Zach Facioni competes at the 2020 Iowa State Classic indoor 3000m. Zach won the race in 7:55.92 breaking the Wake Forest school record. Photo thanks to Ewa Facioni

Running for Wake Forest, the talented and gritty Aussie, Zach Facioni, has broken the school indoor 3000m record, clocking 7:55.92 to take out the win at the Iowa State Classic. It is just one of a string of awesome performances that Facioni has run recently, cementing himself as a serious player on the NCAA scene, and justifying his move from Sydney to the American collegiate system.

2020 Iowa State Classic men’s 3000m

 

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Facioni is in some ripe hot form of late. A week ago Zach also broke the school indoor track record for the mile, clocking 4:01.72 at the Camel City Elite Mile.  Facioni’s mile time broke the previous school record of 4:02.71 set by Kyle Graves in 2015.

Stay tuned to Runner’s Tribe for more Zach Facioni news as the NCAA year unfolds.

 

 

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40 laps of pure sting, sounds like my idea of a good time #headbandit #dotr ??

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