SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Six members of the Shippensburg University men's track & field team: Tommy Crum, Jr., Aiden Gonder, Jackson Hersh, Garrett Quinan, Ian Sherlock and Quinton Townsend were recognized this week as 2025 Men's All-Academic Athletes by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
 
It is the third consecutive season that Sherlock has earned a USTFCCCA All-Academic Track & Field classification. For Crum, Gonder, Hersh, Quinan and Townsend, it is their first individual honor for track & field.
 
To qualify for USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete status for track & field, individuals must have compiled a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher and finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on the Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Individuals on a relay that was among the top 35 on the list are also eligible, along with any athletes not among the top 50 but who participated at the indoor or outdoor national championships.
 
The 2025 season marks the first in which this new qualification criteria is in place.
 
Crum was recognized for his spot on the opening leg of the indoor distance medley relay that ran a time of 9:59.73 (which, upon flat-track conversion, results in a listed time of 9:51.79) in late January at Bucknell. He is a communication, journalism and media major concentrating in broadcast media production who holds a 3.621 cumulative GPA. Crum was named the Most Valuable Athlete of the 2025 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Indoor Championships after winning league titles in the mile (4:18.98), the 3K (8:31.37) and the DMR (10:14.77).
 
Gonder earned All-Academic honors for his outdoor performance in the 10K, a time of 29:58.02 achieved in April at Bucknell. It was one of just four sub-30 minute 10Ks in the Atlantic Region this season and ranks sixth all-time in SU history. A member of the Wood Honors College, Gonder graduated magna cum laude in May with a degree in mechanical engineering, minors in mathematics and exercise science, and a 3.678 cumulative GPA.
 
Hersh was honored in his debut season for his impressive javelin throw of 212 feet 4 inches (64.71 meters) at Lynchburg in late March. The performance ranked fourth in the Atlantic Region and 24th on the national list – the throw would have been a national qualifier in any of the previous four seasons (it would have ranked 15th in 2024, 14th in 2023, 12th in 2022 and 13th in 2021). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and maintains a 3.363 GPA.
 
Quinan received his All-Academic classification for his 10K that was achieved at the same April meet as Gonder. His time of 29:37.68 was the No. 3 mark in the Atlantic Region and ranks third all-time in school history. He is majoring in civil engineering and maintains a 3.605 cumulative GPA.
 
Sherlock becomes a three-time honoree by virtue of his work outdoors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:00.38) and the 1,500 meters (3:46.42). His season PR in the steeplechase resulted in his third straight PSAC title in the event and was the top performance in the Atlantic Region this season. His 1,500-meter run was recorded at Bucknell and set a new lifetime best that ranks third all-time in school history.
 
Overall, Sherlock completed his career as a 10-time USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region performer in track & field and a seven-time PSAC Champion. Sherlock received his undergraduate degree in May 2024 in communication, journalism & media (broadcast media production concentration) and a minor in marketing with a 3.54 cumulative GPA. He is set to complete his master's degree in strategic communication this summer, having maintained a 3.933 cumulative GPA.
 
Townsend was a contributor to the NCAA-provisional qualifying 4x400-meter relay during the outdoor season. He was the 2025 PSAC Indoor Champion in the 200 meters (22.17 seconds at Lehigh) and a conference place winner in both the indoor 400 (fourth place) and the outdoor 400 (fifth place). He is majoring in finance and maintains a 3.562 cumulative GPA.