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2014-15 Men's Track and Field Roster

DJ Zahn

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position Sprints
  • Hometown Morton, Ill.
  • High School Morton HS

Biography

2015

Outdoor

  • First Team All-American in 4x100 realy, 4x400 relay and 400m
  • Big Ten Champion in 4x400m relay team and 400m
  • Set the 200m school record (20.37) in route to finishing second at Big Ten Championships
  • Named Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year and of the Championships
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that won Drake Relays title
  • Two-time Big Ten Track and Field Athlete of the Week (4/22 & 4/29)
  • Won the 200m at the Illini Twilight and Musco Twilight

Indoor

  • First Team All-American in 4x400m relay and 400m
  • Set fastest times in school history in the 200m and 400m events
  • Big Ten Champion in the 200m and 400m
  • Member of 4x400m relay team that set the school record with a mark of 3:06.58 to finish fourth at the NCAA Championships
  • Finished seventh at NCAA Championships in the 400m

2014

Outdoor

  • Earned second-team All-America honors as a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed 10th at the NCAA Championships
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m and placed 22nd
  • Clocked the fifth-fastest 400m time in school history (45.69) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round
  • Finished runner-up in the 400m at the Big Ten Championships
  • Member of the 4x400m and 4x100m relay teams that scored points at the Big Ten Championships
  • Placed 9th in the 200m at the conference championships
  • Won the 400m at the Illinois Twilight
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed second at the Drake Relays with the fifth-fastest time in school history
  • USTFCCCA second-team All-American

Indoor

  • Finished runner-up in the 400m at the Big Ten Championships with the seventh-fastest time in school history (46.67)
  • Competed in the 200m at the Big Ten Championships and placed seventh to score points for the Illini
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed third at the Big Ten Championships and clocked the fifth-fastest time in school history
  • Clocked the seventh-fastest 200m time in school history (21.29) to place eighth at the Husker Invitational
  • Won the 400m at the Illini Classic

2013

Outdoor

  • Earned All-America honors after running the first leg of the 4x400m relay squad which finished fifth at the NCAA Championships
  • Was also a part of the 4x100m relay squad at the NCAA Championships who finished 13th and earned second team All-America honors
  • Helped Illini win the first annual HyVee Cup at the Drake Relays
  • Set a lifetime best 200m time of 21.26 during the prelims at the Big Ten Championships
  • Recorded a career best 400m time of 46.98 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet to finish runner-up in the event

Indoor

  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400m relay
  • Scored points for the Illini at the Big Ten Championships, running the second leg of the DMR team which finished fifth
  • Ran on the 4x400m relay squad which clocked the fourth fastest time in school history (3:07.84) at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Meet
  • Clocked a lifetime best 600m time of 1:24.13 at the Illini Open

2012

Outdoor

  • Ran the third leg of the 4x100m relay team which qualified for the NCAA Championships and set the third-fastest time in school history (39.00) in the prelims
  • Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round of Championships in the 4x100m relay and individually in the 400m
  • Notched a career-best 400m time of 47.34 during the prelims of the Big Ten Championships
  • Set a lifetime-best 200m time of 21.35 at the LSU Invitational
  • Finished runner-up in the 400m at the EIU Big Blue Classic

Indoor

  • Participated in the 60m, 60m hurdles, 200m, 400m, and 600m
  • Represented the Illini in the Big Ten Championships in the 200m, scoring points by taking seventh with a time of 21.78
  • Placed fourth in the 400m at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a time of 49.07
  • Ran in five meets

High School

  • Finished second in the 400m dash at the state meet as a junior and took second in the 200m dash and 400m dash as a senior
  • Earned All-Conference honors in track and field in the 100m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, 4x100m relay and 4x200m relay
  • All-State honorable mention in football as a senior

Personal

  • Parents are Troy and Jennifer Zahn
  • Has two brothers, Zach and Jacob
  • Hobbies are basketball, football, skateboarding, listening to music and playing video games

Personal Bests

Outdoor
100m: 10.57 - UNLV Spring Invitational (3/21/15)
200m: 20.37 - Big Ten Championships (5/17/15)
400m: 45.31 - NCAA West Prelims (5/30/15)

Indoor
60m: 6.82 - Husker Invite (2/5/15)
200m: 20.75 - Big Ten Championships (2/28/15)
400m: 45.63 - Big Ten Championships (2/28/15)
600m: 1:24.13 - Illini Open (1/12/13)

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2014-15Senior

    Sprints