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

Career Bests (thru 2016 indoors):

  • 800 neters: 2:06.67i
  • 1,500: 4:19.60
  • 400: 56.30
  • Mile: 4:47.81i
  • 1,000: 2:47.08i
  • Long Jump: 19-1

Stanford Record Book:
Indoors

  • 1,000: 5th

2016 Season:
Indoors

  • Tenth in the MPSF Championships mile in a season best 4:48.05.
  • Won the 1,000 at the Penn State National in 2:47.08.
  • Ran the first leg of Stanford's runner-up distance medley relay team at the MPSF Championships.
  • The time of 11:12.41 was No. 17 in the nation.

2015 Season:
Outdoors

  • Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims in the 800, running season best of 2:09.54 at the West Coast Last Chance meet in San Francisco.
  • Ran 1,500 personal record 4:19.60 at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 19th overall.
  • Sixth in the Big Meet 1,500.

Indoors

  • Finished 14th at the MPSF Championships in the 800, in a season best 2:09.95.
  • Made collegiate debut by placing eighth in the 1,000 meters (2:49.23) at the UW Indoor Preview.
  • Set personal best in the mile while finishing fifth at the Razorback Invitational, running 4:47.81.
  • Ran in four meets altogether.

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.
  • 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.
  • Also is a 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."

Career results:

Year Season (Meets) Event Season Best Conf. Finish W. Prelims NCAA Champs.
2016 Indoors (3) Mile 4:48.05 10 (MPSF) -- --
    1,000 2:47.08 -- -- --
    DMR 11:12.41 2 (MPSF) -- --
    4x400 3:51.41 -- -- --
2015 Outdoors (7) 800 2:09.54 -- 31 --
    1,500 4:19.60 19 (Pac-12) -- --
    Mile 4:52.56 -- -- --
    4x400 3:50.58 -- -- --
  Indoors (4) 800 2:08.95 14 (MPSF) -- --
    1,000 2:49.23 -- -- --
    Mile 4:47.81 -- -- --
    4x400 3:53.44 -- -- --
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