State Finals @ Comstock Park

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 63' 9.5"
(New L.P. Division 3 Finals Meet Record -- Old Record, 60-7, Zack Hill, Allendale, 2008)

(warm-up throw)

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 181' 0"
(New L.P. Division 3 Finals Meet Record -- Old Record, 175-7, Zack Hill, Allendale, 2008)

Woops. Guess that will need to be replaced before next spring.

John Bos Meet @ Forest Hills Northern

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 64' 11"



Discus - 1st place with a throw of 185' 3"

Zack left his "mark".

Andrew Evens and Zack.
Andrew has the furthest discus throw in Michigan this year.

Team State @ Kent City

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 66' 1"
(New MITCA D3 record - previous record of 61' 3.5" held by Zack from 2008)



Discus - 1st place with a throw of 182' 2"

The Perfect Throwing Machine

Article of interest

West Catholic's girls, Allendale's boys capture Division 3 regional track titles

Michtrack Speaks: Regional Highlights

Regional Meet @ West Catholic

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 67' 11.25"
Note: The mark has been "de-certified" due to the fact that the field was sloped more than allowed. Still 1st place the mark just won't go in the record books.



Discus - 1st place with a throw of 178' 4"

OK Silver Conference Meet @ Kelloggsville

Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 65' 1"
(New OK Silver Conference Meet record-previous record 56'6" held by Zack 2008)

Discus - 1st place with a throw of 185' 0"
(New OK Silver Conference Meet record-previous record 169'3" held by Zack 2008)

BK Athlete of the Week

WZZM 13 McDonald's Scholar Athlete

(click on picture for details)

Articles of interest

Michtrack Speaks

Allendale's Zack Hill sets state record in shot put

West Ottawa Von Ins Relays

New state shot put record holder!

Zack and teammate Curtis Koop

New meet record holders for shot put and discus!

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 299' 9"
Zack's series:168', 174'11", 171'6", 171'1"
CJ's series:124'10", 113'6", 112'9", scratch
(New Meet Record -- Old Record, 295'0" Montague 2004 )


Shot put - 1st place with a toss of 115' 5.75"
Zack's series: 63'10", 64'3.5", scratch, 67'0.5"
CJ's series:48'5.25", 47'7", 43'10", 46'1"
(New Meet Record -- Old Record, 102'3.25" Newaygo 1996)
(New AHS record-previous record of 66'6" was held by Zack)
(New OK Silver record-previous record of 66'6" was held by Zack)
(New area record-previous record of 66'6" was held by Zack)
(New state record-previous record of 67'0" was held by TJ Duckett of Loy Norrix 1999)


Loy Norrix Coach Ted Duckett (TJ Duckett's father), Zack Hill


Karl Von Ins, Zack Hill, Mark Hill
(Mark graduated from West Ottawa in '84 and Karl Von Ins was Mark's track coach. The meet is named in honor of Coach Von Ins. Coach Von Ins measured Zack's throws today.)

Coach Chris Theule-Van Dam, Head Coach Brett Cataldo, Zack Hill, Throws Coach Brandon Sloterbeek, Mark Hill