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Shane Zemel
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Distance
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Downers Grove, Ill.
High School: North

2010-2011
Indoor Track:

High School: A four-year varsity athlete in track and two-year varsity athlete in cross country at Downers Grove High School...Captain of cross country and track teams his senior season...Member of a 4x800 relay team that won the conference title with a time of 8:13, and placed sixth at the Indoor Track State Championship in 2009-2010 with a time of 8:06...Outdoor 4x800 relay won the conference title with a time of 7:57...Took sixth place in the 800 meter run at sectionals with a time of 2:01...Member of a record holding 4x400 relay team in 2007-2008...Was named to the All-Conference Varsity Academic team for cross country in 2008-2009, and 2009-2010...Was also selected to the All-Conference Varsity Academic team in 2008-2009, and 2009-2010 for track...Was named as the Downers Grove Most Faithful Runner, and was given the track Trojan Pride award...Won the Illinois Premier Boy's State Award in 2009-2010, and was given the President's Award for Educational Excellence...Off the track was a member of National Honor Society, Link Crew, and served as a foreign language Spanish tutor from 2008-2010...Was also a Special Education assistant from 2009-2010...Involved with the Student Leadership Core (B2B) from 2006-2008.
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