Zach Maggart

Zach Maggart was born in Tripoli Libya to parents in the U.S. Air Force. As an Air Force brat, Zach moved all over the world including Tripoli, Washington D.C., Anchorage AK, Marion, IN, Dayton, OH, and Tehran, Iran, with stops at (too many to list) ports in between. Zach was not a big multi-sport enthusiast growing up as he was born with clubbed feet and spent most of his childhood years either in the hospital or recovering from surgery. Zach was a reasonably good swimmer in high school and biked regularly but did not keep athletics in his lifestyle after collage. At the age of 39, He decided to get fit and swam 3,000 meters a day to lose weight and gain strength. To gain strength and challenge himself he began biking and ultimately joined the stamp out Multiple Sclerosis movement and their 150 mile bike events. Zach has participated in every MS 150 bike event since 2005. Once he was in shape, he trained with Scott Eder to improve functional movement and swim technique, which progressed into triathlon interests.

Zach competed in his first Triathlon season in 2007. In the five competitive events he entered representing The Loncar Racing Team, he placed 1st & 3rd (in his age group) in two AquaBike (1/2 iron distance) races and 3rd (in his age group) in his 1st sprint distance triathlon.

In 2008 Zach was a full-on team member representing Loncar Racing in eight events. Specializing in the Aqua-Bike venue, he placed 1st in age at the spring PlayTri race, 1st overall in Arkadelphia, and 4th Overall (3rd age) in his 1st Iron distance race at the Redman event in Oklahoma. Zach also participated in several sprint events in ’08 and found 3rd place (age) success in two sprints and 2nd place (age) at the Texasman sprint.

Zach’s goal for 2009 is to compete in seven sprint distance triathlons or ½ Iron Man distance AquaBike races and the full iron distance Redman Aqua-Bike in OKC

When not training, Zach is in charge of redevelopment production on a national basis as Vice President with Berkshire Property Advisors. You can email Zach at zmaggart@gmail.com or visit him on Berkshire’s website at: www.bpadv.com