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2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Derek Gess

  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Haddonfield, N.J.
  • High School Haddonfield

Biography

Track & Field Bio
 
2021 (Junior Season):
Did not compete during the season.
 
2020 (Sophomore Season):
Did not compete in either of the Mids’ two meets in an abbreviated 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019 (Freshman Season):
Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)
Aug. 31 Salisbury Fall Classic (8K) 26:48.8 8 of 60 (5)
Sept. 14 Navy Invitational – JV (3.2m) 17:00.5 10 of 26 (9)
 
High School / Personal: Competed with Haddonfield Memorial High School’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams, accumulating 12 varsity letters … Colonial Conference Cross Country Champion in 2016, 2017, 2018 … Garnered All-South Jersey honors in recognition of his 2017 and 2018 cross country seasons, as well as his 2018 and 2019 track campaigns …Haddonfield won the South Jersey Group 2 Cross County Championship in 2017 and 2018 and indoor track & field titles in 2018 and 2019 … Member of the Haddonfield’s National Honor Society and German Honor Society … Son of Glenn and Pam … Both parents were collegiate athletes as his father played soccer at Elon, while is mother ran track at Penn State … Older sister Briana competed with the University of Virginia’s cross country and track and field teams during the 2017-18 school year.
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2020Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2021Junior

    6'0"