Zach Gentry

Height:
6-0
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Charlottesville, Va.
High School:
Albermarie HS

2017 Midwest Regional Qualifier
2016 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

2019
Competed at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships, finishing in 41st place with an 8k time of 25:11.6… Finished the Pre-National Invitational in 26:03.0… Competed at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, finishing the 8k in 25:27.6… Recorded an 11th place finish in the 6,400-meter at the Hurricane Preview with a time of 20:35.

2018
Placed 14th in the four-mile race at the Hurricane Invitational, crossing the line in 21:05... Finished the five-mile at the Joe Piane-Notre Dame Invite in 26:10.8... Took 26th in the 8K at the Arturo Barrios-Texas A&M Invite, crossing the line in 25:06.5... Finished 36th at the Big 12 Championship, finishing the 8K in 25:30.6... Placed 92nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing the 10K in 32:46.4.

2017
Ran the 10K at the NCAA Midwest XC Regional, finishing in 30:46.4… Crossed the line in 25:18.6 at the Big 12 XC Championship to take 50th… Ran the four mile at the UNT Ken Garland Invite, finishing 14th in 21:19.9… Ran in the 5K against OSU, Arkansas, and Tulsa at the Cowboy Preview, finishing in a PR 15:54.3.

2016
Finished 125th in the 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:42.2... Placed 48th (44th in team scoring) in the 8K at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 26:54.3... Finished 189th in the 8K Blue Race at the Pre-National Invitational with a time of 25:53.8... Placed 261st overall (199th in team scoring) in the 8,000-meter run at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 29:40.5... Finished 13th in the four-mile run at the Ken Garland Invitational with a time of 20:43.9.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named a United States Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete… Two-time Virginia All-State selection in the 3,200… Also was an All-State selection for cross country… Ran on state champion 3,200-meter relay… Named captain of the track and cross country teams… Academic all-district honoree in Charlottesville, Va.

PERSONAL
Son of Ron and Luci Gentry… Has two older sisters, Natalie and Hannah… Brother-in-law's father, Bill Liddell, was a hurdler at Oklahoma... Major is aerospace engineering.