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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

Zackery Carver

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Anderson, S.C.
  • High School T.L. Hanna High School
  • Instagram @zcarver2003

Biography

2024-25 (Junior): Indoor Season - Ran a season-best in the 800 meters at Camel City Distance, season-best in the mile at 4:46.87 during the VMI Invitational, and collegiate-best at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:00.19... was a member of the third-place distance medley team who ran a season-best 10:31.82 at the conference championship meet. Outdoor Season - Ran a collegiate PR in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the SWU GottaRun Meet... ran the 1,500 meters at the Phoenix Invitational with a time of 4:26.48 and the 800 meters at the Weems-Baskin Invitational 

2023-24 (Sophomore): Indoor Season - Finished 35th in the 3000 and set a new PR (9:39.63) at the Visit Winston-Salem College Kick-off... Finished 18th in the 800 at the Gamecock Opener 2024... Finished 4th in the 4x400 and 9th in the 1000 and set a new PR (2:42.05) at the Carolina Challenge 2024... Finished 10th in the 4x100 and 52nd in the 800 at the 2024 Liberty Open... Finished 21st in the 800 at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor Season - Finished 69th in the 800 and 80th in the 1500 and set a new PR (4:18.52) at the Charlotte 49er Classic... Finished 20th in the 1500 at the Weems Baskin Invitational 24... Finished 77th in the 800 at the Lee University - Fast Break Invitational... Finished 17th in the 800 at the Electric City Invitational.

2022-23 (Freshman): Indoor Season - Finished 9th and set a new PR in the 3000 meter in the Finn Pincus Invitational (9:46.59).. Finished 64th and set a new PR in the 2023 Liberty Open (5:10.55)... Outdoor Season - Finished 19th in the 3000 meter in the SWU GottaRun Invite 2023 (10:43.77).. Finished 19th and set a new PR in the 800 meter (2:23.24) and finished 28th in the 1500 meter (4:38.75) in the Newberry- Hub City Invitational (2:16.96).. Finished 48th and set a new PR in the 1500 meter in the Electric City Invitational (4:36.27).

Prep: Graduated from T.L. Hanna High School where he was a member of the cross country, track and field and wrestling programs...Earned 6 letters in XC, 5 letters in track and field and 1 letter in wrestling...Holds the T.L. Hanna High School record in the 4x800-meter relay (8:02)...Runs a 17:01 in the 5K, 4:41 in the 1600-meter run, 10:12 in the 3200-meter run and a 2:01 in the 800-meter run...Was a 2020 XC All-Region member, 2017-21 XC Region Champion, 2019 and 2021 XC State Runner-Up, 2022 4x800 All-Region member and a 2018-22 Track and Field Region Champion...Was a Duke Tip Scholar and a Beta Club and FCA member.

Personal: Son of Charles and Julie Carver...Has three sisters, Katie (31), Erika (16) and Erin (13)...Both parents bowled professionally...Charles bowled from 1985-2003 in the PBA and Julie bowled from 1998-2003 in the LPBT/PWBA.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

    6'0"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'0"