GVSU Holiday Open

Zack set a new Michigan indoor HS State records tonight at a college track meet. The video isn't the biggest throw but mom's camera went dead before the finals. I think this throw was 51'7".

16lb Shot Put - 4th place with a toss of 52'7"

35lb Weight Throw - 31st place with a toss of 38'5"

(click on the logo to go to the official USA T&F site with results)

Men Discus Throw

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Top 9 Advance to Finals
World: W 67.32m  8/16/2006   Margus Hunt, EST
American: A 63.22m  3/28/1992   Brian Milne, Penn State
Meet: M 61.61m  6/21/2002   Michael Robertson, Intl. Sch. Brussels
WJC Q: % 54.00m
Name                    Year Team          Finals
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Finals
1 Geoffrey Tabor        Ardmore TC      59.57m%    195-05
2 Karl Gehrke           Unattached      57.94m%    190-01
3 Brian Bishop          SIU-Edwardsvil  57.73m%    189-05
4 Matthew Kosecki       Track Houston   57.69m%    189-03
5 Daniel Block          Unattached      57.32m%    188-01
6 Ryan Lamparek         Unattached      56.52m%    185-05
7 Colin Boevers         Kentucky        56.41m%    185-01
8 Cory Meuleman         Ashland         54.58m%    179-01
9 Jake Deiters          So. Illinois    53.56m     175-09
10 Dan Withrow          Boston          50.76m     166-06
11 George Abyad         Princeton       50.73m     166-05
12 Cesar Puga           Unattached      49.45m     162-03
13 Justin Welch         Unattached      49.23m     161-06
14 Zachary Hill         Unattached      46.57m     152-09
-- Nick Brayton         Unattached             FOUL
-- Christopher Adams    Unattached              FOUL

USA Track and Field Championships - Shot Put

(click on the logo to go to the official USA T&F site with results)

Men Shot Put  6K
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Top 9 Advance to Finals
World: W 21.96m  6/29/2002   Edis Elkasevic, CRO
American: A 20.65m  7/11/2002   Sean Shields, Arizona
Meet: M 20.39m  6/22/2002   Sean Shields, Arizona
WJC Q: % 18.00m
Name                    Year Team              Finals
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Finals
1 Eric Plummer          Princeton       19.06m%  62-06.50
2 Daniel Block          Unattached      18.93m%  62-01.25
3 Colin Boevers         Kentucky        18.81m%  61-08.50
4 Blake Eaton           Penn State      18.75m%  61-06.25
5 Benjamin Stephen      Unattached      18.73m%  61-05.50
6 Matt DeChant          Unattached      18.62m%  61-01.25
7 Michael Barbas        Northwest Fly.  17.98m   59-00.00
8 Ryan Lamparek         Unattached      17.82m   58-05.75
9 Denes Veres           Notre Dame      17.66m   57-11.25
10 Tyler Branch         Unattached      17.47m   57-03.75
11 Jacob Domingue       McNeese State   17.46m   57-03.50
12 Rob Golabek          Unattached      17.26m   56-07.50
13 Aaron Crabtree       Unattached      17.15m   56-03.25
14 Joseph Kovacs        Penn State      17.06m   55-11.75
15 George Abyad         Princeton       17.02m   55-10.25
16 Brice Paey           Unattached      16.93m   55-06.50
17 Curtis Smith         Unattached      16.89m   55-05.00
18 Zachary Hill         Unattached      16.58m   54-04.75
19 Jakob Engel          Unattached      16.54m   54-03.25
20 Matthew Hoty         Unattached      16.46m   54-00.00

Articles of Interest

Allendale thrower ranks among nation's best

Allendale's Hill captures discus, shot titles

State Finals @ Comstock Park

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 175' 7"
(New L.P. Division 3 Finals Meet Record -- Old Record, 174-4, Tom Maczik, Reese, 2000)



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 60' 7"
(New L.P. Division 3 Finals Meet Record -- Old Record, 58-8.50, Nate English, Hillsdale, 2007)

Zack receiving his 2nd 1st place medal.

Shot put awards.

Zack with throws coach Brandon Sloterbeek.

Zack with track coach Brett Cataldo.

