Pair of Ohio State Distance Runners Earn Academic All-District – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
June 4, 2004
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sjaan Gerth and Rob Myers, both senior distance runners on the Ohio State track and field team, were named Academic All-District IV Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-America committee. Gerth, a biochemistry major, was listed as a first-team honoree. Myers, majoring in agriculture business, gained second-team status. The district team consists of Division I schools in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or contributing reserve and carry a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20. Student-athletes named First Team All-District will appear on the ballot for the 2004 Academic All-America Men’s Track and Field/ Cross Country team.
Gerth, who hails from Belgrave, Ont., was a NCAA Mideast regional qualifier in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2003 and 2004. He is scheduled to graduate with a 3.90 grade-point average. Gerth was a finalist at Ohio State for the Big Ten Medal of Honor.
Myers, a native of Rushville, Ohio, is a former Big Ten champion in the 1,500-meter run and recently claimed runner-up at the Mideast regional in the same event. Myers, who holds the fifth-best 1,500-meter time in the country heading into the NCAA championships June 9-12 in Austin, Texas, also competed in the 2004 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Budapest, Hungary in March. Myers holds a 3.38 GPA.
Both Gerth and Myers were named to their third Academic All-Big Ten team and fourth OSU Scholar-Athlete honor last week.
In 2003, Ohio State distance runner Derrick Butler was named to the Academic All-America Second Team.
