Zak McAllister

Zak McAllister (born in 1997) is an American juggler from Temple, Texas,https://www.facebook.com/pg/Zak-McAllister-Visual-Artist-1580592972239595/about/ now living in Philadelphia.https://www.zakmcallister.com/ He first learned to juggle from his dad when he was 10 years old, and he became more interested in juggling a few years later after seeing Anthony Gatto perform in Cirque Du Soleil's La Nouba in Orlando, Florida. Zak has been featured on the Top 40 Jugglers list nine years in a row (2016-2024), and he placed 2nd on the list in 2019 and 2022.
== World records ==
Zak holds the following world records for ball juggling tricks with publicly available video evidence:
*5 ball penguins: 76 catches in 2017 (video)
*7 ball penguins: 9 catches in 2017 (video), tied with Alex McGillivray in 2016 (video)
== Competitions ==
Zak won the following IJA competitions:
IJA 2019:http://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/2019-fort-wayne-in/https://www.juggle.org/2019-ija-fest-review/
* Stage: Individuals
* Stage: Teams with Delaney Bayles
* Numbers: Ring Passing with Delaney Bayles
* X-Juggling: 4-5 Balls
* X-Juggling: 4-5 Rings
* Games: Huggling with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse
IJA 2022:https://www.juggle.org/2022-ija-festival-championships-and-competitions-results/
* X-Juggling: 3 Rings
IJA 2023:https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2023-08
* X-Juggling: 6+ Rings
IJA 2024:https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2024-08
* Individual Props: Balls
* Individual Props: Open
* X-Juggling: 6+ Balls
* X-Juggling: 6+ Rings
==References==
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