CAREER BESTS
| Event | Score | Date | Opponent |
| Floor Exercise | 14.600 | 3/4/17 | at Nebraska |
| Pommel Horse | 13.800 | 1/29/17 | at Springfield |
| Rings | 13.900 | 3/4/17 | at Nebraska |
| Vault | 14.733 | 4/19/19 | at NCAA Champ. |
| Parallel Bars | 14.900 | 1/29/17 | at Springfield |
| High Bar | 14.700 | 1/26/19 | Nebraska |
| All-Around | 83.150 | 2/11/17 | Ohio State |
TEAM CANADA HIGHLIGHTS
Won gold in all-around, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar, and finished second on floor exercise at the 2019 Canadian Championships...Won his first individual international medal at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey, in 2018, placing second on horizontal bar...Competed in the 2018 FIG World Championships and the 2018 Pan American Championships.
COLLEGIATE CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Awards: Was a four-time All-American (parallel bars – 2017, 2018, 2019, high bar - 2018)...Won 2019 Big Ten title on parallel bars…Won one first-team All-Big Ten honor (2019)...Named a finalist for the Nissen-Emery Award…Voted the 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards...Won one CGA National Gymnast of the Week honor...Was a three-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Week and Four-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named a CGA Regular Season All-American on parallel bars…Named Big Ten Preseason Gymnast to Watch…Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Completed five routines on parallel bars, five on high bar, four on rings, two on floor and one on vault…Won parallel bars in each of the first three meets after returning from an early-season injury…Added a pair of event wins on high bar…The 2020 season was cancelled March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ohio State (1/25): Won parallel bars with a season-best score of 14.350 in his season debut. at Air Force (2/1): Won parallel bars with a score of 13.800…Took fourth on high bar with a score of 12.850. William & Mary (2/15): Scored 14.300 to win parallel bars for the third straight meet…Tied for first on high bar with a score of 13.950…Scored a season-best 13.400 on rings. at Nebraska (2/29): Won high bar with a season-best score of 14.100…Took fourth on parallel bars (13.600). at Illinois/vs. Michigan (3/7): Tied for second on high bar with a score of 13.800…Placed fifth on parallel bars (13.800.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Won Big Ten title and first team All-Big Ten status on parallel bars with a score of 14.325…Earned Academic All-Big Ten award…Won one CGA National Gymnast of the Week award (1/16)…Won two Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors (1/15, 1/29).
Season: Completed 14 routines on parallel bars, 14 on high bars, 12 on floor, eight on vault, three on pommel horse and three on rings…Won five individual event titles on high bar, four on parallel bars, four on floor, and one all-around…Recorded the team’s three-best all-around scores of the season, three best scores on floor, two best scores on high bar, and the top score on vault.
at West Point Open (1/11-12): Won the all-around competition (81.000)…Finished first on floor with a season-best score of 14.550, first on parallel bars (14.000), and first on high bar (13.800)…Had season-best score of 13.250 on rings. At Army (1/19): Finished first on floor (14.400). Nebraska (1/26): Won on high bar with a personal-best score of 14.700, floor (14.250), and parallel bars (13.750). Navy/Air Force (2/23): Won on high bar (14.100) and was the runner-up on vault (14.350) and parallel bars (14.300). at Ohio State (3/2): Won the all-around competition with a season-best score of 83.000…Took first on floor (14.550) and on high bar (14.400). at Arizona State Invitational (3/9): Finished first on parallel bars (14.000) and high bar (13.850). Illinois/Michigan (3/16): Scored personal-best 14.650 on vault. at Big Ten Championships (4/5-6): Won the Big Ten parallel bars title with a score of 14.325…Scored a season-best 14.500 during the team competition of the event…Took third on high bar and eighth all-around. At NCAA Championships (4/19-20): Competed on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bar…Posted personal-best score of 14.733 during the qualifying round on vault.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned two All-America honors, tying for third on parallel bars and tying for seventh on high bar…Was an Academic All-Big Ten honoree…Won one Big Ten Gymnast of the Week award (1/16).
