1.25" mark
Placed fourth in the weight throw at the MAC Indoor Championship, recording a 60' 5" performance
Academic All-MAC

Outdoor

Competed in the hammer throw
Placed in the top three at all six regular season meets, recording a season best in the hammer throw at the Blizzard Buster (195' 0") placing first
MAC Field Athlete of the Week (3/22/24) for her performance in the Blizzard Buster
Placed first in the hammer throw at the MAC Outdoor Championship (191' 9")
Qualified for the NCAA East Round in Lexington, Kentucky placing 16th with a 164' 1" mark
Academic All-MAC
First team All-MAC

2022-23
Indoor

Recorded the team’s seven best marks in the weight throw, including a PR of 18.03m at the Early Bird Open
Earned a spot on the MAC Championship podium with her fifth-place finish (17.44m)
Won the event at the Tom Wright Open with a mark of 17.64m
Academic All-MAC

Outdoor

All-MAC first team (Hammer Throw)
NCAA East Regional qualifier (Hammer Throw)
Won the MAC title in the hammer throw with a mark of 197-1.00 (60.08m), ranking her fourth in program history
Finished in the top three of the hammer throw at all six regular season meets, including the Oliver Nikoloff Invite, where she threw 195-3.00 (59.52m)
Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the hammer throw, exceeding her No. 32 seed and finishing 29^th with a mark of 188-11.00 (57.59m)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2021-22
Indoor

Earned seven of the team’s top eight marks in the weight throw, placing in the top five on four occasions
Finished second at the Akron Invitational (57-8.75) and Chippewa Invitational (56-1.75) while earning third place at the Youngstown Holiday Classic (57-11.75)
Academic All-MAC

Outdoor

Did not compete

Charlotte

Charlotte, N.C.

2020-21 | Sophomore
Indoor

Competed in four meets in the weight throw event
Posted a weight throw of 17.69m (58’-0.50”) at the Gamecock Opener to place second and break the facility record (previously 16.12m)
Placed fifth at the Liberty Elite Invitational with a weight throw of 16.89m (55’-5”)
Posted a season-best weight throw of 17.84m (58’-6.5”) to place third at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
Helped the women’s team to a silver-medal finish at conference after placing eighth in the weight throw with a throw of 16.87m (55’-4.25”)

Outdoor

Competed in nine meets in the hammer throw event
Broke the school record in the hammer with a PR throw of 60.73m (199’-3”) at the 49er Classic to win the event
Placed second in the hammer with a throw of 60.56m (198’-8”) at the Weems Baskin Invitational
Finished second in the hammer at the VertKlasse Meeting with a throw of 57.94m
Won the hammer event at the Gamecock Invitational with a throw of 58.59m (192’-3”)
Placed second in the hammer with a throw of 56.56m (185’-7”)
Posted an event win with a hammer throw of 57.37m (188’-2”) at the Charlotte Invitational
Helped the women’s team to a fourth-place finish at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships after winning silver in the hammer with a throw of 56.79m
Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the hammer and placed 40th with a throw of 56.35m
Second Team All-Conference USA
Spring 2021 Student-Athlete Honors Chancellor's List

2019-20 | Freshman
Indoor

Competed in seven meets in the weight throw event
Ranks fourth in school history after her personal record throw of 18.20m (59’-8.5”) at the Conference USA Championships, which was good for a sixth-place finish and three points to help the women’s team to a bronze medal
Placed second with a throw of 18.16m (59’-7”) at the Hokie Invitational
Was fourth at the JDL Early Bird Invitational after her throw of 16.20m (53’-1.75”)
Finished fifth at the South Carolina Invitational with a throw of 17.49m (57’-4.75”)
Placed fifth at the South Carolina Challenge with a throw of 17.43m (57’-2.25”)
Finished fifth at the Hokie Invitational with a throw of 17.31m (56’-9.5”)

Outdoor

Season canceled due to COVID-19

Maple Ridge Secondary School

Maple Ridge, B.C.

Attended Maple Ridge Secondary School and competed in track & field for the Ridge Ramblers under coach Bradley Graham
Was a team captain as a senior
Three-time provincial high school champion in the hammer throw
Earned a school record in the hammer throw
Also competed in wrestling

Personal

Daughter of Vladimir and Katrina Haintz
Has two younger brothers, Kynan and Ambrose, and two younger sisters, Marquesis and Kaia
Father, Vladimir, is an animator for Disney Studios
Competed for Dynamo Throws Club, Team British Comubia and Team Canada
Won gold medals in the hammer throw at the Canadian U18 and U20 World Championships
Competed for Team Canada at the 2019 U20 Pan American Games in Costa Rica
Currently working on her Master of Business Administration
Earned her Bachelor's of Science in mathematics from BGSU
Aspires to become a teacher or professor in mathematics or business
Favorite athlete is Canadian hammer thrower Adam Keenan
Lists former Gardner-Webb thrower and British Columbia native Natasha Akbarizadeh as her biggest influence, because "she was my training partner since I was 12 years old and just beginning my hammer throw career. She is the kindest person I have ever met and holds herself to incredible values which I can only wish to resemble. She was a great influence to me, at practice and outside of practice. When I was still a youth in sport, she began her NCAA career at Gardner-Webb University. She was always motivated and a great competitor, while also being humble and kind to everyone around her. Even more than a training partner, she felt like an older sister to me growing up in the sport. I have always looked up to her and wished to follow the path which she took in NCAA sports"
Born on February 10, 2001 in Whiterock, British Columbia