TFRRS Profile
AWARDS & HONORS
2019 // SENIOR
- NCAA Division III All-American (27th)
- NCAA Division III and USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region
- Landmark Conference Performer of the Year
- All-Landmark Conference First Team
- Landmark Conference individual champion
2018 // JUNIOR
- NCAA Division III and USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region
- Landmark Conference Performer of the Year
- All-Landmark Conference First Team
- Landmark Conference individual champion
- Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (10/8)
2017 // SOPHOMORE
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
- NCAA Division III and USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region
- Landmark Conference Performer of the Year
- All-Landmark Conference First Team
- Landmark Conference individual champion
- Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2016 // FRESHMAN
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- All-Landmark Conference First Team
- Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year
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2019 // SENIOR
- Ran in seven meets
- Won the Landmark Conference Championship for the third consecutive year
- Also named to the First Team and Performer of the Year for the third season in a row
- Qualified and took 27th at the NCAA Division III National Championship
- Named NCAA Division III All-American, 8th overall and 6th different athlete to earn the honor for the men's program
2018 // JUNIOR
- Ran in seven meets
- Won three races during the season, including the Landmark Conference Championship
- Took 83rd at the NCAA Division III National Championship out of 280 runners
- 7th at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional to earn second consecutive all-region honor
- All-Landmark First Team and Performer of the Year for the second year in a row
2017 // SOPHOMORE
- Elizabethtown's top runner
- Ran in all six meets
- Five times in the top 20, three top tens, including first career win
- Ran a 6k PR in the opening meet of the season at Shippensburg on September 1
- Took 5th in 17:27 (5k) at the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge on September 9
- 15th at the Dickinson Long Course Invitational (September 30)
- Finished 10th at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational
- Landmark Conference individual champion with winning time of 27:27.23 at Juniata on October 28
- Named the conference's Performer of the Year and All-Landmark First Team
- Ran his best 8k of his career on November 11 at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional (25:53.5) and cracked 26 minutes for the very first time collegiately
- Placed 29th overall at the regional and earned his first career All-Mideast Region honor
- Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
2016 // FRESHMAN
- Ran in all six meets for Elizabethtown
- One of the team's top runners all season long
- Named the Landmark Conference's Rookie of the Year
- Took fourth at the conference championship meet
- Season-best 8k time of 26:10 at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional
- Finished team-best 42nd at the regional meet at DeSales
HIGH SCHOOL
- Ran track & field all four years at A.P. Schalick High School along with one year of soccer and three years of cross country
- All-conference in 3200m and 5k as a sophomore
- County champion and all-conference in 3200m and 5k his junior season
- Broke the school's 3200m record the same year
- Came away as a senior with three school records
- Owns 1600m/3200m records both indoor and outdoor
- 3k steeplechase record holder
- Held team's 800m record for one week
- County champion as a senior in 5k, 3200m, and 1600m
- Tri-county champ in 3200m
- All-conference in 1600m, 3200m, and 5k
PERSONAL
- Son of Joseph and Christina Gerstenbacher
- Big brother to two younger sisters, Olivia and Chloe
- Business administration major
