Wellington Zaza Season 2016-17

Wellington Zaza Season 2016-17

PositionSPRINTS/JUMPS
ClassSenior
HometownUpper Darby, Pa.

2017 Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m relay)
2017 Outdoor Second Team All-American (110mH)
2017 Indoor Second Team All-American (60mH)
2017 Indoor Second Team All-SEC (60mH)
2016 Outdoor Second Team All-American (110mH, 4x100m relay)

2017 Outdoor:
Earned First Team All-American honors in the 4x400m Relay ... Earned Second Team All-American honors in the 110mH by finishing 16th with a mark of 13.74 ... Placed eighth at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 13.75 ... Placed second at the Tiger Track Classic and War Eagle Invitational, where he set a personal-record with a 13.68 ... Finished ninth at SEC Outdoors ... Also ran the 200m twice with best performance coming at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 21.08(w)

2017 Indoor:
Became the first Auburn athlete to earn All-American honors in the 60 meter hurdles since Shamar Sands in 2003 ... Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 12th place finish at NCAA Indoors with a time of 7.93 ... Finished third at SEC Indoors with a career-best 7.72, a top-five mark in school history ... Finished in the top four in five of six events including two wins ... Won the Vanderbilt Invitational and Auburn Invitational

2016 Outdoor:
Earned second team All-American honors in the 4x100m relay with Randall Ceneus, Kahlil Henderson and Joshua Burks with a time of 39.48 at the NCAA Outdoor Championship ... Recorded a personal best 13.75 in the 110mH to finish 11th at the NCAA Outdoors and earn second team All-American honors ... Finished ninth at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 14.16 ... Posted a wind aided time of 13.59 in the NCAA East Prelims to finish ninth and advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championship ... 2015-16 Academic Top Tiger.

2016 Indoor:
Posted a personal best 7.85 in the 60mH at the Conference Clash ... Finished with a personal best 14.60m in the triple jump at the Husker Invitational ... Finished third at the Vanderbilt Invitational in the 60m with a time of 8.02.

Prior to Auburn:
Signed with Auburn out of Central Arizona College ... Finished fourth in the 110mH at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships 2012 and 2013 New Balance Outdoor Champion in the 110mH ... 2013 high school All-American in the 110mH.

Personal:
Attended Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, Pa. ... Son of Oreta Zaza.

ZAZA'S PERSONAL BESTS
EventMarkMeet
60mH Indoor7.852016 Conference Clash
110mH Outdoor13.752016 NCAA Outdoor Championships
Triple Jump Indoor47-10.75/14.60m2016 Husker Invitational