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Lauren Berman Season 2021

Graduate StudentClass
Fairfax, Va.Hometown

2021 Outdoor: Delivered a time of 4:16.47 in the 1500m to finish 11th at the NCAA Championships ... Finished fifth at the ACC Championships in the 1500m at 4:10.82, the second-fastest time in Virginia Tech history ... Won the 1500m with a time of 4:16.54 at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Clocked in a PR in the 800m at the Virginia Challenge with a time of 2:06.54 to finish eighth ... At the Raleigh Relays registered a PR in the 5,000m at 16:11.71 to finish 17th.

2021 Indoor: Did not compete.

2020 Indoor: Set a new personal best in the mile at the ACC Championships with a time of 4:38.77 to take bronze … Ran as a member of the 4x400 relay team at the Iowa State Classic, finishing with an overall time of 3:58.05 … Also placed first in the mile at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 4:39.81 ...Finished first in the 800 meters with a personal best of 2:07.50 at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invitational … Took seventh in the 1000-meter race with a personal best of 2:50.71 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Came in ninth in the 1,500-meter run at the ACC Championships with a time of 4:23.63 … Ran a personal best of 4:23.39 in the 1,500 during the prelims at the ACC Championships … Took fourth in the 800 at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a personal-best time of 2:10.26 …Won the 1,500 at the Duke Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:23.49 … Finished fifth in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 4:25.90 … Competed in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays and ran the distance in a time of 16:41.76.

2019 Indoor: Competed in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships and ran the event in a time of 4:46.41 … Ran the mile in a time of 4:52.46 at the Iowa State Classic … Was eighth in the unseeded 3,000-meter race at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 10:03.04 … Came in eighth in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:51.31 … Finished fifth in the 1,000 at the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 2:53.86.

2018 Outdoor: Clocked a time of 17:20.31 in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Turned in a time of 16:24.58 to finish seventh in the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Finished eighth in the 1,500-meter run at the National Relay Championships with a time of 4:26.64, a new personal best … Also competed on the DMR team that claimed third with an overall time of 11:28.21 … Set a new personal record in the 5,000-meter run at the Duke Invitational with a time of 16:12.55, placing second … Finished ninth at the Tennessee Relays in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:28.60 … Also competed on the 4x800-meter relay team that finished third, turning in a time of 9:04.25.

2018 Indoor: Set a new personal best in the 3,000-meter run at the ACC Championships with a time of 9:36.30 … Also competed in the 5,000-meter run, completing the race in 17:17.30 … Competed on a Tech team in the distance medley relay at the Roanoke Tune Up, finishing with an overall time of 11:25.51 to place second … Turned in a time of 16:37.56 in the 5,000-meter run at the Music City Challenge … Posted her first-ever event title at the Liberty Kickoff in the mile with a time of 4:51.71 … Opened the year by crossing the finish line in 4:50.38 in the mile, taking fifth place at the Keydet Invitational.

2017 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2017 Indoor: Took a redshirt season ... Was seventh in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:56.47 … Finished fourth in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:55.88.

2016 Outdoor: Ran a personal best 5,000 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic in 16:49.42, placing ninth.

2016 Indoor: Won the 3,000 meters at the Camel City Invitational in 9:46.75 … Set a personal record at the Iowa State Classic in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:41.49 … Member of the first place DMR team at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Competed in the ACC Championships, setting a personal-best mile time of 4:50.41.

High school: Finished ninth at the 2014 Virginia 6A State Cross Country Meet … Ran 17:53 in the 5k at the Foot Locker Regional Cross Country Championships ... Earned honorable mention all-met honors from The Washington Postin cross country her junior and senior seasons … Placed third in the 1,600-meter event at the Virginia 6A State Track Meet during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Holds personal bests of 4:54 in the 1,600 and 10:56 in the 3,200.

Personal: Born Oct. 8, 1996 … Daughter of Matthew Robinson and Deborah Berman …Sister of former Hokie and All-American Jared Berman (steeplechase) … Also has an older sister … Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Berman's Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor

Outdoor

Mile – 4:38.77, ACC Championships (2020)
1,000m - 2:50.70, Virginia Tech Invitational (2020)
3,000m – 9:36.30, ACC Championships (2018)
5,000m - 16:37 .56, Music City Challenge (2018)

800m — 2:06.54, Virginia Challenge (2021)
1,500m — 4:10.82, ACC Championships (2021)
5,000m – 16:11.71, Raleigh Relays (2021)