2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Tyler Berg Track and Field Roster

Distance


Class Graduate/Junior
Hometown Ballston Lake, NY
High School Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake/Columbia
Tyler Berg - Track and Field - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

TFFRS

HONORS AND AWARDS 

  • 2023 Cross Country All-ACC
  • 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Prelims Qualifier (10,000m)
  • 2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships Qualifier
  • 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League (XC)
  • 2021 Academic All-Ivy League (XC)
  • 2019 First Team All-Ivy League (XC)

AS A GRADUATE (2023-24)

  • 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)

  • Season canceled (COVID-19)

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)