Matthew Sophia Season 2026
Matthew Sophia’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
1x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
2x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
2025 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2024 Dutch Championships Gold Medalist (110-Meter Hurdles)
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week 2x (02/21/23, 04/11/23)
LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 5: Outdoor 110-Meter Hurdles (13.37, 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships)
No. 6: Indoor 60-Meter Hurdles (7.67, 2024 Tyson Invitational)
2025 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Earned Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships after finishing 13th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.53 seconds… qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 110h… at the SEC Outdoor Championships he finished fifth overall in the 110h with a time of 13.41 seconds… took first at LSU Alumni Gold with a wind-aided best of 13.31 seconds in the 110h… finished fourth at the LSU Invitational with a time of 13.39 seconds… clocked a time of 13.46 seconds in the 110h to finish third at the Tom Jones Invitational… opened the season taking third in the 100 meter with 10.60 and second in the 110h with 13.58 seconds at the Lurline Hamilton Invitational… 1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (110h).
2025 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Closed the year taking 12th at the SEC Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.81 seconds… clocked a season-best time of 7.67 seconds in the 60h at the Tyson Invitational to finish second… took second in the 60h at the UNM Collegiate Classic with a time of 7.71@ (adjusted from 7.69 for altitude)… earned second to open the season at LSU Purple Tiger with a time of 7.72 seconds… finished second at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 7.72 seconds in the 60h… earned bronze at LSU Twilight with a time of 7.92 seconds in the 60h.
2024 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Had a yet another great season taking a leap in progression over the 110-meter hurdles… took gold at the Dutch Championships, recording a time of 13.46w seconds in the 110h final… closed out his collegiate campaign earning First Team All-American honors with a PR and No. 4 time on the all-time LSU performance list of 13.37 seconds to finish eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… qualified for the 110h at the NCAA East First Round, clocking a time of 13.40 seconds to advance to the NCAA Championships… finished 13th at the SEC Outdoor Championships in the 110h… finished second at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with a time of 13.64w seconds… placed second at the Keyth Talley Invitational with a time of 13.51w seconds… opened the season taking second at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 13.77 seconds… finished fourth at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 13.57 seconds… ran a time of 13.52w seconds at the LSU Invitational to place fourth… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (110h).
2024 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE)
Finished his second indoor season with a 10th-place finish and a time of 7.90 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships… ran a personal-best time and LSU No. 5 time on the all-time performance list of 7.67 seconds to finish third at the Tyson Invitational… took second at LSU Twilight with a time of 7.74 seconds in the 60h… opened the season with a win over 60h and a time of 7.77 seconds at LSU Purple Tiger… finished third at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a time of 7.75 seconds at altitude… earned a fourth-place finish at the Corky Classic in the 60h with a time of 7.68 seconds at altitude.
2023 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Had a stellar collegiate season to open up his outdoors career at LSU… finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a PR and No. 10 time in LSU performance list history of 13.59 seconds… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 110m hurdles, recorded and all conditions PR of 13.53 seconds (+3.2 m/s) in the opening round… finished top-five in hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships… recorded a 100 meter PR of 10.49 seconds at the LSU Battle on the Bayou… finished second at the Hurricane Invitational in the 110m hurdles to open the season… took fifth in the hurdles at the Texas Relays… finished first at the LSU Lloyd Wills Invitational in the hurdles… recorded a second-place finish in the 110m hurdles at the always loaded LSU Alumni gold… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (110mH)… SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week 1x (04/11).
2023 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Closed out his first indoor season at LSU with an 11th-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships… recorded a 60m hurdle time of 7.73 seconds (7.75 adjusted for altitude), which ranks eighth in LSU performance list history and earned a third-place finish… opened the season with a first-place finish at the LSU Purple Tiger… took fifth at the Razorback Invitational… finished first at the LSU Twilight… SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week 1x (02/21).
PRIOR TO LSU – Kolegio Alejandro Paula
Two-time World Athletics U20 Championships finalist… bronze medalist at the 2022 World U20 Championships in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.34 seconds… two-time European U20 Championships medalist… took silver in the 110m hurdles and 4×100-meter relay at the 2022 Europen U20 Championships… held a PR of 13.15 seconds in the 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) from 2021… in high jump, held a personal-best of 2.05 meters.
PERSONAL
Born on December 17, 2003, in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles… son of Kurt and Gladys Sophia… has one sibling, Withme… plans to pursue a degree in sport administration at LSU.