Patrick Zacharias

	Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico
	High School: Albuquerque Academy
	Height: 6-5

	Event: Cross Country/Distance
	XC/In/Out: SO/FR/SO

02/10/2012

Wildcats Set Three Personal Bests On Day One

UA started off strong on the first day of competition, setting three personal bests.

01/25/2012

T&F Set for Razorback Invitational

The field events start at 3 p.m., the running preliminaries start at 6:30 p.m. and the combined events start at 12 p.m. on Friday.

11/30/2011

Cross Country Season Recap

The Arizona women finished 19th at the NCAA Championships while Lawi Lalang won the individual title for the men.

11/29/2011

Pac-12 Cross Country Awards Announced

The Pac-12 released its All-Academic and All-Conference teams, as well as the individual awards, on Tuesday.

11/15/2011

Cross Country Women Back In Top 10

The USTFCCCA final regular season poll was released on Tuesday with Arizona climbing back into the top 10.

2011: Redshirted the indoor season ... Set a personal best in the 5K at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 14:51.74 ... At the Pac-10 Outdoor Championships, Zacharias competed in the 5,000-meter run and clocked a time of 15:29.11.

2010 (XC): Took second place at the George Kyte Classic, hosted by Northern Arizona, running the 8K in 26:21.0 ... Finished 11th at the Dave Murray Invitational, running 4.25 miles with a time of 21:41.14 ... Finished 10th at the Desert Twilight Cross Country Festival, running 15:28.2 in the three-mile race ... At the Pre-Nationals, had an 8K time of 25:54.6 ... At the Pac-10 Championships, Zacharias had a time of 25:11.33 in the 8,000-meter run.

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Albuquerque High School, Zacharias was the team captain his junior and senior years ... He was selected first team all-city his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... A first-team all-district and all-state honoree all four years ... Took third place at the 2011 New Mexico State Championships in both the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters.

PERSONAL: He is the son of Chris and Cheri Sanger ... Aspires to attend medical school and be an orthopedic surgeon ... Majoring in pre-neuroscience and cognitive science.