January 30th saw three ZAP team members in action at the Terrier Classic Invitational on the campus of Boston University. In the men's 5,000m run first year resident athlete David Jankowski picked up the victory in a time of 13:40.79, a personal best track time by 30 seconds. After a controlled opening 3,000m, Jankowski finished his final mile in a time of 4:18 to secure the win. The performance comes on the heels of Jankowski's personal best track 10,000m run in October (28:27).

October 3rd kicked off the '09 / '10 competitive year for Team ZAP as rookies David Jankowski and Alissa McKaig both took 3rd place finishes at the Apple Festival 4 Miler in Erwin, TN. Jankowski ran an impressive 18:50 on the hilly East Tennessee course and McKaig crossed the line in 23:57. On Sunday October 11th 2nd year resident athletes Nate Peck and Jessica Minty ran the B.A.A. 1/2 Marathon. Peck finished 7th in a time of 1:06.28 and Minty ran a personal best time of 1:16.37 for 6th place. Allison Grace, who was to run her first marathon at Twin Cities, incurred a kidney infection along with numerous kidney stones forcing her out of the race.