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2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Columbia University Athletics/David Collins

Juan Zarate-Sanchez

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Davis, Calif.
  • Previous School Davis
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Senior): (XC) Competed in the Mets XC Championships 8k race earning a time of 29:04.5 (Oct.7) … (ITF): Took first in the mile at Rutgers Holiday Classic with a time of 4:25.20 (Dec. 2) … Scored a personal best in the 1000m at the Dartmouth v. Columbia v. Yale meet with a 5th place time of 2:30.84 (Jan. 21) … Took 4th place in the 600m at the Scarlet Knight Open with a PR time of 1:21.35 (Feb. 3-4) … Participated in DMR at the Ivy League Heps Indoor Championships earning 7th place with a final time of 10:03.45 (Feb. 25-26) … Earned a top 20 finish (17th) in the 2023 Indoor IC4A/ECAC 800m with a time of 1:52.96 … (OTF): Participated in two 800m … Ran 1:55.11 at the 2023 Colonial Relays 800m (Mar. 30- Apr. 1) … Placed 18th in the 800m at UCONN Northeast Challenge with a time of 1:54.64 (Apr. 14-15)

- 2022 Ivy League Outdoor Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 First Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (4x800m)
- 2022 Ivy League Indoor Champion (4x800m)
- 2022 First Team Indoor All-Ivy League (4x800m)

2021-22 (Junior): (XC)
Did not compete in any events ... (ITF) Ran the opening leg on the 4x800m squad that took the title in 7:30.33 at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) ... Earned first team indoor All-Ivy League honors in the 4x800m ... Finished fourth in the 800m at the Ivy League Indoor Heps with a time of 1:52.27 ... Ran a PR in the 800m with a time of 1:51.03 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Heps (Mar. 4-6) ... (OTF) Took the first leg on the 4x800m squad that won the title at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8), clocking a time of 7:32.27 ... Earned first team outdoor All-Ivy League honors in the 4x800m ... Ran the 800m in 1:55.70 at the Ivy League Outdoor Heps ... Clocked a 16th-place finishing time of 1:52.36 in the 800m at the Larry Ellis Invite (Apr. 15-16).

2020-21 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19)

2019-20 (First-Year): (XC) Set a personal record in the 8K with a time of 26:46.3 (199th) at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (Oct. 19) ... Posted best collegiate finish with a 32nd place time of 29:18.0 in the 8K at the Stony Brook Wolfie Invitational (Sept. 7). (Indoor) Ran the third leg on the 4x800-Meter Relay squad that took first with a time of 7:47.74 at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Clocked a time of 4:32.35 in the One Mile Run at the Fastrack Season Opener (Dec. 6) ... Crossed the line in 2:38.08 in the 1,000-Meter Run at the Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale (Jan. 18) meet. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Five-time letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California ... Claimed fifth place in the 800-Meter Run in back-to-back seasons at the California State meet ... Won the 800m at the 2018 SJS Masters Meet ... Named 2019 All-City Athlete of the Year, San Joaquin Section ... Member of the 2016-18 Delta League D1 Champions in cross country ... Played soccer as well, helping AYSO U-14 finish second in regionals and helped the U-16 squad finish first in regionals ... Graduated from high school with honors in Mathematics ... 2019 California State Seal Of Biliteracy recipient.

Career Bests
8K (XC)
- 26:46.3
Princeton Cross Country Invitational - Oct. 19, 2019
One Mile (Indoor) - 4:32.35
Fastrack Season Opener - Dec. 6, 2019
800m (Indoor) - 1:51.03
IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships - Mar. 4-6, 2022
1000m (Indoor) - 2:38.08
Dartmouth-Columbia-Yale - Jan. 18, 2020

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Middle Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Middle Distance