Julia Zachgo

EmpowHER - Ally Henson

Wednesday, February 07

EmpowHER: Ally Henson

Thursday, November 30

Passing the Baton from Geiger to Henes

Thursday, June 15

Wolfpack Women's Top Moments - Track & Field

Wednesday, March 09

Five Track & Field Athletes Set to Compete in US Outdoor National Championships

Wednesday, July 30

28 Wolfpack Athletes Named to All-ACC Academic Track and Field Team

Friday, July 11

Grace Hartman- 2025 ACC Performer of the Year

Grace Hartman Named ACC Outdoor Track Women’s Performer of the Year

Monday, June 30

Wolfpack Freshmen Coleman and Hunt Set for National Stage at USATF U20s

Wednesday, June 18

Photo by: Taylor Jones

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Clifton Park, N.Y.
High School:
Shenendehowa

1x All-ACC Performer:

2019 Cross Country

1x NCAA East Regional Qualifier:

2019 - 3,000m steeplechase

4x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team:

2021 Track & Field
2020 Cross Country
2019 Cross Country
2019 Track & Field

2019 All-Region Cross Country Team
2019 All-ACC Academic Cross Country Team

Collegiate-Best Marks

2022 Outdoor Track & Field:

Competed in the 10000m at the ACC Championships
Placed fifth in the 1500m at the Charlotte Invitational, running a 4:31.00

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field:

Did not compete

2021 Cross Country:

Did not compete

2021 Outdoor Track & Field:

Competed in the 3000m steeplechase at Raleigh Relays, running a personal-best 10:18.43 that was good for the ninth-best time in program history

2020-21 Indoor Track & Field:

Competed in the 3000m at the Virginia Beach Invitational, finishing fourth with a PR of 9:37.70

2020 Cross Country:

Represented the Wolfpack at the ACC Championships where she finished in 48th with a time of 21:15.1
Competed at the NCAA Championships meet for the second consecutive year

2019-20 Indoor Track & Field:

Did not compete

2019 Cross Country:

Competed in all six of the Wolfpack's meets during the 2019 season
Took home the first all-conference honors of her career with a 12th-place finish at the ACC Championships in 21:07.4
Also garnered All-Region status as she placed sixth in 20:12.5
Represented NC State at the NCAA Championships

2019 Outdoor Track & Field:

Ran a season-best 10:24.78 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary
Placed seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase at the ACC Championships, finishing in 10:36.92
Notched a fourth-place finish at the 1,500m invite at the Charlotte Inviting with a 4:25.46 mark
Competed in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships, placing 22nd with a 17:06.45 mark

2018-19 Indoor Track & Field:

Notched a silver-medal finish in the 1,000m at the Clemson Elite with a time of 2:54.54
Collected five top-15 finishes
Competed in the 3,000m at ACC Championships, placing 15th with a time of 9:40.02

2018 Cross Country:

Competed at the ACC Championships, placing 74th with a time of 22:05.7
Ran at both regular-season races for the Pack at the Nuttycombe Invitational and the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals

2018 Outdoor Track & Field:

Did not compete

2017-18 Indoor Track & Field:

Redshirted the season and did not compete

2017 Cross Country:

Competed at two meets during her freshman campaign
Made her in-uniform debut at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, clocking a 5K PR of 17:17.8 to place 47th
Finished 8th in her first college race at the adidas XC Challenge, running a mark of 17:25.4

Prep/Personal:

Daughter of Rick and Sharon Zachgo, sister of Ashley
Competed for Shenendehowa HS under head coach Rob Cloutier
Won the national championship in the 4x800m relay her senior season (2017)
2017 Indoor 4x800m New York state champion
Took home third-place finishes in the DMR and 4x800m at New Balance Indoor Nationals (2017)
Six-time All-American for her high school team across three relay events (4x800m, 4xMile, DMR)
Played varsity basketball for Shenendehowa HS her sophomore and junior years, reaching the state finals in 2016
Born with an extra finger that was removed when she was 10 months old, claims she would have been a beast at thumb wars if not for the surgery
Received an Academic Excellence Award and earned Scholar Athlete honors all four years of high school
Placed second in the 2014 Southern Saratoga County Women's Club for Watercolor Paintings competition
Served as a member of her high school's student council