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2019-20 Track & Field

Shawn Gmurek

  • Height 6-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Parkton, Md.
  • High School Hereford
  • Events Distance
  • Major Exercise Physiology

Biography

2020 Anne Gibbons Award for Service
2020 ODAC Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-South/Southeast Region: DMR
2020 VaSID Indoor First-Team All-State: Middle Distance, DMR
2020 ODAC Indoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2020 ODAC Indoor Champion: 800m
2020 ODAC Indoor All-Conference: 1-mile
2019 ODAC Outdoor Champion: 800m
2019 ODAC Indoor All-Conference: 800m
2018 ODAC Outdoor All-Conference: 800m
2017 ODAC Outdoor All-Conference: 4x400m Relay

Before Lynchburg: Three-year runner at Hereford High School ... Selected as captain of the track & field team and helped the Bulls claim the regional title in three consecutive years from 2014-16.

Personal

Minor: Spanish

Parents: Keith Gmurek and Jennifer Erickson

Dream Vacation: Staying on the top floor of a beachfront hotel on a tropical island

Favorite Movie: Crybaby, Airplane!, Silence of the Lambs

Career Aspirations: Own and run his own private physical therapy practice

Why Is Being a Hornet Important to You?: It represents the potential I have to accomplish high goals and gives me the chance to fufill/exceed them

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'3" 175 lbs

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Middle Distance
    6'3" 175 lbs

  • 2018-19Junior

    Middle Distance
    6'3" 175 lbs

  • 2019-20Senior

    Distance
    6'3" 175 lbs