Daniel Gerber

Bio

2020 at Taylor: Finished as one of Taylor’s top-five runners for four meets during the 2020 season … Led the Trojans at the Crossroads League Championships, finishing as the runner-up overall … Earned All-Crossroads League honors and a spot on the all-league team … Finished 16th place at the NAIA National Championships, claiming NAIA All-American status … Clocked the third-fastest time for TU this season, recording a mark of 24:56.7 at NAIA Nationals … Honored as USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete and CoSIDA Academic All-District.

2019 at Taylor: Competed in all six meets for the Trojans during his successful junior campaign … Placed sixth at the Crossroads League Championships and earned a spot on the All-Crossroads League Team … Finished seventh at NAIA Nationals … Honored as NAIA All-American … Set a career-best time of 24:42.1 at the Louisville Classic … Finished in the top-10 overall in five races … Competed as TU’s first and second finisher throughout the season … Posted five sub-26:00 times including two under 25:00 … Posted four of the top-15 individual times for the Trojans … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete and CoSIDA Academic All-District.

2018 at Taylor: Only took the course for one meet … Ran a season-best time of 26:20.6 at season-opening Indiana Wesleyan Invite … Finished first for the Trojans and fourth overall … Named CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District performer.

2017 at Taylor: Was an immediate presence for Trojans during rookie campaign … Raced in all seven meets … Finished among TU’s top-seven in five outings … Scored for squad at Crossroads League Championships and NAIA National Championships … Opened career with 26:51.1 at IWU Invite to claim 17th … Followed with 11th-place showing at CL Preview one week later … Went on to post trio of top-20 finishes … Ran inside the top-75 in five-of-seven races … Notched four sub-27:00 times, doing so in each of final three races … Improved time over each of those last three performances … Ran season-best time of 26:42.0 at NAIA National Championships … Finished 12th at CL Championship to earn All-Crossroads League honors … Claimed 161st at NAIA Championships.

Prep: Competed at Danville High … Indiana State Qualifier in cross country … Voted as Warriors’ Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Personal: Son of Tim and Katherine Gerber … Majoring in finance and political science, philosophy and economics ... Minoring in Biblical literature.