Shepherd University Athletics

8K Personal Record: 30:15.2

2025: Placed fourth (66th overall, 24:03.0) on the team at the Shenandoah Twilight Race… Placed fourth (231st, 30:15.2) on the team at the Aubrey Shank Invitational…Placed fourth (36^th overall, , 30:16:60) on the team Don Cathcart Invitational…Placed third (216^th overall, 30:22.0), on the team at the Lehigh University Paul Short Invitational… Placed fourth (231st, 30:15.2) on the team at the Aubrey Shank Invitational… Placed fifth (152^nd overall, 34:08.1) on the team at the PSAC Championship …Placed fourth (150th overall, 39:10.60) on the team at the Atlantic Regionals.

Prior to Shepherd: A 2025 graduate of Frankfort High School where he ran cross country for Juan Phillips ... lettered in cross country, track and field, marching band, and concert band ... gained honors in nursing and band ...had a 3.4 cumulative GPA,  1180 SAT, and a 4/5 AP Literature exam.

Personal: The son of Amy and Justin Ratke ...majoring in nursing.