2022-23 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER ACCOLADES
- Named Second Team All-MAC (cross country) in 2022
- Academic All-MAC honoree in five consecutive years
- Earned top-six finishes in three events at 2023 MAC Outdoor Championships
- Finished in top 10 at MAC Cross Country Championships (2022) to help Miami win team title
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named Second Team All-MAC (cross country)
- Academic All-MAC honoree (cross country and track)
- Placed fifth in 1,500m, fifth in 10,000m, and sixth in 5,000m at MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Set personal best (14:05.07) in 5000m at Bryan Clay Invitational (outdoor)
- Ran a personal-best 3:47.96 in 1500m at Billy Hayes Invitational (outdoor)
- Won 1500m (3:54.88) at Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
- Set PR in 3000m with time of 8:13.58 at Indiana University Relays (indoor)
- Claimed second in mile at Gladstein Invitational (indoor) with time of 4:12.73
- Competed in NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships, finishing 10K course in PR of 31:28.1
- Set personal best and placed 10th in the 8k with a time of 23:58.8 at the MAC Cross Country Championships, helping Miami earn team title
- Took fourth at RedHawk Rumble (cross country)
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
- Academic All-MAC honoree (cross country and track)
- Won 3000m at Alex Wilson Invitational in a personal-best time of 8:16.26
- Set a PR in 5000m with a time of 14:21.11 at Indiana Invitational
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named Academic All-MAC (cross country and track)
- Honored as a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete (track)
- Came in second in 10,000m at 2021 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 29:39.87, which ranks among top-10 marks in program history
- Set PR (3:57.08) in the 1500m at RedHawk Invitational
- Ran the 5K in a season-best 14:26.25 at Rick Erdmann Twilight Meet
- Placed 16th in MAC Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:57.7 (8k)
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named Academic All-MAC (cross country)Â
- Ran a season-best 26:14.8 (8k) at Cardinal Classic, finishing fifth
2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named Academic All-MAC (cross country)
- Ran a 4:26.06 mile at Ohio State (indoor)
- Won the 3000m at Indiana’s Billy Hayes Invitational with a season-best time of 8:35.60
- Competed in four cross country races, finishing with a season-best time of 25:29.9 (8K) at Jenna Strong Invite
PRIOR TO MIAMI
- Lettered four times in track & field, twice in cross country, and twice in football
- Set school records in the 1600m (4:18.62) and 4x800m (7:50.65)
- Helped 4x800m relay team to state titles in 2017 and 2018
- Finished fifth in 1600m at 2018 state meet
- Earned all-state honors in cross country in 2018
- Two-time Academic All-Ohio honoree in both cross country and track & field
- National Honor Society member who graduated summa cum laude
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PERSONAL
- Has a May birthday
- Son of Erik and Margie Bertelsen
- Studying Mechanical Engineering
Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
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2019-20Sophomore
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2020-21Junior
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2021-22Senior
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2022-23Graduate Student
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