| Career Highlights |
| • Three-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier |
Personal: Son of Earnie and Linda Zilka … Majoring in Health and Physical Education ... Sisters Emily and Julie Zilka are Slippery Rock graduates.
2025 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets primarily in the hammer throw … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing 14th with a mark of 46.65 meters … Personal-best mark of 46.89 meters came as part of a ninth-place finish at the John Papa Invitational … Recorded hammer throw marks of at least 46 meters on two other occasions at the SRU Last Chance Meet (46.87 / seventh) and the Dave Labor Invitational (46.00 / 11th) … Also posted marks in the discus at three meets with top distance of 32.20 meters occurring at the Westminster Invitational ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2025 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at six meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing 13th with a mark of 14.29 meters … Matched showing at conference championships at the SPIRE Indoor Games, resulting in a ninth-place finish … Also recorded 10th-place finishes at the Wuskie Invite (13.37 meters) and the Mount Union Tune-Up (13.25).
2024 (Outdoor): Competed at nine meets primarily in the hammer throw … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing 12th following a season-best throw of 46.70 meters … Second best throw of the year was 45.42 meters coming in a seventh-place finish at the John Papa Invite … Produced four other top-10 finishes at the Dave Labor Invitational (seventh / 44.19), the Dr. Toms Alumni Invite (seventh / 43.96), the Westminster Invite (eighth / 42.87) and the Carnegie Mellon Invitational (10th / 44.14) … Also took part in the discus on three occasions, posting a season-best mark of 28.97 meters at the Dave Labor Invite … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at five meets … Recorded a season-best mark – and result – at the SPIRE Indoor Games, placing 18th at 13.01 meters … Nearly broke 13 meters at the YSU Mid-Major Invite as well with a 12.99-meter throw that led to a 19th-place finish … Also competed at the Jud Logan Memorial (12.77 meters / 20th place), the Mount Union Wuske Open (12.56 / 27th) and the Ashland Invitational (12.42 / 27th).
2023 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets primarily in the hammer throw and javelin … Top mark in the javelin was 42.77 meters as part of an 11th-place at the John Papa Invite … Best hammer throw of 41.95 meters came at the SRU Last Chance Meet and was good enough for a sixth-place finish … Also produced marks above 40 meters in the hammer throw at the Mountaineer Twilight Meet (41.22 / fifth) and the John Papa Invite (40.62 / sixth).
2022 (Outdoor): Competed at five meets … Opened year with a season-best mark in the hammer throw of 39.55 meters at the Myrtle Beach Challenge for a 15th-place finish … Recorded season-high marks in both the javelin (40.01) and the discus (27.09) at the Shamrock Challenge … Produced a mark of 9.40 meters in shot put in lone attempt at the event of the season at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational … Finished year by placing eighth in the hammer throw at the Westminster Invitational with a mark of 38.29 meters ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.
2021 (Outdoor): Competed unattached at the IUP Invitational in lone competition of the season, placing 11th in the javelin (41.85 meters), 18th in the hammer throw (31.64 meters) and 25th in the discus (30.23 meters) ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.
High School: A three-sport athlete at Knoch High School … Lettered three times in track & field, three times in wrestling and twice in football … An honor student.
