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Shinnick, Zach
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Zach Shinnick
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Glendora, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien
Bio
THIS YEAR: Grad student Zach Shinnick is in his fourth season of competing in the sprints and relays for USC. Ranks second on USC's all-time indoor 400m list and is the freshman record-holder in the event. Ran on USC's collegiate record-setting 4x400m relay which won an NCAA title in 2018.
2021: Shinnick battled with a leg injury all season, limiting him to two outdoor meets. He placed second in the 400m with a season-best time of 46.85 at the Cal Dual Meet. He ran an indoor 200m PR of 20.70 at the Texas Tech Shootout.
2020: Shinnick did not compete during the indoor season. He won the 200m with a time of 20.78 (+1.6) at the Beach Opener, before the outdoor season was shutdown due to COVID-19.
2019: A leg injury limited him to four individual races. He had a best 400m time of 46.38 to win at the Mt. SAC Relays. He was forced to pull up in the 400m prelims at the Pac-12 Championships. During the indoor season he had a time of 46.96 to place fourth in the 400m at the MPSF Championships.
2018: Had a PR of 20.58 (+1.0) to place second in the 200m dash at the Power 5 Challenge to open the outdoor season. Suffered a hamstring injury in practice and missed the rest of the regular season. Came back for the Pac-12 Championships and ran 47.65 to place 10th in the 400m. His early-season 200m time qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds where he finished 18th with a time of 21.06 (+0.6). He ran on the 4x400m relay which ran 3:01.11 to advance out of the West first, with the fourth-fastest time in school history. Earned All-America honors by running the third leg on USC's 4x400m relay which won the NCAA title with a USC and collegiate record of 2:59.00. During the indoor season he placed second in the 400m dash at the MPSF Championships with a USC freshman record time of 45.96. He then broke that with a time of 45.81 to place eighth in the 400m at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Shinnick is a 2017 graduate of Damien HS in La Verne, Calif. He won the 2017 CIF-State 400m title with a then-PR of 46.12. He then went on to win the 400m title with a PR of 45.20 at the USA Junior Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. to make the U.S. Team for the Pan Am Games. Shinnick's time of 45.20 was the fourth-fastest in California high school history and eighth-fastest in U.S. high school history. He took third in the 400m with a time of 45.98 at the Pan American Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru. He also had personal bests of 10.53 in the 100m and 21.10 in the 200m. He took second in the 200m and third in the 400m at the 2015 CIF-State Meet.
PERSONAL: Zach was born on February 8, 1999 in Burbank, Calif...His parents are Christy and Adam Shinnick and he has two siblings, Taylor and Maya...His grandfather Mike Parker also attended USC...He is a Journalism major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m - 10.53 200m - 20.58 400m - 45.20
2021: Shinnick battled with a leg injury all season, limiting him to two outdoor meets. He placed second in the 400m with a season-best time of 46.85 at the Cal Dual Meet. He ran an indoor 200m PR of 20.70 at the Texas Tech Shootout.
2020: Shinnick did not compete during the indoor season. He won the 200m with a time of 20.78 (+1.6) at the Beach Opener, before the outdoor season was shutdown due to COVID-19.
2019: A leg injury limited him to four individual races. He had a best 400m time of 46.38 to win at the Mt. SAC Relays. He was forced to pull up in the 400m prelims at the Pac-12 Championships. During the indoor season he had a time of 46.96 to place fourth in the 400m at the MPSF Championships.
2018: Had a PR of 20.58 (+1.0) to place second in the 200m dash at the Power 5 Challenge to open the outdoor season. Suffered a hamstring injury in practice and missed the rest of the regular season. Came back for the Pac-12 Championships and ran 47.65 to place 10th in the 400m. His early-season 200m time qualified him for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds where he finished 18th with a time of 21.06 (+0.6). He ran on the 4x400m relay which ran 3:01.11 to advance out of the West first, with the fourth-fastest time in school history. Earned All-America honors by running the third leg on USC's 4x400m relay which won the NCAA title with a USC and collegiate record of 2:59.00. During the indoor season he placed second in the 400m dash at the MPSF Championships with a USC freshman record time of 45.96. He then broke that with a time of 45.81 to place eighth in the 400m at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL: Shinnick is a 2017 graduate of Damien HS in La Verne, Calif. He won the 2017 CIF-State 400m title with a then-PR of 46.12. He then went on to win the 400m title with a PR of 45.20 at the USA Junior Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. to make the U.S. Team for the Pan Am Games. Shinnick's time of 45.20 was the fourth-fastest in California high school history and eighth-fastest in U.S. high school history. He took third in the 400m with a time of 45.98 at the Pan American Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru. He also had personal bests of 10.53 in the 100m and 21.10 in the 200m. He took second in the 200m and third in the 400m at the 2015 CIF-State Meet.
PERSONAL: Zach was born on February 8, 1999 in Burbank, Calif...His parents are Christy and Adam Shinnick and he has two siblings, Taylor and Maya...His grandfather Mike Parker also attended USC...He is a Journalism major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m - 10.53 200m - 20.58 400m - 45.20
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