Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

2013 Season • Sophomore
Indoor – Competed in three meets ... took the gold medal in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.22s at the Great West Conference Championships ... recorded a career-best time of 8.25s in the 60-meter hurdles to qualify for the semifinals at the Howie Ryan Invitational ... posted a 48th place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.23s and a 13th place finish in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.78s at the Masked Rider Open.

Outdoor – Earned bronze at the Great West Conference Championships (5/5) in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:20.52 … Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.55 while helping the 4x400-meter relay team to a fourth place finish with a time of 3:22.98 at the Texas State Invitational (4/6) … Placed fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.78 and eighth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:17.55 at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/21-22)  … Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.47 and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.77 at the Cactus Cup (3/16).

2012 Season • Freshman
Indoor – Competed in three meets … Finished first in preliminaries and second in finals of 60-meter hurdles with a career-best times of 8.42 then 8.37 at the Great West Conference Championships while also coming in third in the 400-meter preliminaries with a career-best time of 53.33 … Placed third in 55-meter hurdles with career-best time of 7.89 at McNeese Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Invite II … Helped DMR team to fourth place finish at Texas Tech Indoor Open #2 with time of 10:45.81.
 
Outdoor – Competed in eight meets … Won Great West Conference Championship in 110-meter hurdles with time of 14.60 … Came in seventh in 110-meter hurdles at Texas State Bobcat Classic with time of 15.17 … Completed 110-meter hurdles in career-best time of 14.59 while finishing third at CSULA Twilight Open … Placed third in 110-meter hurdles at Trinity Alumni Classic with time of 14.56 … Helped DMR team break program record with time of 9:55.00 at Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Recorded fastest time of career in 400-meter hurdles at 55.63 at the Victor Lopez Classic.
 
Edinburg North High School
Earned four letters in track and field ... was named MVP for track and field in 2010 ... holds the record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.02 seconds ... two-time regional qualifier in the hurdles and high jump.
 
Off the Track
Son of Macario and Susana Zarate ... born October 10, 1992 ... has two sisters, Marlen and Marlena ... majoring in kinesiology.