Moreno Zapata
Moreno Zapata

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lakewood, Wash.

High School:
Curtis High

Height:
5-10

Event:
Triple Jump

WSU CAREER
SOPHOMORE (2006-07): Indoor - Reached indoor PR of 14.83m/48-8i at Husky Classic (2/10/07, Seattle)...finished sixth at MPSF Championships with leap of 14.71m/48-3 1/4i...Outdoor -Reached NCAA Regional Qualifying with winning leap of 15.22m/49-11 1/4w at Pelluer Invite (4/6/07, Cheney)...also won triple jump at WSU -UW Dual...finished second at Pac-10 Championships with leap of 15.45m/50-8 1/4w (5/13/07, Stanford)...also runner-up at NCAA West Regional after soaring 15.78m/51-9 1/4 with 6.5mps wind...placed 20th at NCAA Championships with best effort of 15.33m/50-3 1/2 (6/9/07, Sacramento).

FRESHMAN (2005-06): Indoor - Triple jumped 14.83m/48-8i for 10th place at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (2/25/06, Seattle)...Outdoor - Leaped 14.72m/48-3 1/2 at both Cougar Invite (4/22/06, Pullman) and WSU-UW Dual (4/29/06, Pullman)...best triple jump of season was 14.93m/48-11 3/4w at Vandal Jamboree (5/6/06, Moscow)...tied for eighth at the Pac-10 Championships with a triple jump of 14.84m/48-8 1/4 (5/14/06, Eugene).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned four varsity letters at Curtis High...one in cross country and three in track for coach Mark Salzman...captained track team both junior and senior years...as a ninth-grader at Curtis Junior High, triple jumped school record...third-best Washington freshman mark of 44-9 1/2...seventh in triple jump at 2002 USATF Junior Olympics...sophomore year set state grade record with leap of 48-0...finished third at state 4A championships...finished third at USATF Junior Olympics...team MVP and named field event athlete of the year...as a senior leaped state's second-best all-time triple jump of 50-3 1/4...set meet record at Pasco Invite with leap of 50-3 1/4...at same meet won with 50-11 1/2w, second-farthest prep boys leap nationally...won state 4A triple jump at 48-2 3/4w...member of coach Nathan Wilford's Flying AJ's Track & Field Club...placed sixth in the triple jump at the 2005 USA Junior National Championships.

PERSONAL. Born 3/14/87 at Renton, Wash...father Darryl Fort works at the U.S. Postal Service...mother Patricia Zapata is a Realtor...3.4 GPA...won 2002, 2003 and 2004 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Outstanding Scholastic Award...member of Boy Scouts of America...majoring in movement studies.

ZAPATA'S WSU BEST
Triple Jump - 15.39m / 50-6 (2007), 15.46m/50-8 3/4w (2007)

PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2007 Triple Jump 2nd 15.45m / 50-8 1/4w
2006 Triple Jump t8th 14.84m / 48-8 1/4

NCAA WEST REGIONAL PERFORMANCES
2007 Triple Jump 2nd 15.78m / 51-9 1/4W

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2007 Triple Jump 20th 15.33m / 50-3 1/2

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What is your best memory from the 1988 Aloha Bowl season?
 
 
Defeating Illinois, Minnesota, and Tennessee, on the road, by a combined score of 137-40
 
Upsetting No. 1 UCLA 34-30 at Pasadena
 
Rallying to defeat Washington 32-31 in the Apple Cup
 
Beating Houston 24-22 in the Aloha Bowl