The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Zain Hamdani
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Houston Bellaire
- Major:
- Business Analytics
Personal Bests and Results via TFRRS
- 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025-26 (Junior)
Cross Country: Opened the season setting a personal best at the Stormy Seas Opener with a time of 15:12.81... Ran a 20:28.6 in the 4 Mile at the UIW Invitational...
2024-25 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Competed at the Kirk Baptiste Invitational in the 800-meter (1:55:18) and finished seventh in the 1500-meter (3:55:38) and ran the 4x400... Competed in the 800-meter (1:51.74) and was a part of the DMR that finished 4th with a time of 9:48.87 at the Texas Relays... Competed in the 800-meter (1:52.72) and ran a PB in the 1500-meter with a time of 3:52.58 at the Bryan Clay Invite…Ran a PB time of 3:49.90 in the 1500-meter to finish 5th overall and competed in the 800-meter (1:53.30) at the Texas Invite... Was fourth in the 800m at the Cameron Burrell Invitataional with a time of 1:52.16.
INDOOR: Opened season at the Louisville Opener in the mile and finished second with a tim of 4:11.74... Ran the mile in 4:22.21 at the Arkansas Invitational... Ran a personal best in the 800m (2:02.46) and the mile (4:13.13) at the Razorback Invitational... Recorded three personal bests at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational including the 800-meter (1:53.30), the 1500-meter (3:53.77) and the mile (4:10.38)...
CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
2023-24 (Freshman)
INDOOR: Made his Texas debut in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite and finished with a time of 4:19.37... Competed in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Classic and finished with a SB time of 4:16.11.
Prior to Texas: 2018 two-mile run champion at the Houston ISD MS Invitational with a time of 11:49... 2020 championed the Houston ISD Sub-Varsity District Cross Country Championships in the 5K with atime of 16:39.00 and added two more wins in the 5K that season... The 2021 Outdoor Season saw him win the 800m at the Grizzly Relays with a time of 1:5.34 and the 1600m (4:30.93), won the UIL 6A District 18 1600m run with a time of 4:30.17 and two more 1600m wins at the LCISD Relays and the St. Thomas Eagle Relays... Set a PR at the Nike South Invitational in the 2.x Mile Run at 14:09.50... Won all three races during cross country in the 5K... Championed the 3200m run at the Houston ISD Varsity Disctrict Meet (9:34.66) and was first at the 15/16 & 17/18 Area Meets and the UIL 6A meet in the 1600m runs... Won the 2022 Outdoor 800m run at the UIL 6A meet with a time of 1:56.23... PRd in the cross country season in 2022 in the 5K with a winning time of 15:16.06 at the Spring Branch ISD Invitational and the 3-mile run at UIL Houston ISD Meets (15:55.95)... Ended outdoor season finishing fourth at the UIL State Track Meet in the 16000m run with a time of 4:13.08.
• 9x District Champion
• 3x Area Champion
• 10x Regional Qualifier
• UIL 6A State Cross Country Finalist
• 4th-place UIL 6A in the 1600m
Personal: Son to Alamdar and Saba Hamdani... Alamdar graduated from the McCombs School of Business at UT in 1994... Has a little sister Sophia...
