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Zack Fanelty

Zack Fanelty - Men's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
Last School Tallwood
Year Senior
Event Distance
Zack Fanelty - Men's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Honors and Awards:
2013 Indoor All-ACC Third Team

2015 Track:
Indoor:
Posted top-10 finishes in the 800 meters at four meets, including a third-place finishes at the Auburn Invitational (1:53.73), the Doc Hale VT Elite (1:52.00) and the Samford University Invitational (1:50.23) … Had a solid showing at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational by helping the DMR to a first-place (9:56.43) finish. Outdoor: Ran a leg of the 4×800-meter relay that won the Florida Relays for the third straight year … Part of the 4×800-meter relay team that won the event at the Penn Relays … Ran a season-best 800m time of 1:49.71 at the Georgia Tech Invite and placed third in the 800m at the Alabama Relays.

2014 Cross Country:
Did not compete.

2014 Track:
Indoor: Placed third in the 800 meters at the Vanderbilt Invite … Placed fifth in the same event at the ACC Championships … Helped the DMR team to a second-place finish at the same meet with a time of 9:50.17 … Ran a leg of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished seventh in a time of 3:20.77 at the same meet. Outdoor: Ran as part of the 4×800-meter relay that won the event at the Florida Relays for the second-straight year and broke the 20-year-old Georgia Tech school record … Placed second in the 800 meters at the Alabama Relays … Helped the 4×400-meter relay team to a second place finish at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Ran to third place in the 1,500 meters in a career-best time of 3:54.20 at the same meet.

2013 Cross Country:
Did not compete.

2013 Track:
Indoor: Took fourth in the 800 meters (1:53.97) at the Crimson Tide Opener … Took third for All-ACC honors in the 800 meters with a time of 1:51.42 at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Part of the 4×800-meter relay team that took first (7:22.37) at the Florida Relays … Placed third with the DMR (9:59.93) at the same meet … Took second in the 800 meters (1:50.37) at the Bob Pollock Invitational … Improved that time to a career-best 1:48.75 and second place at the Georgia Tech Invite.

2012 Cross Country:
Did not compete.

2012 Track:
Indoor: Helped the DMR to a fifth-place finish at the VT Elite Meet with a time of 10:17.67 … Ran the 800 meters in 1:52.73 for seventh place at the Rod McCravy Invite … Recorded a time of 1:53.28 in the same event at the Vulcan Invite for fifth place … Ran a leg of the DMR at the ACC Championships to help the team to a seventh-place finish (9:56.37). Outdoor: Part of the 4×800-meter relay and the 4×400-meter relay teams that took first (7:33.09) and third (3:17.59), respectively, at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite … Ran the 1,500 meters in 3:58.86 for second place at the same meet … Logged his fastest 800-meter time of 1:50.74 at the ACC Championships.

2011 Cross Country:
Did not compete.

High School:
A three-year cross country letterwinner, four-year indoor track letterwinner and four-year outdoor track letterwinner under Coach Stravino at Tallwood High School … Captained all three squads his senior season … Earned the title of VHSL AAA 800m Outdoor Champion during his senior season … An All-State 4x800m relay runner and 1,000m runner during the 2010-11 indoor track season … All-State in the 800m run during the 2011 outdoor track season … Holds the school record in the 4x800m relay and 800m run.

Personal:
Full name is Zackary James Fanelty … Born on Oct. 7, 1992 in Norfolk, Va. … Parents are Steven and Rebecca … Brother to Chloe … Chose Tech because of the academics, the prestige and the athletics … Started running in seventh grade after playing ice hockey for three years … Majoring in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

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