2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Mark Moore
Mark Moore

Shaina Zinter

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown St. Paul, Minn.
  • Highschool Concordia Academy
  • Instagram shainalz464

Biography

Awards: Ranks 10th on the UW indoor performance list in the pentathlon with 3,839 points ... USATF heptathlon national champion in 2019 and 2021... 2022 Nike heptathlon national champion ... finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 2021 Nike Nationals
 
 Personal Bests
 Indoor Track  Outdoor Track 
 600 meters  1:31.94  1/20/23  200 meters  24.94  5/12/23
 800 meters  2:11.62  2/24/23  100-meter hurdles  14.24  3/31/23
 60-meter hurdles  8.61  2/10/23  Long jump  17-10 1/4 (5.44m)  3/31/23
 High jump  5-2 1/2 (1.59m)  1/27/23  800 meters  2:11.59  4/13/23
 Long jump  17-8 3/4 (5.40m)  2/10/23  Javelin   126-3 (38.48m)  3/31/23
 Shot put  36-9 3/4 (11.22m)  1/27/23  High jump  5-1 (1.55m)  4/13/23
 Pentathlon  3839  1/27-28/23  Shot put  36-4 1/4 (11.08m)  5/12/23
 Heptatlon  5164      5/12-13/23

TFFRS Profile

2025 Outdoor Track:
Led the Badgers in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with an 11th-place finish with a season best with 5276 points (14.66, 5-1 3/4 (1.57m), 37-9 1/2 (11.52m), 25.21, 17-6 1/4 (5.34m), 125-7 (38.28m), 2:14.27) (May 18)... Placed third in the 100 meter hurdles at the Badger Challenge with a time of 14.94 seconds. Also finished in fifth place in the long jump with a mark of 17-10 3/4 (5.45m) (May 2)... Finished second in the heptathlon with 5261 points at the Drake Relays (14.73, 5-4 1/4 (1.63m), 37-10 1/2 (11.54m), 25.62, 16-10 1/2 (5.14m), 127-5 (38.85m), 2:13.96) (Apr. 26)... Took 17th in the high jump at the 44 Farms Team Invitational, earning a mark of 5-3 3/4 (1.62m). Also placed 28th in the javelin with a toss of 113-6 (34.60m) (Apr. 12)... Finished in first in the javelin throw with a toss of 129-8 (39.52m) at the Mangrum Invite, while also placing fifth in the 100 meter hurdles with a sprint of 14.66 seconds (March 29). 

2025 Indoor Track: Placed 16th in the long jump with a mark of 17-8 (5.38m) at the Wisconsin Windy City Invite. Also finished in 29th in the 60 meter hurdles in 8.94 seconds (Feb. 14)... Finished in seventh in the pentathlon at the Fighting Illini Invite with a total of 3,674 points, including a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:22.93 (Jan. 25)... Placed fifth in the high jump at the Hawkeye Invite, clearing 5-3 (1.60m) (Jan. 18)... Kicked off her season with a fifth-place finish in the 60 meters hurdles, turning in a time of 9.03 seconds at the Wisconsin Midwest Invite. Placed 10th in both the high jump and the long jump, producing marks of 5-03 (1.60m) and 17-03 1/2 (5.27m), respectively (Jan. 11). 

2024 Outdoor Track: Won the heptathlon with a score of 5,439 points with marks of (13.91 / 5-4 ¼ (1.63m) / 37-9 ¼  (11.51m) / 24.78 / 17-2 ¾ (5.25m) / 119-8 (36.48m) / 2:13.54) at the 2024 Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-11)… finished second in the 100 meter hurdles in 13.93 seconds and third in the high jump with a mark of 5-4 ½ (1.64m) at the Badger Challenge (May 3)... finished seventh in the 400 meter hurdles crossing in 1:00.49, finished 15th in the long jump with a mark of 17-10 ¾ (5.45m), finished 15th in the high jump with a clearance of 5-1 (1.55m), and 12th in the 100-meter hurdles crossing in 13.95 seconds at the Texas Invitational (April 26-27)... finished sixth in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 5,499 points with marks of (13.82 / 5-3 ¼ (1.61m) / 36-1 ¼ (11.00m) / 24.71 / 18-5 (5.61m) / 114-8 (34.95m) / 2:11.99) at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/11-12)... finished 11th in the 400 meter hurdles crossing in 59.49 and 17th in the javelin throw with a distance of 117-7 *35.84m) at the Battle of the Bayou (March 29)... finished 16th in the 200 meters crossing 25.18 seconds and 10th in the 100 meter hurdles in 13.95 seconds at the Keyth Talley Invitational (March 23)

