Gordon College Athletics

Justin Wikerd was named the head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field coach at the start of the 2016 season. 

Cross Country Program Honors 
55 Academic All Conference Selections
21 CCC Weekly Awards
3 Commonwealth Coast Conference Runner of the Year (Damon Kilgore x2; Kayla Kroning 2017-2018)
3 USTFCCA All-Academic Team (Individual) (Damon Kilgore, Louisa Dodds, Kayla Kroning 2017-2018)
2 Commonwealth Coast Conference Rookie of the Year (Evan Page 2019-2020; Abigail Baier 2019-2020)
2 USTFCCA All-Academic Team Awards 
2 Commonwealth Coast Conference Sportsmanship Awards
1 USTFCCA All-region (Damon Kilgore 2016-17)
1 USTFCCA Individual All Academic Honoree (Damon Kilgore 2016-2017)
1 USTFCCA All-New England (Damon Kilgore 2017-2018)
1 Commonwealth Coast Conference Scholar-athlete (Bridget Mellon 2019-2020)
1 All Commonwealth Coast Conference Runner (Bridget Hill 2019-2020)
 
Track and Field Program Honors 
95 Academic All Conference Selections
36 All Conference Selections
18 CCC Weekly Awards
3 USTFCCA All-Academic Team 
1 CoSIDA academic All-American team (Alex king 2017-2018)
1 CoSIDA Academic All-District team (Alex king 2017-2018)
1 Commonwealth Coast Conference Rookiener of the Year (Emma Shearer 2018-2019)
1 USTFCCA All-New England Team (Joshua Backert 2021)

Coach Wikerd has served as the head coach of the cross country and track & field programs since the summer of 2016 after seeing lots of success as a high school coach in Pennsylvania. During Coach Wikerd’s short tenure at Gordon, the program has already posted historic levels of success, including the women’s cross country team’s highest ever finish at the 2017 New England Cross Country Championships. Also, the women’s cross country program currently holds 7 of the top 13 times in school history for the 6k.
 
Playing Career
Hard work and passion have characterized Coach Wikerd's running philosophy in high school and college as well as his coaching experience at Dock Mennonite Academy (2009-2015). As a member of the cross country and track teams at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate (Kitchener, Ontario), Coach Wikerd lettered all four years and also earned Athlete of the Year awards 1998 & 1999. At Goshen College, he helped set the record for Indoor & Outdoor 1600m relay team in 2002.

Before Gordon 
Coach Wikerd coached at Dock Mennonite Academy for six years and during that time he coached three cross country teams to Bicentennial League Championships and one cross country team to a District Championship. The 2014 girls' team ended with a ninth place finish at the Pennsylvania State Cross Country Championships. He coached 17 cross country runners to state qualifying standards and one of those medaled. Under Coach Wikerd's leadership in track, two female 800m and two 1600m runners medaled at the state meet with one of those qualifying for nationals. Three times the 4x800m relay teams medaled at the state meet and once qualified for nationals.
 
Coach Wikerd is a recognized USA Track & Field Level 3 Certified Endurance Coach & IAAF Level 5 Certified Endurance Coach. In summer 2015, he earned the honor of attending a national USATF mentorship program held in Eugene, Oregon at the USATF national championships.
 
Family
Coach Wikerd is married and has two children. He enjoys participating in trail ultra marathons and  enjoys photography.