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    DJ Zahn
    DJ Zahn
    Class:
    Sophomore

    Hometown:
    Morton, Ill.

    High School:
    Morton

    Event:
    Sprints

    I/O Eligibility:
    SO/SO

    04/20/2013

    4x400 Highlights LSU Alumni Gold Meet

    400m runners shine on Saturday

    04/18/2013

    Illini Ready for LSU & Mt. SAC Relays

    Majority to Baton Rouge, select squad to California

    04/11/2013

    Illini Set for Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational

    Orange and Blue will travel to Macomb, Ill., for meet

    04/07/2013

    Four Illini Victorious at Tiger Track Classic

    Three Orange and Blue crack school's top-10

    04/04/2013

    Illini Travel to Auburn's Tiger Track Classic

    Meet will take place at Hutsell-Rosen Track

    05/13/2013

    2013 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships

    Pictures from the 2013 Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

    01/15/2013

    Illini Open

    Photos from the Illini Open on Jan. 12, 2013

    AT ILLINOIS

    2012 Track and Field
    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.

    Zahn's Personal Bests
    Outdoor
    200m: 21.35 - LSU Invitational (4/7/12)
    400m: 47.34 - Big Ten Championships (5/12/12)

    Indoor
    60m: 7.02 - Orange and Blue Open (2/4/12)
    200m: 21.43 - Big Ten Championships (2/25/12)
    400m: 40.07 - Mark Colligan Memorial (1/28/12)
    600m: 1:26.61 - Illini Open (1/14/12)

    Updated July 2012

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