2014 Men's Outdoor Track and Field Roster

Zack Lafaver

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 5-5
  • Weight 125
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Syracuse, NY

Biography

Biology major... born 6/18/92...son of Carolyn Lafaver, Syracuse, N.Y... returning for his fourth track and field season, Lafaver had a strong 2014 indoor season with personal best times in the 500-meter dash (1:09.02), the 800-meter run (1:59.84) and the 1,000-meter run (2:47.76)... also part of a school record in the distance medley relay (10:32.80) with a fifth-place finish at the NYSCTC meet at St. Lawrence...

2013: Lafaver ran a personal-best time of 2:01.23 in the 800-meter run outdoors at the Cardinal Classic at St. John Fisher on 4/27/13... completed his fourth cross country season for the Golden Flyers in 2013 and placed 213th at the NCAA Atlantic Regional meet at Letchworth with a time of 29:35.7 for 8 kilometers... also placed 58th at the E8 meet (29:47.1)...

2012: finished ninth in the 400-meter dash (:52.69) at the Empire 8 Outdoor Championship.

2011: Lafaver placed 16th in both the 200- and 400-meter dashes at the Empire 8 Outdoor Championships... missed the entire 2011 cross country season due to injury.

2010: Lafaver competed in all eight of the Golden Flyers’ cross country meets in 2010... placed 63rd (25:39—6.4 km) in his first collegiate meet at Colgate, then 55th (23:03—6 km) at the Hamilton Invitational and 21st (24:02—6 km) at Nazareth’s Invitational...also represented the Golden Flyers at the NYSCTC, Empire 8 Conference, and NCAA Atlantic Regional meets, where he finished 86th (31:04—8 km), 56th (29:57—8 km) and 247th (30:52—8 km), respectively...

Scholastic: a graduate of West Genesee High School along with twin brother Jake, Lafaver excelled there in both cross country and track... helped track team to Onondaga League title in 2010 and was a member of the 4 x 400-meter relay team that won Section Three title...named indoor team's most improved athlete for 2008-09...made High Honor Roll.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-2011Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2012-13Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2013Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2013-14Senior

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs
  • 2014Senior

    Middle Distance
    5'5" 125 lbs