VMI Athletics

Zach Lauster at TFRRS

2022
Indoor: Finished 10th in the 800m at the SoCon Indoor Championships in 1:55.41 … helped the DMR squad to a seventh-place finish in 10:01.59 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships.
Outdoor: Ran a career-best 800m time of 1:52.30 for ninth place at the SoCon Outdoor Championship … earned a career-best 1500m time of 3:58.72 for 14^th place at the Colonial Relays … finished second in the 800m in 1:55.61 at the JMU Invitational.

2021: Competed in one race during the indoor season, finishing with a career-best time of 2:32.53 in the 1000m at the VMI Winter Relays on Jan. 29 … during the outdoor season, earned a career-best 800m time of 1:54.03 for eighth place at the SoCon Outdoor Championships … ran a career-best mile in 4:17.69 for fourth place at the W&L Spring Kick-Off Apr. 24 … opened the outdoor season with a career-best 1500m in 4:06.28 at the Colonial Relays on Apr 2.

2020: Started season with a sixth place finish in the DMR at the Keydet Invitational…placed first in the DMR with time of 10:10.48 at the VMI Team Challenge…earned another first-place finish at the VMI Winter Relays with a 7:54.41 time in the 4x800…posted a personal-best 4:22.63 mile at the VMI Indoor Classic, good for sixth place…placed sixth and a personal best 1:56.06 time for the 800 at the SoCon Indoor Championships…ended season with a fourth and fifth-place finish in the DMR at the ECAC Indoor Championships.
 
2019: True freshman began season with an eighth-place finish in the DMR at the Keydet Invitational…finished second in the DMR, and fourth in the 4x400 at the VMI Team Challenge…posted a personal best in the 1,500 with a time of 4:12.68 at the 2019 Colonial Relays…earned another personal best in the 5k with a 16:15.25 time at the Bison Outdoor Classic.

High School/Personal: Lettered four years in track and three in cross country at Forest Park...in track, was team captain and 2X MVP (one-time team MVP in XC)...holds school record in 1,000-meters and two-mile run (XC)...all-state miler indoors and was also conference and regional champion in the event...all-state in the 4X8 both sophomore and junior year...sports academic honors award...Honor Roll...mother played soccer at Purdue...intends to major in international studies.