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Maddy Berkson
Maddy Berkson
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
High School: Classical
Major: undeclared

2015 Season (Sophomore):

  • Raced once, placing 29th at the Stanford Invitational (6K, 21:42.1).

2014 Season (Freshman):

  • Ran in two races unattached.
  • 32nd at Stanford Invitational (21:59, 6K), which would have made her the No. 6 Stanford runner.
  • Won the open race at the Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif. (21:24.3, 6K).

Track and Field:

  • Ran best mile of 4:47.81 indoors at Razorback Invitational.
  • Has bests of 2:06.67 in the 800 and 4:19.60 in the 1,500.

High School:

  • Captured 13 individual state titles in indoor and outdoor distance running, set eight Rhode Island high school state records, won New England titles, set regional records and earned All-America honors.
  • Earned an A in every one of her 24 mainly Advanced Placement and honors courses.
  • The state outdoor record holder in the 800 (2:08.40) and 1,500 (4:26.88), and holds indoor records in the 400 (56.30) and 800 (2:06.67, which broke a 27-year-old New England record).
  • In 2014, she captured the 800, 1,500, and 4x400 at the outdoor state championships, and tripled in the 1,000, 1,500, and 3,000 for the second consecutive indoor season.
  • Won back-to-back New England indoor titles in the 1,000.
  • Led Classical to three state titles -- two outdoor, one indoor.
  • Three-time Gatorade Rhode Island Track Athlete of the Year.
  • Was seventh in the 800 at the 2014 U.S. junior nationals (2:10.79).
  • Played soccer her first three falls at Classical High, but took up cross country as a senior and placed third in the state and eighth in New England.
  • Also has dabbled in the long jump and javelin, creating speculation that the heptathlon could be in her future.
  • Her best long jump of 19-1 was only three inches shy of a 28-year-old state record.
  • Has a mile best of 4:50.11 (indoors) and a javelin best of 112-7.
  • Member of Classical High’s debating team and chess club.
  • In being named Honor Roll Girl by the Providence Journal in 2014, the newspaper wrote: "Maddy Berkson delivered a career of athletic and academic excellence never before seen in the 170-year history of Classical High School."
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