Indiana University Athletics
Jake Gebhardt Named Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week
9/21/2022 3:00:00 PM | Cross Country
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Graduate student Jake Gebhardt was named Big Ten Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week as announced by the conference office on Wednesday (Sept. 22) afternoon.
The Sterling, Ill. native was IU's top finisher at last weekend's Coaching Tree Invitational. In a very competitive field, Gebhardt finished 11th, running a personal best of 24:04.6 in the 8K.
He shaved nearly 20 seconds off his previous personal best, set at the Big Ten Championships in the Spring of 2021.
Gebhardt has raced at the past three Big Ten Championships and was an All-Big Ten Second Team selection in 2021.
He paced IU's men to a fifth-place finish at the Coaching Tree Invitational in a field that included ranked opponents in Northern Arizona, North Carolina and Georgetown.
This is IU's first weekly honor during the Cross Country since Gabriel Sanchez was named Big Ten Men's Athlete of the Week in September 2021.
The Hoosiers will return to action next week at the Paul Short Invite on the campus of Lehigh.
The Sterling, Ill. native was IU's top finisher at last weekend's Coaching Tree Invitational. In a very competitive field, Gebhardt finished 11th, running a personal best of 24:04.6 in the 8K.
He shaved nearly 20 seconds off his previous personal best, set at the Big Ten Championships in the Spring of 2021.
Gebhardt has raced at the past three Big Ten Championships and was an All-Big Ten Second Team selection in 2021.
He paced IU's men to a fifth-place finish at the Coaching Tree Invitational in a field that included ranked opponents in Northern Arizona, North Carolina and Georgetown.
This is IU's first weekly honor during the Cross Country since Gabriel Sanchez was named Big Ten Men's Athlete of the Week in September 2021.
The Hoosiers will return to action next week at the Paul Short Invite on the campus of Lehigh.
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