Hokie ClubHigh School: Midlothian
Hometown: Midlothian, Va.
2007: First Tech men's cross country runner to ever be recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference's Performer of the Week on Sept. 25 after winning the event title at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational with an 8k time of 26:47 ... Finished third at the Wake Forest Relays, teaming with James Scheiner for a combined time of 46:10 ... Ran 10k in 31:14.05 at the NCAA Southeast Regional for 38th place ... Earned 15th-place at the William & Mary Inter-Regional with an 8k effort of 25:04 ... Was 26th-place finisher at the Chile Pepper Invitational with a time of 31:09 ... Ran 27:00 8k time for 79th-place at the ACC Championships.
2006: Finished 24th at the ACC Championships with an 8k time of 25:23 ... Placed 31st at the William and Mary Inter-Regional in 27:32 ... Took 68th place at the Chile Pepper.
2005: Placed 10th at the VT Alumni Meet with a time of 25:54.01 .. Did not compete the rest of the season due to an injury.
2004: Finished 82nd at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a time of 32:21.70 ... Clocked an 8k time of 26:44.9 for 53rd place at the ACC Championships ... Had top-ten finishes at the Bobcat Invitational (8th) and at the Festival in the Fields (10th).
High School: Two-year letterwinner in cross country and three-year letterman in track at Midlothian High School under Coach Stan Morgan ... Named cross country team MVP and led team to a state championship title ... Earned all-district, all-region, all-state and all-south cross country honors ... Midlothian, Dominion District and Central Region and Ashe Center record holder in the 1,000-meters ... Only athlete in Virginia to earn all-state honors in all five distance events (800m, 1,000m, 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m) in 2004 ... Named team MVP and captain for indoor and outdoor track ... Was a two-time national champion in the 4xmile at NIC ... Was the central region 4x800m and 1,000m champion ... SCA Representative and named to the Distinguished Honor Roll.
Personal: Born April 7, 1986 in Richmond, Va. ... Son of Russell and Beverly Berlin ... His grandfather is Harold Robert Berlin, Lehigh University's record holder in cross country two mile ... Billy's uncle, Don, was the Virginia state champion in the backstroke ... Went to same high school as teammate Michael Hammond and women's cross country runners Sammy Dow and Erin Stehle ... Business information technology major.
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