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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jenny Gerson

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Indoor Elig. Sr.
  • Hometown Arlington, Va.
  • High School Washington-Liberty

Biography

2023-24 Season
A W&M Provost Award winner … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during the fall.
Cross Country: Placed 72nd (15:41.1)at the Spider Alumni Open (9/2/23) to open the year … Claimed 84th (20:30.6) at the Adidas XC Challenge (9/15/23).
Indoor Track & Field: Finished 12th in the 800m at the Navy Select (2/16/24) in a time of 2:25.95.
Outdoor Track & Field: Finished sixth in the 800m (2:22.91) at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational (3/16/24) … Ran a leg on a third-place finishing 4x400m relay at the event … Ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay at the CNU Blue & Silver Challenge (March 30) … Finished fifth in a career-best time of 5:00.76 at the event … Competed in the 800m at the Colonial Relays (4/4-6/24) and the Virginia High Performance (4/28/24).

2022-23 Season
Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction...Received William & Mary Provost Award for Academic Excellence.
 
2021-22 Season
Cross Country: Opened the season with an 11th-place showing of 22:17.39 at the William & Mary Invitational (9/11/21)… Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction… Received William & Mary Provost Award for Academic Excellence.
 
2020-21 Season
Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction. 

Prep
Helped Washington-Liberty to finish third at the Virginia 6A (largest schools) cross country state championships as a junior in 2018 ... Team also won the conference and regional titles ... Individually, earned all-conference and all-district honors three times ... As a sophomore, ran on the 4x800 relay that earned all-region honors ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Also a member of the Girls Scouts and the school orchestra ... Earned District All-Academic honors every season.

Personal
Daughter of Lorna Tang and Gary Gerson ... Enjoys reading, biking, and swimming … Earned her Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from W&M in May of 2024.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Middle Distance
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Middle Distance