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University of Rhode Island

2013 Men's Cross Country

Zach Burkett

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rumford, R.I.
  • High School St. Raphael Academy

Biography

2013 (SENIOR): Finished 110th in the CCSU Short-Course Run (18:10)... Finished 137th in the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (29:10.0)... Finished in 52nd place at the Ted Owen Invitational (28:55)... Finished in 49th place at the Bryant Invitational 5k (17:36.9).

2012 (JUNIOR): Did not compete.

2011 (SOPHOMORE):
 Placed 35th at the Trinity College Invitational, finishing in 18:18... Took 55th at the Ted Owen CCSU Invitational (28:42)... Finished 246th (28:57) at the New England Championship... On Oct. 14 at the Brown-Rothenberg Invitational, placed 27th overall (28:34.1)... Placed 51st at the CCSU Short Course on Oct. 21, crossing in 16:43... Took 108th at the Atlantic 10 Championship.

2010 (FRESHMAN): Finished 62nd at the Boston Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended St. Raphael Academy where he was salutatorian of his 2010 graduating class... Participated in Lasallian Youth community service... Ran cross-country, indoor track and outdoor track all four years... Captained cross-country, indoor and outdoor his sophomore to senior years... In 2008-09, awarded All-Class XC... In 2009, All-Division Indoor 3000m, All-Class Outdoor 4x8 and JV State Champions 4x8 (anchor)... In 2010, All-Division Indoor 1500m and 1000m and All-Division Outdoor 800m... Academic All-State Coaches Award.

PERSONAL: Born December 2, 1991... Son of Patricia and Keith Burkett... Has two older sisters, Hayley and Meredith... Hayley graduated CCRI in 2009 and Meredith in 2011... Enjoys running and architecture... Favorite athlete is Steve Prefontaine and favorite team is the New England Patriots... Majoring in civil engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Junior

  • 2013Senior