Zachary is a freshman at Valley Southwoods in West Des Moines. Watch Zac sweep the floor at the Iowa Girls' BB Tournament  2A Finals HERE Saturday Night's 3A Finals HERE  and 4A Finals HERE   Watch Zac run a 4:55 1600 meters as a freshman at the 2008 Conference meet HERE (In the back ground during the first 200 meters you can here the announcer say that Paul Wiemers holds the CIML conference meet record for this JV 1600 meter race.) Click HERE  or picture above to see Zac run varsity for Valley as a freshman in the 1600 meter run along with his brother Hawkeye at the first outdoor  meet of the season in Indianola at Simpson College.  Zac ran 5:12 his best yet.  On April 14, 2008 Zac ran a 4:58 1600 at Waukee as a freshman. His first sub 5:00 1600 meter.  (Click for larger image) Zac Running 4x800 at ISU for Valley at ISU. Toni listens to Zach describe his first high school race for Valley. Zach finished first for Valley in the freshman/sophomore race at ISU. ISU video clips: video one     video two      video three      video four: Zac talks after the race Zach and the Valley Freshman team won the Fresh/Soph cross country race (3.1 miles) at Ankeny this fall (2007).    Coach T moved Zac up to run varsity for the last four meets of the season including conference, districts and the state meet.  Zac ran a 17:41 at state.   Zac's 15th Birthday was the same night that Paul came home from Colorado   Zach's Freshman Tuba Solo HERE Watch and Listen to Zach's Jazz Band at Hoover in 2008 HERE  and HERE   Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School Musical "Fiddler on the Roof" Scenes: One      Two     Three       Four      Five      Six      Seven       Eight      Nine      Click HERE  for game film           Click HERE  for game film           Click HERE for game film Watch the DCG Middle School Band's Pre-game show HERE   Video Clips: Band 1     Band 2    Band 3   Zachary made this years West Des Moines All-Star team for the third year in a row. Watch Video Clips of Zac's Solos: BTO - "Taking Care of Business"         Zac as "Animal"         Zac on the Trombone in Jazz Band Last summer Zach ran 325 miles to get ready for the season. Zach at the starting line of the ADM cross country meet.  He finished 3rd and ran the 2 mile course in 13:04.  See Video clips of the ADM race below: Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3  Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6  Clip 7 Clip 8  Clip 9  Clip 10  Clip 11 Clip 12 Clip 13 Clip 14 Clip 15 Click "WIEMO" picture or HERE  to watch Zach's speech for Student Council President  See Zac at Pep Rally HERE In Seventh Grade Zach was in the play called "Oliver Twist." He has ran 5-6 miles every day this summer with the exceptions of Sundays. Click below to see five clips of Zachary running during jr. hi. track: 1)  Zach's warm-up run 2)  Zach's start and first lap of the 800 3)  Zach's finish of the 800 4)  Zach's start and early part of the 1600 5)  Zach's finish of the 1600 Zach's campaign photo for Student Council President. His slogan:  "Why not vote the best?!  Vote WIEMO!!" Here is video of Zachary in the DCG MS 7th and 8th grade choir - click HERE Zachary running for Valley High School Cross Country Team Snow Fort 2007 When school was called off because of snow Jacob and Zac spent all day building this snow fort. Snow Fort 2008 Click Here  or on images for more photos