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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 100m – 11.14 (1.5), 200m – 22.31, 400m – 48.85
AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Ran in the 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m events.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23): Set a personal-best mark in the 400m event...Competed in the 4x400m events.
2019 Outdoor
Season: Posted six top-10 finishes...Ran a personal-best time in the 100m (11.14)...Competed in 400m, 4x100m and 4x400 events at Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Set a new personal-best time of 11.14 in the 100m.
2019 Indoor
Season: Set two personal-best marks in the 200m and 400m...Posted seven top-10 finishes...Personal-best mark in 400m occurred at the Big Ten Championships.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12): Ran a personal-best time of 22:31 in the 200m.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 100m: 11.1, 200m: 21.51, 300m: 35.34, 400m: 47.92, 500m: 1:06.32
Earned two varsity letters in track and field....Also earned three letters in soccer...Won Outdoor PIAA state championship (2018)...Named team captain and team MVP...Finished as indoor state runner-up in the 400m...Also placed fourth in the 200m...Named Second team all-state 400m in indoor track...Won Ches-Mont League champion in the 200m...Won district championship in the 400m and runner-up in the 200m...Won Pennsylvania state title in the 400m...Won 4x400m relay champion and also earned a fifth-place finish in the 200m...Named first team all-state in the 400m and 4x400m relay...Named Daily Local News All-Area Runner of the Year...Holds school record in the 200m, 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m, and DMR...Earned a 13th-place finish in the 400m at New Balance Nationals Indoor (2018).
PERSONAL
Parents are Elaine and Rick Zink...Born on October 5, 1999...Undecided on a major...Has two sisters, Ashley and Emily...His aunt, Amy, won a national championship at the University of Maryland for lacrosse...Chose Penn State because “He felt as if this was the place that could bring out my full potential in and out of the classroom.”
Rick Zink Season 2020
EventsSPRINTSClassSophomoreHometownChester, Pa.High SchoolBishop Shanahan
MajorDivision of Undergraduate Studies
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