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2023-24 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Distance
    Position
  • Freshman
    Class
  • Wheaton, Ill.
    Hometown
  • Wheaton North HS
    High School
Connor Zydek
Connor Zydek
Distance
Position
Freshman
Class
Wheaton, Ill.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

Honors: Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2020)

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)

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: 14:59.40 (2021)