Oklahoma State University Athletics
2013 Men's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Zach Wills
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mason, OH
- High School:
- Mason
Personal Bests
1,500 meters - 3:53.82
Mile - 4:14
3,000 meters - 8:14.21
5,000 meters - 14:29.21
Honors And Awards
2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track & Field)
2013 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2013 Indoors: Ran the 3,000 meters at three meets, clocking a season-best 8:20.41 at the Husky Classic and also registering an 8:27.86 at the Razorback Invitational and an 8:30.40 at the Wildcat Invitational.
2012 Cross Country: A first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Suited up for three races, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the OSU-ORU-Wichita State Triangular in 16:49 ... Was 15th at the Cowboy Jamboree in 25:08.75 and took 26th at the Chile Pepper Festival in 31:23.9.
2012 Outdoors: Clocked a 3:53.82 in the 1,500 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational, which set a new personal record ... Also established a new personal best in the 5,000 meters of 14:29.21, which he set at the Stanford Invitational ... Also ran the 5K at the Big 12 Championships, recording a time of 14:58.76 ... Had 1,500 meter times of 3:56.22 at the Arkansas Twilight and 3:59.85 at the Tulsa Duels ... Also ran the 3,000 meters at the Tulsa Duels, completing the race in 8:51.24 to place sixth.
2012 Indoors: Ran a personal record of 8:14.21 in the 3,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational, which was good for fourth place .... Ran an 8:30.48 in the 3K at the Big 12 Championships to place 36th ... Ran his best mile of the year of 4:15.66 at the Razorback Invitational to finish 16th ... Placed seventh in the mile run at the KSU Invitational after running a 4:25.38 ... Came in ninth in the mile at the KSU All Comers after clocking a 4:24.34.
2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Two-time All-American in track and field ... 2009 USA youth champion in the 1500m and 3000m ... Represented the USA at the 2009 IAAF world youth competition in Bressanone, Italy placing ninth and breaking the then-USA 3000m sophomore record for the second time that year by running an 8:18.24 ... Named twice to Track & Field's HS All-USA Team ... Two-time Ohio state 3200m champion ... Four-time all-state track selection ... Runner-up at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the two-mile ... In cross country, was a three-time Ohio state champion ... Named to the 2010 All-Ohio Decade Team ... Two-time Ohio Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year ... Four-time all-state selection ... Footlocker finalist ... Two-time Nike Cross Country Nationals finalist placing fifth his junior year ... Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional champion his junior year ... Academic All-Ohio team seven times, holds six Mason HS records, 14 GMC conference championships, eight regional championships ... Named the 2011 LaRosa Athlete of the year for the greater Cincinnati area.
Personal: Born Jan. 1, 1992 in Germantown, Tenn. ... Son of Kayla and Jeff Wills ... Sister Katie played softball at Ashland University.