John Bos @ Houseman Field

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 189' 0"
(New AHS record-previous record of 187' 7" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 187' 7" was held by Zack)



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 54' 7.5"

Team State @ Kent City

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 182' 11"
(New MITCA D3 record - previous record of 176' 0" held by Tom Maczik of Reese from 2000)


Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 61' 3.5"

(New MITCA D3 record - previous record of 56' 11" held by Paul Brieger of Almont from 1998)

Shot put - 1st attempt from power for 56'.5"

Ottawa Co. Invitational @ Zeeland

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 187' 7"
(New AHS record-previous record of 180' 9" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 180' 9" was held by Zack)
(Set the record for the 1st Annual Ottawa Co. Invitational)
(Note: This throw also puts him 1st for the entire State of Michigan so far this year.)



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 60' 3.5"
(Set the record for the 1st Annual Ottawa Co. Invitational)

Regional meet @ Houseman Field

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 180' 9"

(New AHS record-previous record of 177'2" was held by Zack)




Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 59' 2"

OK Silver Conference Meet @ Hopkins

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 169' 3"
(New OK Silver Conference Meet record)



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 56' 6"
(New OK Silver Conference Meet record)

Allendale vs. Kent City

Note: You may want to turn down your volume the woman taping is really annoying at the end.



Discus - 1st place with a throw of 162' 3"



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 58' 8"

West Ottawa Relays

FYI: Because this meet was a relay the throw distance are a combined distance of Zack and his teammate Curtis Koop.

Discus - 1st place with a combined throw of 294' 0"


Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 101' 5"

Allendale vs. Belding

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 177' 2"
(New AHS record-previous record of 169'7" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 169'7" was held by Zack)
(video is of his 169' 2" throw, sorry mom showed up late and missed the 177' 2" throw)
Edited to add: The Belding Track Coach saved me. He filmed Zack's throw and posted it on YouTube. Yeah! You might want to turn your speakers DOWN before hitting play.




Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 60' 0"

Taking a break to sign autographs

Ok so he is actually taking roll call for an Allendale Middle School shot put event but it sounded good didn't it?

Allendale @ Lee

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 169' 7"
(New AHS record-previous record of 168'9" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 168'9" was held by Zack)

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 61' 8.75"
(New AHS record-previous record of 60' 6.5" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 60' 6.5" was held by Zack)

Allendale vs. Calvin Christian

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 60' 6.5"

This means he broke the school record and the OK Silver record again! Someone is having Subway for lunch.

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 164' 2"

Allendale @ Godwin Hieghts

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 57' 8"

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 162' 8"

Allendale @ Coopersville

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 58' 4"

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 159' 4"

Allendale vs. Kelloggsville

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 155' 7"



Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 58' 7.50"

Allendale @ Hopkins

The second HS outdoor track meet of the 2008 season.

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 59' 2.50"
(New AHS record-previous record of 53' 4.5" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 55'10.75" held by Anson Clauson of Hopkins-2003)

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 168' 9"
(New AHS record-previous record of 151' 4" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 156'8" held by Bill Griffey of Hopkins-1997)

Just a side note, Zack and I had a deal that if he breaks the school record I will bring him a Subway sub for lunch at school the next day but because he kept breaking it over and over last year we changed it to he had to break it by 1 foot in order to get a sub lunch from mom. Did you notice that he broke Discus by 17+ feet and Shot by 5+ feet. I hope he isn't expecting 22 subs. -Good times!

LMCU Laker Challenge

The first Allendale HS track meet of the 2008 season.
They weren't able to throw discus due to the fact that there is a blanket of snow covering the ground.



Zack placed 3rd with a throw of 52'3".

CMU Indoor HS State Track Meet

This was Zack's 2nd place throw of 58' 8-3/4".

1st place throw was 61' 6".

GVSU Indoor HS Track Meet

This was his winning throw of 59'5".

GVSU Indoor College Track Meet

Zack set 2 new Michigan indoor HS State records tonight at a college track meet.

16lb Shot Put - 2nd place with a toss of 49'5"

35lb Weight Throw - 9th place with a toss of 44'6"

GVSU Indoor College Track Meet

Men Shot Put
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Name                   Finals       
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4 Hill, Zack            45-01.75



Men Weight Throw
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Name                   Finals
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10 Hill, Zack            39-10.50

Cornerstone Mini Indoor T&F Meet

Zack took 1st place in Shot Put with a throw of 52'7".