Track and Field Events: Distance
Zach joined the Alvernia staff as an assistant distance coach in August of 2016.
He comes to Alvernia from Liberty University, where he was a graduate assistant for two years.
Barker is a 2014 graduate of Liberty University where he competed in cross-country and track and field for four years. Zach left the Liberty University Cross Country team with All Conference Honors. He set personal bests of 25:05 in the 8k, 15:16 in the 5k, and 4:22 in the Mile.
Barker still competes post collegiately and finished the Boston Marathon in 2016. He also placed 16th in the 2016 Philadelphia Half Marathon clocking a time of 1:11:55.
Zach is excited to be part of the Alvernia Track and Field Coaching staff and is happy to be coaching in his hometown of Reading, PA.
