Zach Hoekstra

Bio

2020 at Taylor: Competed in two meets for the Trojans during his sophomore campaign … Clocked a season-best time of 30:17.2 at the Midwest XC Challenge … Finished 101st place at the Crossroads League Championships.

2019 at Taylor: Took the course for three regular season meets during the 2019 season … Improved his time in each of the three races and ended with a season-best time of 28:51.7 at the Crossroads League Championships … Finished 101st at the league meet.

2018 at Taylor: Competed in all five regular season meets during freshman campaign … Finished in TU’s top-10 each race … Claimed three top-50 overall finishes … Posted three sub-28:00 times … Turned in best time of the season at the Great Lakes Invite with a mark of 27:42.0 … Finished top-seven for the Trojans at the Crossroads League Championships and notched 45th place overall.

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 … Three-time academic All-Michigan 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 from 1969 through 1979 … Majoring in human physiology and preventive medicine.