2024 Indoor Track: Finished fourth in the pentathlon with a total score of 3,915 points and marks of ( 8.50 / 5-2 ¼ (1.58m) / 36-5 (11.10m) / 17-7 (5.36m) / 2:12.82) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)... finished 10th in the long jump with a distance of 18-3 (5.56m), finished fourth in the 60 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 8.47 seconds, and 20th in the high jump at 5-2 ½ (1.59m) at the Badgers Windy City Invitational (Feb. 9-10)... Won the pentathlon with a total score of 3,956 points and marks of ( 8.57 / 5-5 ¼ (1.66m)  / 35-1 (10.69m) / 17-2 ¾ (5.25m) / 2:11.37) at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 26)... finished third in the pentathlon 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.76, finished ninth in high jump clearing  5-1 ¾ (1.57m), and finished sixth in the shot put with a toss of 33-5 ¼ (10.19m) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 19-20)...  finished third  in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.64 and fourth in the long jump with a distance of 17-9 1/4 (5.42m) at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational (Jan. 13)

2023 Outdoor Track: Recorded a personal best in the heptathlon with 5,164 points at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invite...set two personal bests in the long jump (17-10 1/4) and 800 meters (2:11.59)... recorded bests in the 200 meters (25.21), the 100-meter hurdles (14.24), and the javelin (126-3) at the Stanford Invite (Mar.31-Apr.1)...placed seventh in the javelin throw with a toss of 123-1 at the USF Bulls Invite (Mar.17-18)... finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.34 at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 5)... finished seventh in the heptathalon with 5,139 points, winning the 800 meters in 2:11.87 and ran a personal best time of 24.94 for a fourth place finish in the 200 metersat the Big Ten Championships (May 12-13) 

2023 Indoor Track: Finished seventh in the pentathlon with 3,736 points at the Big Ten Championships (Fe.24-25) ... placed ninth in the DMR running a time of 11:20.74 at the 2023 Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb.18) ... ran a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.61 at the Wisconsin Windy City Invite (Feb.10-11)...set a personal best in the pentathlon with 3,839 points at the Illini Challenge (Jan.27-28) ... recorded personal bests in the high jump (5-2 1/2) and shot put (36-9 3/4) at Illinois ... ran a personal best in the 600 meters in 1:31.94 and placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.77 at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan.20-21) ... placed ninth in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.90, eighth in the 4x400 (4:11.20), and sixth in the high jump (5-1 1/4) at the Badgers Midwest Invite (Jan.14)

High School: 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, and 200 meters champ senior year...second place in long jump at class A state... 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, and 200 meters champ junior year and fourth in long jump... 300-meter hurdles champ and placed fifth in 100-meter hurdles freshman year... set record in both 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles... coach was Marc Paul... played volleybal, earned 4 letters, all-state champ, and 3 all- conference champ... 4x honor roll, National Honor Society, and Academic all-state

Personal:  Parents are Rachel and Jimmy Zinter... siblings are Judah (14) Zinter... mom competed 3 years of  track and field at the University of Concordia - Nebraska

                                                                                                Why Wisconsin?

" I chose Wisconsin because of the competitive academic and athletic environment and the excellent coaching. I believe I can be the best student and athlete that I can be at Wisconsin. "

Historical Player Information

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