Zachary Reed of Manheim was named Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Week for the week ending Feb. 19. Reed is a member of the men's track team at Lebanon Valley College (LVC), Annville.

Reed had a busy weekend running in two separate meets. On Feb. 17, the senior ran the 60-meter hurdles at the Penn State Tune-Up, finishing second against mainly Division II competition. He ran a time of 8.53 seconds in the preliminaries and then an hour later came back and ran 8.51 seconds in the final. He was the only Division III hurdler in his preliminary heat and in the final.

Reed then ran the 400 meters for the first time in his career on Feb. 18 at the Susquehanna Tune-Up, finishing third with a MAC Championships qualifying time of 53.26 seconds. He then anchored the 4x200 meter relay team that finished second in 1 minute, 34.60 seconds, which is the fourth-fastest time in the MAC and 15th in the AARTFC this year.

Reed is a graduate of Manheim Central High School. He is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in global studies, international business, and political science at LVC.