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2009 Men's Cross Country Roster

Yitao Zhang

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 160
  • Class Freshman
  • Major Liberal Studies Program
  • Hometown Orange, CT
  • High School Amity

Biography

2010-11: Team member, but did not compete due to injury. 2009-10: Ran season-best times in the 400m (52.56) and the 60m (7.43) at the NYC Metropolitan Indoor Championships (1/30)...contributed to NYU’s indoor season-best times in the 4x100m relay (3:25.79) at the Boston University Valentine Invitational (2/13-14) and in the sprint medley relay (3:47.35) at the Metropolitan Coaches Invitational (1/8)…contributed to a fifth-place finish as a member of the 4x100m relay team (season-best 45.17) at the Ramapo Roadrunner Invitational (4/3). High School: Two-year team member…served as captain during his final season…competed mainly as a sprinter and compiled career bests of 6.8 in the 55m, 8.10 in the 55m hurdles, 11.46 in the 100m, 23.37 in the 200m, and 53.26 in the 400m…ran the 4x200m relay as his team won the state championship as a freshman…earned the Liberal Studies award…volunteered doing triage at Veterans Affairs and doing research at Yale University…Honor Roll student. Personal: Interested in majoring in economics and minoring in chemistry…enjoys moving fast and listening to music…aspires to become a doctor.