Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
A native of Cairo, Neb., where he still resides, Jarzynka won the NAIA District 11 marathon championships in both 1981 and ’82. He placed sixth at the national event in 1981 to earn All-American honors. He ran both track and cross-country for the Eagles. He placed second twice and third once in the 10,000 meters at district meets, and qualified for the NAIA National Cross-Country Meet three times. Jarzynka has continued to run, participating in at least 10 distance events annually, including the Chadron Fur Trade Days’ 10-kilometer race, which he has won five times. He has kept a log of his running and had exceeded 77,000 miles as of mid-2008. He works for a distributorship in the Grand Island area.
