Patrick Zacharias

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.
	High School: Albuquerque Academy

	Last College: University of Arizona
	Experience: TR

11/17/2012

Women's Cross Country Place 10th at NCAA Championships; Men 21st

Josephine Moultrie and Luke Caldwell both took All-American honors as women place 10th and men 21st

11/15/2012

Cross Country Heads to NCAA Championships for 4th Straight Year

Joe Franklin's Lobos are traveling to Louisville, Ky., to take on the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

11/09/2012

Championship-Bound Women Place Second at NCAA Mountain Regional

The Lobos' women cross country team is heading to Louisville, while the men must wait to know if they've advanced.

11/07/2012

Cross Country Aims to Keep Calm and Carry On at NCAA Regional

The nationally ranked Lobos just need to run well and stay healthy to advance to the NCAA Championships

11/01/2012

Albuquerque Native Patrick Zacharias Pacing New Mexico into NCAA Regionals

A Duke City product, Patrick Zacharias went from Arizona to New Mexico en route to a strong 2012 season.

10/26/2012

2012 Mountain West Cross Country Championships

The Lobos swept the team titles at the MW Championships. The women won their 4th-straight and the men their 5th-straight.

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

2011: Opened the season with a 94th-place 25:34.40 time in the 8K at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted by Minnesota...Claimed 141th at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, completing the 8K in 25:03.10...Notched a personal-record time of 23:55.00 in the 8K at the 2011 Pac 12 Cross Country Championships, placing 24th...Also finished 24th at the NCAA DI West Regional, running the 10K course in a personal-best time of 30:06.00.

2010:Took second place at the George Kyte Classic, hosted by Northern Arizona, running the 8K in 26:21.0...Finished 11th at the Dave Murray Invitational, running 4.25 miles with a time of 21:41.14...Finished 10th at the Desert Twilight Cross Country Festival, running 15:28.2 in the three-mile race...At the Pre-Nationals, had an 8K time of 25:54.6...At the Pac-10 Championships, Zacharias had a time of 25:11.33 in the 8,000-meter run.

HIGH SCHOOL

A graduate of Albuquerque Academy, Zacharias was the team captain his junior and senior years...He was selected first team all-city his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons...A first-team all-district and all-state honoree all four years...Took third place at the 2011 New Mexico State Championships in both the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters....Placed 13th at the Nike Cross Country Championships in Portland, Ore.

PERSONAL

Son of Chris and Cheri Sanger...Has a sister, Emma...Hobbies include basketball, a sport where Zacharias could dunk since 8th grade.