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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

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  • Senior
    Class
  • Meridian, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Rocky Mountain HS
    High School
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Zach Meyer
Zach Meyer
Senior
Class
Meridian, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: All-Mountain West Indoor: 4x400-Meter Relay (2023); All-Mountain West Outdoor: 4x100-Meter Relay (2022); Mountain West Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week (4/13/21); Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks ninth all-time in USU history in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.11, set in 2022.

OUTDOOR RECORDS: Ranks sixth all-time in USU history in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.14, set in 2022.

2023 (SR)
Indoor: Named to the all-Mountain West team after finishing third in the 4x400-meter relay with a personal-best time of 3:15.16 and 10th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.28… Set a personal best in the 200 meters with a time of 22.63 as he placed fourth at the Nebraska-hosted Mark Colligan Memorial… Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet (8.17) and Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational (8.13).
Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 4x100-meter relay with a season-best time of 41.53 and eighth in the 110-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 14.37, after advancing from preliminaries in seventh with a time of 14.46 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Finished sixth in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 22.37 at the Utah Spring Classic… Earned academic all-MW and MW Scholar-Athlete honors.

2022 (SR)
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.11 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 8.10, which ranks ninth all-time in school history, at the New Mexico-hosted Don Kirby Elite Invitational… Won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.18 at the Utah State-hosted Speed and Power Meet… Opened the season by placing second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.23 at the BYU Invitational… Placed third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.20 at the Nebraska-hosted Mark Colligan Memorial… Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.25 at the Idaho State-hosted Stacy Dragila Invitational.
Outdoor: Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors team after placing third in the 4x100-meter relay with a season-best time of 41.27 Outdoor Championships… Also finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 41.27 at the Outdoor Championships… Won the 110-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.14 – the sixth-fastest time in program history – at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Also won the 110-meter hurdles at the Utah Valley Invitational with a time of 14.55… Finished first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.51 at the Arizona-hosted Willie Williams Classic… Placed 27th in the prelims of the 200 meters with a career-best time of 21.94 at the Long Beach Invitational, where he also finished 18th in the prelims of the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.36… Placed second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.25 at the BYU-hosted Robison Invitational… Finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.42 at the Fresno State Invitational... Earned Academic All-MW honors and was named a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete.

2021 (JR)
Indoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 14.52 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Tabbed the MW Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week after winning the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational 110-meter hurdles with a then-career-best time of 14.75… Finished first in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.58 at the Weber State Twilight Meet… Earned academic all-MW honors.

2020 (SO)
Indoor: Did not compete during the season.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (FR)
Indoor: Placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.38 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships… Advanced to the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the Indoor Championships by placing seventh in the prelims of the event with a season-best time of 8.28… Ran career-best time of 7.33 in the 60 meters at the Boise State-hosted Bronco Invitational and 55.98 in the 400 meters at the Montana State Dual Meet.
Outdoor: Placed ninth in the 110-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 15.00 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships… Ran a season-best time of 22.67 in the 200 meters at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational and a personal-best time of 57.89 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Arizona State-hosted Sun Angel Classic… Earned academic all-MW honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-time letterwinner in track & field at Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian, Idaho… Helped the Grizzlies capture three track & field state championships during his time there… Defended his state title in the 110-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.22 as a senior in 2018… Also captured a state title in the 4x100-meter relay with a state-record time of 41.79… Tabbed Most Improved Athlete on two occasions and team MVP once… Ran career-best time of 39.99 in the 300-meter hurdles, placing fifth at state in the process… A member of the National Honor Society and three-time academic scholar… Club member of Team Idaho, placing third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.16 at the 2018 Simplot Games… Also a three-year letterwinner in football at Rocky Mountain HS… Grizzlies went 11-2 during his senior year in 2017… Helped Rocky Mountain HS capture the 2015 state championship.

PERSONAL: One of four children of Adrian and Stephanie Meyer… Majoring in kinesiology.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
EVENT INDOOR OUTDOOR
60-Meter Hurdles 8.11 NA
110-Meter Hurdles NA 14.14
400-Meter Hurdles NA 57.89
60 Meters 7.33 NA
200 Meters 22.63 21.94
400 Meters 55.98 NA
4x100-Meter Relay NA 41.16
4x-400-Meter Relay 3:15.16 NA

POSTSEASON RESULTS
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2019 60-Meter Hurdles 6th 8.38
2022 60-Meter Hurdles 8th (prelims) 8.14
2022 60-Meter Hurdles 7th 8.11
2023 60-Meter Hurdles 10th 8.28
2023 4x400-Meter Relay 3rd 3:15.16

POSTSEASON RESULTS
MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS:
YEAR EVENT PLACE TIME
2019 110-Meter Hurdles 9th 15.00
2021 110-Meter Hurdles 4th 14.52
2022 110-Meter Hurdles 5th (prelims) 14.54
2022 110-Meter Hurdles 5th 14.41
2022 4x100-Meter Relay 3rd 41.27
2023 110-Meter Hurdles 7th 14.46
2023 110-Meter Hurdles 8th 14.37
2023 4x100-Meter Relay 6th 41.53
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