2021-22 Men's Track & Field Roster

Tom Lynn
Carol Chen

Jack Herkert

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

Biography

Of Note: Graduate transfer from Stanford ... 2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
 
 Personal Bests
 Indoor  Outdoor
 60 meters  7.24  2/25/22  100 meters  11.29  4/8/22
 1000 meters  2:55.75    2/25/22  400 meters  52.13  4/8/22
 60-meter hurdles  8.12  2/12/22  1500 meters  4:58.57  4/9/22
 High jump   6-8 3/4 (2.05m)  2/3/18   110-meter hurdles  14.43  4/17/21
 Pole vault  15-5 (4.70m)  2/12/22  High jump  6-6 3/4 (2.00m)  4/7/18
 Long jump  24-3 3/4 (7.41m)  2/25/22  Pole vault  14-9 (4.50m)  4/9/22
 Shot put  39-5 3/4 (12.03m)  2/25/22  Long jump  23-11 1/2 (7.30m)  4/8/22
 Heptathlon      5,468 pts  2/24-25/22  Shot put  39-9 3/4 (12.13m)  4/8/22
   Discus  117-3 (35.73m)  3/24/22
     Javelin  163-6 (49.84m)  3/25/22
 Decathlon  7,113  4/8-9/22

TFRRS Profile  |  TFRRS Profile Stanford

2022 Outdoor Track: Recording two personal bests t the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (March 24-26), finishing third in the javelin at 163-6 and 30th in the discus at 117-3; also finished third in the long jump at 23-11 1/2 and 11th in the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.71 ... completed his first decathlon, finishing sixth with a personal best 7,113 points at the Jim Click Shootout (April 8-9); recorded personal bests in the 100 meters (11.29), 400 meters (52.13), shot put (39-9 3/4), and 1,500 meters (4;58.57) ... won the 110-meter high hurdles at the Wisconsin Classic (May 6) in 14.96

2022 Indoor Track: Placed fifth in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 5,468 points at the Big Ten Championships (Feb.25) ... won the heptathlon long jump with a personal best of 24-3 3/4 ... also recorded personal bests in the heptathlon 60 meters (7.24), shot put (39-5 3/4) and 1,000 meters (2:55.75) ... came in third in the 60-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 8.12 and placed sixth in the pole vault with a personal best clearance of 15-5 at the Windy City Invitational (Feb.11-12) ... finished eighth in the pole vault (14-1 1/4) and placed fourth in the long jump (23-10 1/4) at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (Jan. 21-22) ... finished fifth in the 60-meter high hurdles with a time of 8.21 at the Midwest Invitational (Jan. 15)

2021 Outdoor (at Stanford): Placed second in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big Meet in 14.60

2021 Indoor (at Stanford): Competed in 60-meter hurdles and long jump at Championships at the Peak, placing 10th in the hurdles in season best of 8.29

2020 Outdoors (at Stanford): Season canceled due to COVID

2020 Indoors (at Stanford): Did not compete

2019 Outdoors (at Stanford): Did not compete

2019 Indoors (at Stanford): Did not compete

2018 Outdoor (at Stanford): Placed eighth in the Pac-12 decathlon, though his meet was curtailed by injury ... made collegiate outdoor debut at the Hornet Invitational, high-jumping 6-4 3/4

2018 Indoor (at Stanford): Finished seventh in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championships, scoring 4,420 points ... made collegiate debut at the UW Invitational, competing in the 60 hurdles and high jump

High School: Two-time state champion in the high jump ... conference champion in the high jump and triple jump ... finished fifth in the high jump at the 2016 New Balance Outdoor Nationals at 6-10 1/4 ... finished second in the decathlon at the 2016 USATF Region 8 meet with 5,639 points ... also participated in football ... was member of the robotics team

Personal: Parents are Scott and Lori Herkert ... mother, the former Lori Pieper, was a gymnast for NCAA Division III champion Gustavus Adolphus ... has three brothers--Shane, Max, and Sam ... Max is a junior decathlete with the Badgers ... Shane played lacrosse at Monmouth (Ill.) College ... born Jan. 26 ... major is engineering mechanics