Zach Hoekstra

Bio

2019-20 at Taylor:

Indoor: Logged a season-best time of 9:35.66 in the 3,000-meter run at the Findlay Open, crossing the line in third place overall … Member of the 4x800-meter relay squad at the Crossroads League Championships.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

2018-19 at Taylor:

Indoor: Raced to a season-best time of 16:22.89 in the 5,000-meters to claim fourth place at the IWU Invite … Recorded a time of 9:25.94 in the 3,000-meters at the Grand Valley State Invite … Ran the 1,000-meters at the Crossroads League Championships in a time of 2:45.21 and finished in 16th-place.

Outdoor: Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season-best time of 9:47.63 at the Ball State Invite … Logged a time of 15:43.88 in the 5,000-meters at the Hillsdale Invite … Ran to a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Crossroads League Championships.

Prep: Earned four varsity cross country letters and four track letters for Laurens TenKate at Calvin Christian High … Two-time All-Michigan and three-time all-conference in cross country standout … Three-time Academic All-Michigan performer in cross country … Qualified for state three times … Member of National Honor Society … Earned above a 4.0 grade-point average.

Personal: Son of Karl and Rebecca Hoekstra … Grandfather, Thomas Jarman, was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame for his time as the wrestling coach at Taylor from 1969 through 1979 … Majoring in human physiology and preventative medicine.