2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Tyler Berg 2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Class Graduate/Junior

Hometown Ballston Lake, NY

High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake/Columbia

Bio

HONORS AND AWARDS

AS A GRADUATE (2023-24)

Logged a 13th placed finish with a PR and the third best time in program history in the 10,000M at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships (28:23.59)
Finished eighth at the NCAA First Round in the 10,000M (29:17.53)
Posted a PR in the mile race at the 2024 Meyo Invitational (4:10.63)
Recorded a top-5 finish in the 3000M at the 2024 Notre Dame Invitational (8:07.11)
Earned All-ACC Honors after running a PR time of 23:29.9 in the 8000M in the ACC Cross Country Championships
Took home fifth in his first race with the Irish in the National Catholic Invitational after running a 24:16.8 in the 5 mile race
Finished 7th in the 10k in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, clocking a time of 29:50.8
Ran a 30:29.4 in the 10k at the NCAA Cross Country Championships

AS A SENIOR AT COLUMBIA (2022-23)

Claimed four top-10 finishes, taking 6th at the Coaching Tree Invitational, 8th at the Penn State National Open, 10th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships, and 3rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional
Posted a PR in the 10k (29:26.2) at the NCAA Northeast Regional
Ran a PR time of 13:41.30 in the 5000M at the 2022 Boston University Sharon Colyear Danville Season Opener
Finished with a PR in the 3000M (7:54.55) in the 2023 Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invite

AS A JUNIOR AT COLUMBIA (2021-22)

Earned an at-large bid to run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 20)
Posted a time of 30:59.5 (10K) at the NCAA XC Championships
Top finisher for the Columbia men at Ivy League Heps (Oct. 30), finishing 11th
Clocked a personal best 8K time of 24:11.1 at Heps
Earned Second Team All-Ivy League and Academic All-Ivy League honors
Posted top finish of season with seventh place finish at the Stony Brook Invite (Sept. 4), clocking a 6K time of 19:26.9
Finished 10th at the Princeton Cross Country Invite (Oct. 16) with a time of 24:39.4 (8K)
Clocked three top-five finishes over the indoor season
Finished fourth at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 26-27) in the 5,000m with a personal best time of 13:49.27
Posted a second-place time of 14:06.06 in the 5,000m at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Feb. 4-5)
Crossed in third-place at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia (Jan. 22) meet with a 3,000m time of 8:16.11
Qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Eastern Prelims (May 25-28) in the 10,000m
Ran qualifiying time in the 10,000m at the Virginia Challenge with a time of 28:55.99, finishing sixth
Ran a 30:36.03 in the 10,000m at the Eastern Prelims
Clocked a time of 30:00.07 in the 10,000m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8).

AS A SOPHOMORE AT COLUMBIA (2020-21)

AS A FRESHMAN AT COLUMBIA (2019-20)

Locked up the best finish by a first-year in program history at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Nov. 1) with a fourth-place finish in the 5-Mile Run with a personal record time of 24:46.4, earning First-Team All-Ivy honors in the process
Was Columbia’s second-best finisher in the 8K at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 28), clocking a 16th place time of 25:11.6
Won the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships (Nov. 23) with a winning time of 24:52.0 in the 5M
Set a PR in the 8K with a time of 24:37.7 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18)
Ran a PR time of 29:42.6 in the 10K, coming in 37th as the second best Columbia finisher at the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Championships (Nov. 15)

PREP AND PERSONAL

Cross Country Team State Champions 2016-2018
NXN Individual Qualifier 2017 and 2018
Cross Country Individual State Champion 2018
New Balance Nationals Indoor Track All-American x 2 2019
New Balance Nationals Outdoor Track All-American x 2 2019
School Record Holder Cross Country (Saratoga State Park)
School Record Holder Indoor and Outdoor 5000m
School Record Holder Indoor 4xMile
School Record Holder Outdoor 3200m
Son of Eric and Kari Berg
Eric played baseball at LeMoyne College (92-95) and Kari played lacrosse at SUNY Brockport (92-95)