TFRRS PROFILE
2025
• Biola Athletics Elite17 Academic Award
• D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• Competed in two meets, recorded a season-best 8k time of 26:41.7 at the UCR Invitational
• A part of the team to win the PacWest Cross Country Championship and advance to the NCAA Division II West Region Championships
2024
• Competed in five meets
• Ran a season-best 8k time of 26:07.3 at the Biola Invitational, placing 40th
2023
• Did not compete in the 2023 season
2022
• Appeared in four meets in his first year with the Eagles
• A part of the team that won the PacWest Championships
• Top finish was 46th in the 8k at the 31st Annual Vanguard Invitational (28:33.6)
• Achieved personal best time of 27:18.5 in the 8k at the UCR 41st Annual Cross Country Invitational
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Sonora High School in La Habra, California, in 2022
• Competed two varsity seasons in track and field
• Won Freeway League titles in the 800m and 1600m and finished his career ranked second all-time in the 800m and third all-time in the 1600m in school history
• Earned Middle Distance Runner of the Year honors in 2021 and 2022 and was the Freeway League MVP Runner-Up in 2022
• Helped his team win the 2022 Nevada State Championship
• Received High Honors/Academic Achievement recognition and Scholar-Athlete honors from 2018-22
• Named a California Boys State Delegate in 2021 and Top Mathematics Student in 2022
• Also competed in basketball, serving as team captain and earning the Coach's Award twice
PERSONAL
• Born May. 16, 2004 to Doug and Denise Geringer
• Undecided major but hopes to become a high school math teacher or a software developer
• Has one older sister: Katie (20)
• He enjoys writing poetry during his free time
• Why I chose Biola: “There's no place like it. I grew up visiting it and meeting people connected to it and all I've ever wanted to do is experience it for myself.”
• Favorite Bible Verse: Ephesians 1:3-14
