2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Stephanie Berger

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Northwestern
  • Hometown West Salem, Ohio

Biography

ACADEMICS:

  • Spring 2016 Athletic Director's Honor Roll

PERSONAL BEST TIMES:

5k (18:18.88 at JSU Foothills; 18:24.04 at Crimson Classic and 18:24.60 at Sun Belt Championships)
6k (21:31.19 at NCAA South Region, 21:49.00 at Berry and 21:54 at Paul Short Invite Gold)

CROSS COUNTRY 2015 (Georgia State)

Earned All-Sun Belt second team status by finishing ninth at Championship Meet in 18:24.50 in Hampton, Ga....Was 45th in NCAA South Region in Tuscaloosa in 21:31.19 in 6k...Won the 6k at  Berry Invitational in 21:49.00 and the 5k at Mercer in 18:43.04...Placed ninth in 5k at JSU Foothills in 18:18.88...Opened season in 4k and eighth-place finish at Jax State Struts Invitational.

OUTDOOR T&F 2015 (South Carolina)

Ran 3,000m event in 10:21.26 in placing sixth at Bill Carson Invitational...Competed in 5,000m run at Penn Relays and clocked 18:15.57 in 36th-place finish.

CROSS COUNTRY 2014 (South Carolina)

Had three top 10 finishes and one win in her six races in the fall...Won the Carolina 5k Invite to start season (8/30) in 19:00.65...Was fourth at USC Open #1, placing fourth in 18:56.52...Was eighth overall at Charlotte Invitational 6k, running 22:36.50 to lead team to victory...Ran 22:16.30 at SEC Championship and 22:16 at NCAA Region.

TRACK AND FIELD 2014 (South Carolina)

Did not compete

CROSS COUNTRY 2013 (South Carolina)

Was in top five for Gamecocks five times...Had personal-best 18:04.5 in 5k to place 15th at Royal XC Challenge in Charlotte...Ran season-best 6k of 22:47.3 in NCAA Region..Had 22:50.47 at Indiana State pre-national...Ran 22:56.06 at SEC Championship.

TRACK AND FIELD 2013 (South Carolina)

Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Ran 10:35 in 3k at Gamecock Indoor Invitational...Outdoors, clocked 18:17.65 in Weems Baskin Invitational among her four races in the 5k event.

CROSS COUNTRY 2012 (South Carolina)

Competed in three races as freshman...Finished second on team in 19:18.40 at Queens Royal Challenge in Charlotte...Best 6k was 23:43.45 at Charlotte Invitational.

PREP

Earned four letters in track and two in cross country at Northwestern High in West Salem, Ohio...Set school records in 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m events...Born March 17, 1993...National Honor Society student...Studied abroad in Russia for one ear through NSLI-Y scholarship...Major in international business.