Lindsey Scherf (born September 18, 1986) is a retired American middle and long-distance runner.

Scherf participated in NCAA Cross Country and Track and Field at Harvard and The University of Oregon.

In 2009 Scherf competed at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race.

[8] In 2007, Scherf received a one-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency for failing to submit to a drug test after receiving inadequate guidance from the US Anti-Doping Agency in processing her Therapeutic Use Exemption application for her physician prescribed asthma medication at the Gold Coast Marathon in Brisbane, Australia.

[9] 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.