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Biography
Lindsey Scherf (born September 18, 1986 in Scarsdale, New York) is an American is an American long-distance runner. Scherf is a graduate of Harvard University and University of Michigan. In 2005, she set the American Junior Record for 10 km. In 2005, she set the American Junior Record for 5 km Indoor Track.
NCAA
Lindsey was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American as a freshman for the Harvard Crimson during the 2004-05. Scherf finished 18th at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Junior Championships in France, which was the second-best finish by an American woman under-20 since 1992. Lindsey was suspended from competition in 2007 due to refusal to take a drug test after receiving inadequate guidance from the US Anti-Doping Agency in processing her Therapeudic Use Exemption application for her physician prescribed Asthma medication. The 2007 Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing, WADA v/ USADA & Scherf, concluded in passage 9.13 of the hearing's written report that "The Panel finds that exceptional circumstances did exist in this case, and agrees that Ms. Scherf bears No Significant Fault of Negligence, because her fault or negligence when viewed in light of all of the circumstances was not significant in relation to her anti-doping rule violation."
Professional
Lindsey Scherf placed sixth at the 2005 US Cross Country Championships to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior Cross Country Team and she finished 18th at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Junior Championships in France, which was the second-best finish by an American woman under-20 since 1992.
In 2009 Scherf competed at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.
She won the 10 km race at the 2012 Ottawa Race Weekend.
Scherf won the 2014 America's Finest City Half Marathon.
In 2015, she won the Fifth Third River Bank Run (functioning as the US 25 km championships).
Lindsey Scherf placed second on USATF's USA Road Circuit in 2016 after a seventh place finish in road 5km championships. December 11, 2016, Scherf placed second in 2:34:05 at the 2016 Honolulu Marathon.