The 6-foot, 145-pound senior won the Division 1 state meet this past season with a course-record time of 14:39.9, breaking the tape 18.2 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor. After finishing second in his first race of the season, Zegarski won 11 consecutive events, including the Mideast Cross Country Championships. He finished 2021 with a personal-best time of 14:35.31 to take 18th at the national Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championships.
Zegarski has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run cross country on scholarship at Butler University this fall.
A member of his school’s Student Athlete Leadership Team, Zegarski has volunteered locally with the Hope Squad, a peer-led anti-suicide intervention program for students. He has also donated his time as a peer tutor in multiple school subjects.