2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Tom Lynn
Kevin Sippy
Tom Lynn

Max Herkert

  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Position Multi Events
  • Hometown Verona, Wis.
  • High School Verona

Biography

Honors: 2021 Academic All-Big Ten
 
 Personal Bests
 Indoor  Outdoor
60 meters  7.38  1/29/21  100 meters  11.56  5/14/21
600 meters  1:32.07  2/14/21  400 meters  52.21  4/8/22
1000 meters  2:49.80  2/28/20  1500 meters  4:52.69  5/14/21
 60-meter hurdles  8.57  1/15/21  110-meter hurdles  15.51  4/9/22
 High jump  6-3 1/4 (1.91m)  1/28/22  High jump  6-4 (1.93m)  4/8/22
 Pole vault  13-11 1/4 (4.25m)  2/26/21  Pole vault  14-5 1/4 (4.40m)  4/9/22
 Long jump  21-10 (6.65m) 1/22/21  Long jump  21-10 1/4 (6.66m)  4/8/22
 Shot put  39-3 1/4 (11.97m)  2/25/22  Shot put  37-4 1/2 (11.39m)  4/8/22
 Heptathlon  4,880 pts.  2/26/21  Discus  107-11 (32.89m)  3/25/22
 Javelin  162-9 (49.60m)     4/2/21
 Decathlon  6,583  4/8-9/22
 
TFRRS Profile

2022 Outdoor: Placed 20th in the long jump (21-8), 31st in the discus with a personal best (107-11) and 34th in the 110-meter high hurdles (16.00) at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 24-26) ... scored a personal best 6,583 points in the decathlon at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9) to place 11th; recorded personal bests in the 400 meters (52.21), 110-meter high hurdles (15.51), high jump (6-4), pole vault (14-5 1/4), and long jump (21-10 1/4) ... finished fifth in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.13 at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6)

2022 Indoor: Placed 14th in the heptathlon with 4,238 points Big Ten Championships (Feb.25-26) ... threw a personal best of 39-3 1/4 in the heptathlon shot put at Big Tens ... finished ninth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.60 at the Badger St. Valentine's Open (Feb.18) ... came in 19th in the 60 meters in 7.47 at the Windy City Invitational (Feb.11) ... placed fifth in the heptathlon with a score of 4,742 points, including a personal best clearance in the high jump of 6-3 1/4 at the Indiana Relays (Jan.28) ... finished 13th in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.74 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan.15)

2021 Outdoor: Finished 15th in the decathlon with 6,195 points, completing four personal bests -- 100 meters (11.56), 400 meters (53.44), 110-meter high hurdles (15.67), and the 1500 meters (4:52.69) at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) ... placed second in the 110-meter high hurdles (16.10) and finished fourth in the pole vault (13-2 1/2) at the Wisconsin B1G Invitational (May 8) ... placed 13th in the decathlon with 5,856 points with a personal best in the discus (103-0) at the Husker Big 10 Invite (April 16-17) ... finished 26th in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.26w), placed 19th in the long jump (21-3 1/4), and threw a personal best in the javelin throw (162-9) at the 2021 B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3)

2021 Indoor: Placed 10th in the heptathlon with 4,880 points, recording personal bests in the shot put (37-10 3/4) and pole vault (13-11 1/4) at the  Big Ten Championships (Feb. 25-27) ... placed sixth in the heptathlon with 4,061 points, running a personal best in the 60 meters (7.38) at the Illini Big Ten Multi (Jan. 29-30) ... finished sixth in the 600 meters with a personal best of 1:32.07, placed 16th in the 60-meter high hurdles with 8.93, and finished in ninth place with a personal best in the long jump (21-10) at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 22-23) ... ran a personal best in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles in 8.57 and placed third in the high jump with a personal best clearance of 6-2 3/4 at the Badger Icebreaker (Jan. 16)

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID

2020 Indoor: Placed 17th in the long jump with a mark of 19-8 1/4 and 22nd in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.02 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/17-18) ... placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.75 and seventh in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-5 1/4 at the Jack Jennett Open (1/24)... Placed fifth in the heptathlon with 4,546 points, posting marks of 7.56, 20-6 1/4 (6.25m), 30-8 1/2 (9.36m), 6-2 (1.88m), 8.87, 12-9 1/2 (3.90m), 2:56.09, at the Jack Johnson Classic (1/31-2/1) ... competed in the heptathlon with a score of 4646 with marks of 7.51 / 19-7 1/2 (5.98m) / 31-1 3/4 (9.49m) / 6-0 3/4 (1.85m) / 8.81 / 13-9 1/4 (4.20m) / 2:49.80 at the Big Ten Championships (2/28-29)

High school: Placed sixth in the pole vault and eighth in the high jump at the state championship

Personal: Parents are Lori and Scott Herkert ... has three brothers - Shane, Jack and Sam ... Jack is a senior decathlete at Wisconsin ... majoring in computer science

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because of the good combination of competitive academics and athletics."

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Multi Events
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Multi Events
  • 2021-22Redshirt Sophomore

    Multi Events