Zach Thomas Class: Junior
High School: Quaker Valley
Hometown: Sewickley, Pa.
 
photo 2006: Clocked in a season-best time 10k time of 31:25 at the Chile Pepper Invitational ... Ran 10k in 33:00 for 94th-place at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet ... Took 52nd at the ACC Championships with a 26:11 effort ... Completed 8k in season-best time of 25:34 for 32nd place at the William and Mary Inter-Regional ... Finished 15th at the Wake Forest Relays with a time of 23:03.

2005: Redshirted.

2004: Finished 63rd at the ACC Championships in a time of 27:14.60 ... Was seventh in the Bobcat Invitational with a 6.4k time of 18:33 ... Took 11th place at Tech's Festival in the Fields.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track under Coach David Noyes at Quaker Valley High School ... Two-time team captain for cross country ... WPIAL District individual champion in 2003 and a member of the three-time WPIAL championship team (2000, 2001 and 2002) ... Also a three-time state medalist ... WPIAL District individual champion in the 3,200 meters in 2003 ... Three-time WPIAL runner-up in the 3,200m ... Sixth-place PIAA state medalist ... Holds the school record in the 3,200m.

Personal: Born September 27, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... Son of Joseph and Deborah Thomas ... Younger brother of former Hokie distance runner Matt Thomas ... Mining engineering major.