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Alexis Zatta Season 2020-21

PositionJUMPS
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownAthens, Ohio
Previous SchoolMichigan

IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS

  • Tied for No. 6 in school history in the indoor high jump with a mark of 1.81 meters (Feb. 27, 2021)
 

2021

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Junior
  • Big Ten Bronze Medalist: High Jump
  • Participated in eight meets in the high jump and long jump
  • Finished 14th overall with a personal-best-tying high jump mark of 1.77 meters at the NCAA East Prelims on May 29
  • Claimed bronze in the high jump at the Big Ten Championships with a jump of 1.76 meters on May 16
  • Finished third at the Big Ten Relays on April 23 in the high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters
  • Won the Husker Big Ten Invite with a high jump clearance of 1.76 meters
  • Notched a personal-best high jump mark of 1.77 meters to win the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 2 and earn Big Ten Women’s Field Athlete of the Week accolades on April 10
  • Competed in the long jump and had a wind-aided jump of 5.03 meters at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 1 on March 27
Indoor Track & Field / As a Senior
  • Second Team All-America: High Jump
  • Big Ten Champion: High Jump
  • NCAA Qualifier: High Jump, seeded 15th, finished 15th
  • All-Big Ten First Team
  • Competed in six meets in the high jump, finishing first or second all but once
  • Earned second team All-America accolades with a 15th-place finish in the high jump (1.76 meters) at the NCAA Championships on March 11
  • Won the Big Ten title in the high jump with a clearance of 1.81 meters, tied for No. 6 in school history, on Feb. 27
  • Finished second in back-to-back meets in the high jump, at the Hoosier Hills Invite on Feb. 6 (1.77 meters) and the Hawkeye Big Ten Invite on Feb. 13 (1.68 meters)
  • Claimed first in two meets to open the year, at the Simmons-Harvey Invite on Jan. 16 (1.78 meters) and the Gladstein Invite on Jan. 23 (1.73 meters)
 

2019-20

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Junior
  • 2020 outdoor season canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic
Indoor Track & Field / As a Junior
  • Competed in three meets in the high jump
  • Placed eighth at the Big Ten Championships with a high jump mark of 1.73 on Feb. 28
  • Finished fourth with a mark of 1.66 in back-to-back meets, at the Fred Wilt Open on Dec. 7 and the Gene Edmonds Memorial on Jan. 10
 

2018-19

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • Competed in seven meets in the high jump
  • Qualified for the NCAA Regionals and notched a jump of 1.70 meters on May 23
  • Finished third at the Drake Relays with a high jump mark of 1.71 on April 24
  • Won the high jump title at the Louisville Invite with a 1.75 on April 12
  • Notched a runner-up finish in the high jump with a jump of 1.74 on April 6 at the Jim Click Shootout
  • Was third at the UTSA Invite in the high jump (1.63) on March 15
Indoor Track & Field / As a Sophomore
  • Participated in five meets in the high jump
  • Finished 10th at the Big Ten Championships with a high jump of 1.68 on Feb. 22
  • Won the high jump at the Fred Wilt Open with a jump of 1.66 on Feb. 1
 

2017-18

Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Competed in two meets in the high jump, including the Big Ten Championships
  • Posted a mark of 1.65 to place fourth in the high jump on April 13 at the Louisville Invite
Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Competed in one meet in the high jump and pentathlon
  • Finished third in the high jump with a mark of 1.54 and scored 1,886 points in the pentathlon at the Fred Wilt Invite on Jan. 26
 

PRIOR TO PURDUE / AT MICHIGAN FROM 2016-17

2017 Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Redshirted
2016-17 Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Redshirted
 

PERSONAL

  • Majoring in psychological sciences
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Graduate Student
2021-22

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2019-20

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Sophomore
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2017-18