October 3rd kicked off the '09 / '10 competitive year for Team ZAP as rookies David Jankowski and Alissa McKaig both took 3rd place finishes at the Apple Festival 4 Miler in Erwin, TN. Jankowski ran an impressive 18:50 on the hilly East Tennessee course and McKaig crossed the line in 23:57. On Sunday October 11th 2nd year resident athletes Nate Peck and Jessica Minty ran the B.A.A. 1/2 Marathon. Peck finished 7th in a time of 1:06.28 and Minty ran a personal best time of 1:16.37 for 6th place. Allison Grace, who was to run her first marathon at Twin Cities, incurred a kidney infection along with numerous kidney stones forcing her out of the race.

On Friday 3/27 3rd year resident athlete Allison Grace kicked off the 2009 ZAP Fitness outdoor track campaign with a 5,000m personal best of 16:11.20 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, NC. Amidst torrential rains and a prerace tornado warning, Grace joined New Balance's Jen Donovan in a quick early tempo and held on for a 3 second best. Donovan won the race in 16:10. Grace was a 2008 Olympic Trials Finalist in the 10,000m. ZAP's Thomas Morgan also finished second in the men's invitational 5k race to open his 2009 season.