Alex Zona

Class: Senior Hometown: Dyer, IN High School: Lake Central

Event: Pole Vault

2009 -- Indoor - won pole vault with collegiate-best 16-0 3/4 at Iowa Invite... that mark ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time best performers list... placed 16th in pole vault at Big Ten Championships (15-7)... placed fifth in pole vault (15-7 3/4) at Jack Jennet Invite... Outdoor - led team in pole vault with a collegiate-best 16-0 3/4 at Messersmith Invite... that mark ranks seventh in school history... placed eighth in pole vault at Big Ten Championships (15-11 3/4) and fourth at Tiger Track Classic (15-1)... letterwinner.

2008 -- Indoor - posted season-best pole vault (15-7 3/4) at Jack Johnson Classic... placed 16th in pole vault at Big Ten Championships (15-6 1/4)... won that event at Iowa Invite (15-3)... also competed in pole vault at UNI Open (15-7) and Iowa Open (15-1)... Outdoor - placed seventh in pole vault (15-1) and fifth in javelin (143-0) at Musco Twilight X... letterwinner.

2007 -- Indoor - tied for 14th in pole vault with a season-best 15-7 at Big Ten Championships... letterwinner.

High School -- placed fourth in pole vault (15-3) at state meet... two-time sectional pole vault champion, AAU Northern indoor national champion and record holder (16-0) in pole vault senior year... set school records in high jump (6-6 1/4) and pole vault (15-3)... lettered four years in track... coached by Rudy Skoropa and Tim Johnson.

Personal -- born July 19, 1987... son of Terry and Susan Zona.