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2024 Cross Country Roster

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Drew Zink

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sherrills Ford, N.C.
  • High School Lincoln Charter School

Biography

Drew's Career Performances: TFRRS | Drew Zink – Track and Field Results & Statistics

2024 Outdoor:
Appeared in two meets, competing in the 5000m
Set a season-best time in the event at the Catamount Classic with a time of 15:29.96
Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll


2023-24 Indoor:
Appeared in three meets, competing in the 1000m, the mile, and the 3000m
Set a PR in the 3000m during the Clemson Invitational with a time of 8:51.65
Set PRs in the 1000m and the mile during the Brant Tolsma Invitational with finishes of 2:38.90 and 4:25.00 respectively


2023 Cross Country: Competed in all four races during fall season… posted eighth place finish at Young Harris Invitational with 18:52.5 in the 6k… added a 26:10.2 in the Live in Lou Classic… posted a personal record of 25:48.3 in the Upstate Invitational… finished fall with team-best 25:49.5 in the SoCon Championships as he finished 21st in the event…

2022 Outdoor Track
  • Competed in four meets
  • Finished third in the 5,000-meter run at the Catamount Classic in a personal best 15:18.52
  • Recorded season best times of 4:08.58 in the 1,500-meter run and 32:36.08 in the 10,000-meter run
2022 Indoor Track
  • Competed in two meets
  • Ran a personal best 8:53.02 in the 3,000-meter run at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
2021 Cross Country
  • Competed in four meets
  • Recorded an 8K personal best time of 26:35.90 at the Alexander Invitational
  • Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship, posting a personal best 10K time of 32:42.50
2021 Outdoor
  • Competed in four meets
  • Ran a personal best 10:11.78 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting to finish in seventh place
  • Recorded an outdoor personal best time of 2:00.86 in the 800-meter run
  • Logged an outdoor personal best 15:38.39 in the 5,000-meter run at the Southern Conference Championship
2021 Indoor
  • Competed in three meets
  • Ran a leg of the distance medley relay at the Southern Conference Championship
  • Completed the 5,000-meter run at the SoCon Championship in a personal best 15:23.67
  • Recorded a season best time of 4:28.29 in the mile at the Darius Dixon Invitational
2020 Cross Country
  • Finished as WCU’s top runner at both meets
  • Opened his collegiate career with a 16th-place finish at the Mercer Invitational, finishing with a time of 27:50
  • Recorded a personal-best time of 27:23 at the SoCon Championship

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

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  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Junior

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  • 2023Senior

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  • 2024Graduate Student

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