2023 Cross Country Roster Choose a Player: Akers, Austin Baedke, Delilah Berryhill, Libby Blazo, Madelyn Brown, Cooper Burnett, Owen Christians , Leah Clarke, Lauren Coppola, Kayla Dalbec, Eowyn Federici, Juliana Frankel, Riley Gilman, Reagan Goll , Oscar Holtzen, Ryker Holzworth, Brooke Ilyasova, Henry Knapp, Enzo Knueppel, Tristan McIntyre, Gus Nedrow, Riley Newton, Abby Norman, Mason Rodgers, Josh Sawvel, Mackenzie Simshauser, Kylie Slichko, Rozlyn Smith, Ryann Stafford, Baylee Steiner, Albert Stephen, Trevor Uhre, Hailey Wetzel, Asefa White, Jacob Whitman, Abigail Willis, Mady Wolf, Keely Zastrow, Mac Zraik, Nina Zydek, Connor Go Profile Stats Profile Redshirt Junior Class Wheaton, Ill. Hometown Wheaton North HS High School Connor Zydek Redshirt Junior Class Wheaton, Ill. Hometown Biography Summary Biography Honors: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020) 2022-23 Best for Indoor Track and Field 2022 5000m - 14:25.76 Best for Outdoor Track and Field 2023 10,000m - 32:45.12 2021-22 Cross Country: Competed in four races on the season for the Cowboys… Finished 41st at the Wyoming Invitational clocking a 5k time of 16:13.3… Competed in the open race at the FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals finishing 56th with an 8k time of 25:30.2… Competed at the Mountain West Championships finishing in 61st… Excelled in the classroom as well earning Academic All-Mountain West Honors. Indoor Track & Field: Competed at two meets during the season… Earned a ninth-place finish in the 3000M at the Potts Invitational clocking a time of 8:56.11… Finished 50th amongst a very competitive field in the 5000M at the Husky Classic clocking a very impressive time of 14:25.76 moving into ninth all-time in program history in the event. Outdoor Track & Field: Did not compete during the season 2020-21 Cross Country: Recorded a time of 19:50.7 at the CSU Dual Meet finishing 25th overall and 11th for the Cowboys… At the MW Championships he placed 45th overall and sixth for the Cowboys. Indoor Track & Field: Did not compete during the season Outdoor Track and Field: His best performance of the season came at the Jack Christiansen Invite where he finished 15th in the 5000M with a season best time of 14:59.40… Clocked a time of 8:40.03 in the 3000M at the CU Invite to finish 11th. 2019-20 Cross Country: Redshirted the cross country season. Indoor Track & Field: Ran a career-best 3,000m time of 8:29.70 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where he placed 20th… Ran a career-best mile time of 4:22.71 at the Air Force Open… Had a personal-best 5,000m time of 14:50.20 at the Colorado Invite… Placed 14th in the 5,000m at the MW Championships with a time of 14:56.27... Was a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete. Outdoor Track & Field: Cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. High School: competed in cross country and track & field at Wheaton North High School in Illinois… In cross country, was an all-conference honoree in both 2017 and 2018… Had career best times in the three mile race of 15:04.3 and five kilometer race 15:45.7… In track and field, was named all-conference in the 3,200m in 2018, posting a career best time of 9:22.77 to win the sectional race… In the classroom, is a member of the Gold Honor Roll and has earned academic all-conference honors every semester he competed in a varsity sport… Is also a member of the National Honor Society and the Math Honor Society. Personal: Son of Michael and Christine Zydek... Has one sibling... Undecided on a college major. Track & Field Personal Bests: Indoor: Mile: 4:22.71 (2020) 3,000m: 8:29.70 (2020) 5,000m: 14:50.20 (2020) Outdoor: 5,000M: 15:31.33 (2021)