Season: Notched 10 titles with six on parallel bars…Had 20 podium finishes…Finished in the top three on parallel bars in 11 of the 12 times he competed…Led the entire Nittany Lion squad on parallel bars (14.800), high bar (14.450) and all-around (81.350).
at West Point Open (1/12-13): Had the highest all-around score with a season-best 81.350…Scored a season-best 14.450 on vault. Army (1/20): Was the runner-up on parallel bars. Illinois (1/27): Won the all-around competition with a score of 80.700…Won parallel bars (14.450)…Finished second on high bar with a season-best score of 14.450…Scored season-bests on floor (14.150) and rings (13.050). at Ohio State (2/9): Won parallel bars with a season-best score of 14.800…Matched season-best score (14.150) on floor. Nebraska (3/17): Won parallel bars (14.600) and high bar (13.600). at Michigan (3/24): Won on parallel bars (14.600) and tied for first on high bar (14.150). at Big Ten Championships (4/6-7): Finished fourth on parallel bars. at NCAA Championships (4/20-21): Earned two All-America honors, tying for third on parallel bars (14.466) and tying for seventh on high bar (13.866).
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Earned first career All-American honor with a fifth-place finish on parallel bars…Voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year…Won four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards (1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 3/20).
Season: Competed in the all-around at the NCAA Individual Event Championships… Earned 10 podium finishes in his first season…Placed first four times on parallel bars, three times in the all-around and twice on high bar…Paced Penn State on the parallel bars with a season-high 14.900 and in the all-around with a season-best 83.150…Ranked second on the team on high bar with a season-best 14.300 and on floor with a 14.600.
at Springfield (1/29): Won the all-around with a score of 82.650…won on parallel bars with a season-best 14.900 and on high bar (13.400)…finished second on floor (13.500) and third on vault (14.250)…Scored season-best 13.800 on pommel horse. at Illinois (2/3): Finished third all-around, including a runner-up showing on parallel bars. Ohio State (2/11): Won the all-around competition with a season-best score of 83.150…won on parallel bars (14.750) and finished second with a season-best score of 14.300 on high bar. at Navy (2/25): Finished first on parallel bars (14.200) and high bar (13.950)…Took third on floor (14.050). at Nebraska/vs. Iowa (3/4): Scored season-bests on floor (14.600), rings (1.3900), and vault (14.400). Michigan (3/18): Won the all-around competition with a score of 82.100…Won on floor (14.300) and tied for first on parallel bars (14.200). Iowa (3/25): Took second all-around (80.500)…Was third on vault (14.350). at Big Ten Championships (4/7-8): Finished seventh all-around during the team competition. at NCAA Championships (4/21-22): Earned All-America status with a fifth-place finish on parallel bars (14.800).
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Prepped at E.S.C. Franco Cite…Trained at the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre and was a four-time Elite Canada all-around champion and three-time all-around national champion...Named 2016 Male Gymnast of the Year for Ottawa Gymnastics Centre…Earned a silver medal on parallel bars and a bronze medal on high bar for Canada Elite at the Canadian National Championships in 2016…Was a 2016 Olympic Test Event Participant and a member of the Senior National Team…Helped Team Ontario to a gold medal at the Canada Games and earned an individual medal on parallel bars in 2015…Captured the silver medal on high bar and bronze medal in the all-around at the 2015 Canadian National Championships...Earned gold on vault and parallel bars and bronze in the all-around in the 2014 championships…Traveled the world representing Canada including: Berlin, where he placed third in three events, Brazil for the Junior Pan-American Championships and Japan for the 2015 Junior Japan International Gymnastics Competition…Helped Canada to a bronze finish at the Junior Pan-American Championships and nabbed an 11th-place finish in the all-around and a bronze medal on the high bar in Japan…Received the Ottawa Sports Award for best artistic gymnast three times.
PERSONAL
Full name is Samuel Adam Zakutney…Son of Timothy and Lise Zakutney…Has two sisters, Alexandra and Sydney…Majored in biomedical engineering