RAIDER SPORTS PROFILES - CLASS OF 2006


MATT COWHEY
Born: August 13, 1987 in Somers Point
Pro team I most root for is: Team Kenya
Sports hero: Haile Gebrselassie
What I like about cross country: the internal sense of achievement
What I’d change about cross country: shorts just aren't short enough
My other high school sports: indoor track, outdoor track
Other sports I enjoy: water polo, bare knuckle boxing
Most memorable sports experience: setting the Ocean City course record for cross 
	country 

Favorite actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Favorite actress: Meryl Streep
All-time favorite movie: “Ali”
Best movie I’ve seen the past year: “The Motorcycle Diaries”
Worst movie I’ve ever seen: “Grind”
I would love to join the cast of this TV show: Entourage
Favorite website: letsrun.com
First concert I attended: B.B. King
Favorite singer: Anthony Kiedis
Favorite group: Ween
My special song: "So What" by Miles Davis

Last book I finished: "The Subterraneans" by Jack Kerouac
Three foods I’d eat all the time: cereal, power bars, pop tarts
Guilty pleasure: dangerously short shorts
If I could visit anyplace it would be: Madagascar

Favorite teacher: Mr. Smith 
What I like most about OCHS: the cozy hospital feeling 
What I would change about OCHS: more TVs in the cafeteria - four isn't enough

What I wanted to be growing up: a comedian 
Favorite lunchbox growing up: My Tom Brokaw lunch pail
My cellphone ringtone: "Give it to Me Baby" by Rick James
Most embarrassing moment: falling down during a race
Causes I most believe in: environment, Relief for Africa, pacifism 
Most treasured possessions: my medallions & trophies
Three non-relatives who have most influenced me: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Steve Prefontaine, 
	Anthony Famiglietti
Best advice from a relative: “No matter what you do in life, be happy” - from my parents  

Colleges I’m considering: UMBC, TCNJ, LaSalle, Villanova
I plan to study: education, history