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Zach Herriott

Cross Country/Distance
Position
Junior
Class
Kansas City, Mo.
Hometown
Oklahoma
High School
Zach Herriott - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

All-ACC
2014 Cross Country
2016 Cross Country

NCAA East Preliminary Qualifier
2015: 10,000m
2014: 10,000m

USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Southeast Region
2016
2015
2014
2013

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

2016 CROSS COUNTRY
• Placed 53rd at NCAA Championships, second for UVA
• Top finisher for UVA at NCAA Southeast Regional Champs, placing ninth for All-Southeast Region honors
• Finished 12th at ACCs to earn all-conference honors
• Crossed the line ninth at Penn State National Open

2016 OUTDOOR
• Did not compete

2016 INDOOR
• Placed 10th in 5,000m at ACC Championships
• Won 5,000m at Thomas Terrier Invitational in PR of 13:57.60, which ranks third on UVA’s all-time list
• Recorded PR in 3,000m of 8:10.47 at Fastrack National Qualifier

2015 CROSS COUNTRY
• Earned all-region honors, placing 17th at NCAA Southeast Regional
• Placed 171st at NCAA Championships
• Finished 68th at ACC Championships
• Placed 10th at Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational, fourth for UVA

2015 OUTDOOR
• Finished 14th in the 10000m at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds
• Finished 4th in the 10000m at the ACC Championships
• Season-best time of 29:08.17 in the 10000m ranks third all-time at Virginia
• Had a season-best time of 14:17.03 in the 5000m

2015 INDOOR
• Did not compete

2014 CROSS COUNTRY
• All-ACC with 18th place finish at ACC Championships
• Earned All-Southeast Region honors with an 11th place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional
• Virginia’s top finisher (81st) at the NCAA Championships
• Finished seventh at the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational
• Finished 25th at the University of Washington Invitational

2014 OUTDOOR TRACK
• Finished 24th in the 10000m at the NCAA East Preliminaries
• Finished 10th in the 10000m and 27th in the 5000m at the ACC Championships
• Season-best 29:45.35 in the 10000m was the second-best freshman time in school history

2014 INDOOR TRACK
• Finished 7th in the 3000m and 12th in the 5000m at the ACC Championships
• Season-best 14:21.43 in the 5000m is the eighth-best time in school history

2013 CROSS COUNTRY
• Earned All-Southeast Region honors with an 18th place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional
• Finished 29th at the ACC Championships
• Finished 93rd at the NCAA Championships

AT OKLAHOMA

2013 INDOOR TRACK
• Competed in the 3000m at the Nittany Lion Challenge and Tyson Invitational

2012 CROSS COUNTRY
• Did not compete

BACKGROUND
• 2010 & 2011 Missouri Gatorade Runner of the Year
• Named a 2011 Nike Cross Nationals All-American after he finished ninth at the NXN Championships with a 15:37.29 effort in the 5K
• 2010 Missouri Cross Country State Champion
• A three-time track All-State selection

PERSONAL
• Son of Mark Herriott, Susan Horton and Kim Herriott
• Has a younger sister, Morgan