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University of Montevallo Athletics

2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

Michael Wade

Matthew Bradbury

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bear Creek, Alabama
  • High School Phillips High School

Biography

2023-24 (GRAD STUDENT)
Outdoor:
Competed in five meets during the 2023-24 outdoor season. Bradbury set a personal record in the javelin with a distance of 39.27 meters at the Falcon Classic. In the same meet, he placed second in the hammer throw with a distance of 45.71 meters. Had a fourth place finish in the discus throw with a distance of 3903 meters. 
Indoor: Competed in five meets during the 2023-24 indoor season. Bradbury posted a personal best and had his top finish of second place in the shot put with a throw of 14.64 meters. The mark of 14.64 meters would break the school record. At the GSC Championships, Bradbury would post finishes of fourth in the shot put with a distance of 14.20 meters and seventh in the weight throw with a distance of 14.98 meters. 

2022-23 (SENIOR)
Indoor-
competed in eight events during the 2022-23 indoor season ... Placed top-5 in the weight throw at the Emory Crossplex Showdown 2023, the 2023 KMS Invitational, and the Gulf South Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Outdoor- competed in 13 events during the 2022-23 outdoor season and at the Samford Alabama Track Challenge 2023, Bradbury set a PR in shot put with a distance of 12.92 meters and in the weight throw with a mark of 49.96 meters. 

2021-22 (JUNIOR)
Indoor – Recorded a PR in Weight Throw with a mark of 15.68m to take 5th place at the GSC Championships...

Outdoor – Recorded a personal best mark in the hammer throw during the UAB Gold and Green Invite with a 45.52m mark to take 11th … 
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
Indoor – Notched a top five finish in the weight throw at the Samford January Open, coming in fifth with a 14.10m mark … Recorded multiple career bests during the GSC Indoor Championships including a PR in the shot put (12.67, 9th) and the weight throw (14.75m, 4th) … Tabbed for the 2020-21 GSC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Was named a USTFCCCA All-Region honoree.

Outdoor – Recorded a personal best mark in the hammer throw during the Falcon Classic with a 43.52m mark to take sixth … Saw his highest finish of the season at the UAB Spring invite with a fifth place finish in the hammer throw … Completed a career high mark in the discus with a 42.73m mark at the GSC Championships to finish seventh … Was named to the 2021 GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll

2019-20 (FRESHMAN)
Indoor- Participated in four meets during the 2019-20 indoor season … Set two new PR’s during the year one in the weight throw (12.91m) at KMS Invitational and the other in the Shot Put (10.82m)... Named to GSC Academic Honor Roll.  

PRIOR TO MONTEVALLO
Competed at Phillips High School under coaches Chris Gillum and Braxton Pitts ... 2018 state discus champion.

PERSONAL
Major: Political Science

Parents: Mark and Cheri Atkins

Siblings: Larry Bradbury, Jerry Bradbury, Travis Channell, Nick Atkins, Lucas Atkins
Rebecca Bradbury, Emily Bradbury, Allison Robinson, and Anna Lawerence

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Graduate Student