FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Evan O’Kelly Director of Communications O: (406) 657-2130 E: evan.okelly@msubillings.edu Friday, May 26, 2017 All-American Zook ends historic season at NCAA Championships Friday
Sam Zook runs 21.45 seconds in the 200-meter preliminaries at the NCAA Championships on Friday in Florida. BRADENTON, Fla. – Covering the final 200 meters of a historic season on Friday, Montana State University Billings sprinter Sam Zook finished in 15th place in the preliminaries at the NCAA Track & Field Championships with a time of 21.45 seconds at IMG Academy. Zook, who ran in Lane 7 of the second heat in the 200-meters, moved up four spots from his entry seeding of 19th place to end one of the best seasons in Yellowjacket history. The junior earned second-team All-America honors on Thursday, after finishing in 12th place in the 100-meter preliminaries with a time of 10.52 seconds. “I felt like I finished up well overall, and now I know what I need to work on over the summer and into next year going into the national meet again,” said Zook. “In today’s race, I was mostly just working on staying relaxed and not tensing up when I saw the others coming up on me.”