The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2026-27 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Zain Hamdani
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Houston Bellaire
- Major:
- Business Analytics
Personal Bests and Results via TFRRS
- 2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
2026-27 (Senior)
Cross Country: Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Floyd Farms Invitational with a time of 16:15.3 on the 3.11-mile course.
2025-26 (Junior)
Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 1,500 meters at the UTSA Invitational with a time of 3:51.27 … Placed eighth in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Relays with a time of 3:52.80 and helped the Longhorns finish fourth in the distance medley relay … Ran a personal-best 3:49.57 in the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Texas Invitational with a personal-best time of 3:48.49 and finished fourth in the 800 meters in 1:56.42.
Indoor: Ran the mile in 4:12.80 at the Razorback Invitational and competed in the 800 meters in the distance medley relay … Competed in the 800 meters (1:52.05) and mile (4:13.41) at the Tyson Invitational … Ran the mile in 4:10.58 at the SEC Indoor Championships and helped Texas finish eighth in the distance medley relay with a time of 9:38.99.
Cross Country: Opened the season with a personal-best time of 15:12.81 at the Stormy Seas Opener … Ran 20:28.6 in the 4-mile race at the UIW Invitational … Completed the 8K at the Chile Pepper Festival in 25:15.8 … Finished the 8K at the Pre-National Meet in 25:28.6 … Finished the SEC Championships in 25:51.4.
2024-25 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Competed in the 800 meters (1:55.18) and finished seventh in the 1,500 meters (3:55.38) at the Kirk Baptiste Invitational, while also running the 4x400-meter relay … Competed in the 800 meters (1:51.74) and helped the DMR finish fourth in 9:48.87 at the Texas Relays … Competed in the 800 meters (1:52.72) and set a personal best in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:52.58 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Ran a personal-best 3:49.90 in the 1,500 meters to finish fifth at the Texas Invitational, while also competing in the 800 meters (1:53.30) … Finished fourth in the 800 meters at the Cameron Burrell Invitational with a time of 1:52.16.
Indoor: Opened the season with a second-place finish in the mile at the Louisville Opener with a time of 4:11.74 … Ran the mile in 4:22.21 at the Arkansas Invitational … Set personal bests in the 800 meters (2:02.46) and mile (4:13.13) at the Razorback Invitational … Set three personal bests at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, including the 800 meters (1:53.30), 1,500 meters (3:53.77) and mile (4:10.38).
Cross Country: Did not compete.
2023-24 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Made his Texas debut in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational, finishing with a time of 4:19.37 … Competed in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Classic and posted a season-best time of 4:16.11.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Nine-time district champion … Three-time area champion … 10-time regional qualifier … UIL 6A State Cross Country finalist … Finished fourth at the UIL 6A State Championships in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:13.08 … Won the 2022 UIL 6A 800-meter state championship with a time of 1:56.23 … Won the 2022 UIL 6A 3,200 meters at the Houston ISD Varsity District Meet with a time of 9:34.66 … Won the 1,600 meters at the UIL 6A District 18 meet and the 15/16 & 17/18 Area Meets … Won three cross country races in the 2021 season … Set a personal best of 15:16.06 in the 5K at the Spring Branch ISD Invitational and 15:55.95 in the 3-mile race at the UIL Houston ISD Meets … Won the 2020 Houston ISD Sub-Varsity District Cross Country Championships 5K in 16:39.00 and added two additional 5K victories that season … Won the 800 meters at the 2021 Grizzly Relays in 1:55.34 and the 1,600 meters in 4:30.93 … Set a personal best of 14:09.50 in the 2-mile run at the Nike South Invitational … Won the 2018 Houston ISD Middle School Invitational 2-mile run in 11:49.
PERSONAL
Son of Alamdar and Saba Hamdani … Father graduated from the McCombs School of Business at Texas in 1994 … Has a younger sister, Sophia.
