Drake University Athletics

Personal Bests (as of Mar 2, 2020)

Cross Country
6,000m: 19:32.4
8,000m: 26:03.5
10000m: 33:58.8

Indoor
Mile: 4:21.32

Outdoor:
800m: 1:57.50
1500m: 4:00.89
Mile: 4:18.29
3000m: 9:06.6

2020 Indoor: Set a personal best in the Mile at the Graduate Classic finishing third ... finished ninth at the Cyclone Open in the Mile.

2019 Cross Country: Finished 12th in the Creighton vs. Drake Dual with a time of 19:32.4 …  posted a new personal best in the 4k at the Oz Memorial ... finished 29th at the Gans Creek Classic ... set a new personal best in the 8k at Bradley Pink Classic ... placed 47th at the MVC Cross Country Championships ... placed 146th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

2019 Outdoor: Finished ninth at the John McDonnell Invitational ... set a personal best in the 3000m at the Nebraska Invitational.

2019  Indoor:  Did not compete.

2018 Cross Country: Placed 52nd in the open race at the Bradley Pink Classic ... finished 125th at the Roy Griak Invitational ... finished 52nd to score in the Hawkeye Invitational.

Prior to Drake: Competed in both cross country and track and field all four years of high school … placed fifth in the 800 meters and sixth in the 1,600 meters at the Missouri State Track and Field Championship … was his district and sectional champion in the 1,600 meters … competed in the Festival of Miles and placed seventh in the Elite Development Mile … Was named Timberland High School’s Post-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete for the class of 2017 … graduated fourth in his class with a weighted GPA of 4.37.

Personal: Majoring in actuarial science … is the son of Barb and Jay Berndt … has two younger siblings.