Connor Herr

Class:
Graduate Student
Weight:
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Hometown:
Medford, N.J.
High School:
Shawnee

Last Updated: November 11, 2016

Graduate (2016)
• Secured All-Great Lakes Region honors by placing 18th at the 10,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet in 30:50.5
• Scored for U-M in his postseason debut with Michigan at the 8K Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30) with a 29th-place finish in 25:19.8
• Finished 49th at the 8,000-meter adidas Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) race in 24:52.1, scoring to help U-M place fourth
• Scored for U-M with a 14th-place finish at the 8,000-meter Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 24), running 25:28.6
• Led the Wolverines for the first time in his career at the 8,000-meter Sycamore Invitational (Sept. 10), running 25:15.10 for third place overall
• In his U-M debut, timed 15:29.7 for fifth place at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2)

Prior to Michigan
• Graduated from Cornell University in 2016 with a degree in Applied Economics and Management with concentrations in Accounting and Finance

Cross Country Ran twice (2014-15) at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Heps)
• NCAA Division I Northeast Regional competitor (2015)
• Broke into the program's scoring five as a junior after returning from an injury
• Louis Montgomery Award recipient, recognizing the team's most valuable freshman (2012)

Track and Field
• IC4A Qualifier at 1,500-meters (2016)
• NCAA East Regionals Competitor (2013) in the steeplechase, finishing 39th as a true freshman after his runner-up finish at Heps earned him the bid
• Used a third-place steeplechase finish to help Cornell finish second at Outdoor Heps (2015) and finished fourth in the same event as a senior (2016)
• Two-year Penn Relays competitor (2014-15), including running the No. 3 time in school history in the 4xMile Relay
• Ran in six events during his time as a Bear

Prep
• Four-year competitor in both cross country and track and field at Shawnee High School
• Four-year conference champion in cross country
• Member of the South Jersey Group Four Title-winning team (2009)
• In track and field, won the Group Three Indoor title at 3,200 meters and was named All-Burlington County on three occasions

Personal
• Enrolled in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, pursuing his master's degree in accounting
• Born on September 20, 1994
• Son of Steven and Jill Herr

Personal Bests
800-meter run -- 1:56.15
1,500 meters -- 3:53.06
Mile -- 4:16.56
3,000 meters -- 8:21.64
3,000-meter steeplechase -- 8:53.66
5,000 meters -- 14:35.30
5K -- 15:11