Zach Podraza

Position:
Multi-Events
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Scripps Ranch, California
High School:
Scripps Ranch
Prev School:
Nebraska

Personal Records

60m	7.23	2020 Indoor
100m	11.32w	2019 Outdoor
400m	50.40	2021 Outdoor
1,000m	2:43.60	2020 Indoor
1,500m	4:53.83	2019 Outdoor
60m Hurdles	8.28	2021 Indoor
110m Hurdles	15.20w	2019 Outdoor
High Jump	6-6 1/4 (1.99m)	2019 Outdoor
Pole Vault	16-0 3/4 (4.90m)	2019 Outdoor
Long Jump	22-11 1/4w (6.99m)	2019 Outdoor
Shot Put	42-10 1/4 (13.06m)	2020 Indoor
	40-3 1/2 (12.28m)	2021 Outdoor
Discus	137-7 (41.94m)	2021 Outdoor
Javelin	223-10 (68.23m)	2023 Outdoor
Heptathlon	5,408	2020 Indoor
Decathlon	7,331	2021 Outdoor

Awards and Honors

USTFCCCA All-Academic (2018, 2019, 2020)

2022-23
Outdoor: Joined the Cyclones and threw javelin … qualified for NCAA West Prelims, finishing 18^th with a mark of 216-3 (65.91m) … put up the third-best javelin performance in Cyclone history after finishing fourth at Texas Relays with a PR of 223-10 (68.23m) … took the silver medal at Big 12 Championships throwing 217-6 (66.29m) … placed 16^th at Mt. SAC Relays with a mark of 213-8 (65.14m) … finished third at the UCF Invite with 211-3 (64.40m) in his first showing at ISU … also threw at Drake Relays, cementing eighth (200-5, 61.08m).

2021-22 (Nebraska)
Indoor: Member of the 4x400 relay team that earned a second-place finish at the Nebraska Mark Colligan Memorial (3:16.59) and a fourth-place finish at the Nebraska Graduate Classic (3:20.85) ... recorded a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at the Nebraska Mark Colligan Memorial, clearing 14-10 (4.52m) ... finished fifth place in the 60m at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational with a time of 7.29 ... earned sixth place in the 60m hurdles at the Nebraska Graduate Classic, finishing with a time of 8.40.
2020-21 (Nebraska)
Outdoor: Finished seventh in the javelin (201-11, 61.54m) and ninth in the decathlon (7,331) at the Big Ten Championships … won the javelin at the Big Ten North Florida Invitational with a personal-best mark of 218-6 (66.60m)scored a 7,148 to place ninth in the decathlon at Husker Big Ten Invite.

Indoor: Placed seventh in the heptathlon at Big Ten Championships with a total score of 5,289…totaled a score of 5,130 at the Illini Big Ten Multi Meet to win the heptathlon…Had a sixth-place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-1 (4.60m) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…Also placed 10th in long jump at Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a leap of 21-7 1/2 (6.59m).
2019-20 (Nebraska)

Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak worldwide.

Indoor: Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 5,379 points at the Big Ten Championships ... recorded PRs in four of the seven events ... posted a personal-best score of 5,408 points at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

2018-19 (Nebraska)

Outdoor: Placed sixth in the decathlon with a score of 7,106 points and finished ninth in the javelin with a toss of 198-3 (60.44m) at the Big Ten Championships ... qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the javelin and finished 30th with a distance of 200-3 (61.03m) ... set PRs in seven events.

Indoor: Finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a season-best total of 5,247 points...set personal-bests in six of the seven events...ran in the 400m at the Big Ten Invitational and finished with a PR time of 51.61.

2018-18 (Nebraska)

Outdoor: Scored 6,850 points in the decathlon to finish eighth at the Big Ten Championships...also competed in the individual javelin throw, placing 10th with a mark of 198-9 (60.57m)...competed in the javelin at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, finishing 41st...set new outdoor PRs in seven of the 10 decathlon events.

Indoor: Redshirted ... competed unattached, scored 5,056 points in the heptathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational to finish ninth ... set new best indoor marks in all seven heptathlon events.

2016-17 (Nebraska)

Outdoor: Redshirted ... competed unattached in the decathlon, scored 6,314 points at the Reivers April Fools Classic to win the event ... set season-bests in nine of 10 decathlon events.

Indoor: Scored 4,083 in the heptathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

High School

Set personal bests of 42-8 (13.00m) in the triple jump, 6-3 1/2 (1.91m) in the high jump, 14-8 (4.47m) in the pole vault and 5:06.41 in the 1,500m.

Personal
Earning master's degree in family and consumer science.