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2023 Track & Field Roster

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Daniel Bernal

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown El Paso, Texas
  • Prev School Furman
  • High School Eastwood HS

Biography

2022 All-Conference USA Third Team (outdoor 1500m)

2022 OUTDOOR (SENIOR)
  • Clocked in a personal-best 3:49.71 in the 1500m, placing third at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. 
  • Achieved career best in the 3000m run (8:11.23) for first-place at the Sun Angel Classic.
  • Placed first in the 5000m run (14:11.85) at the Desert Heat Classic.
  • Took fourth place in the 5000m run (14:27.92) at the Conference USA Championships.
  • Competed in the 10k-meter run at the National Collegiate Athletic Association West Championships.
  • Recorded a PR 28:53.68 in the 10K at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays (Elite). 

PRIOR TO UTEP
  • Competed at Furman (2017-2021) prior to joining the Miners. 
  • Crossed the finish line first in the 8K (24:20.0) at the 2020 Southern Conference XC Championships. 
  • Ran a personal-best 29:46.0 in the 10K at the NCAA Division I Southeast Region XC Championships. 
  • Advanced to the 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 NCAA DI XC Championships, competing in the 10K. 
  • Finished third in the indoor 5000-meter run, posting a personal-best time 14:05.38 at the 2020 Husky Classic. 
  • Placed third in the mile, clocking in a personal-best 4:04.79 at the South Carolina Invitational. 
  • Finished first in the DMR (10:08.90), third in the 5000 (14:25.44) and fifth in the mile (4:09.11) at the 2021 Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Clocked in a personal-best 14:00.16 in the outdoor 5000-meter race at the EKU Rick Erdmann Twilight.
  • Ran a 4:15.54 in the 1600, 8:54.21 in the 3200, 14:45.60 in the 5K (XC) and 14:29.44 in the 5000m while at Eastwood High School. 
  • 2-time NXN Nationals Qualifier (XC); 10th at NXN in 2016. 
  • New Balance Nationals 2-mile Champion.

PERSONAL: Full name is Daniel Emmanuel Bernal … son of Elizabeth Paez … born in El Paso … pursuing a Master's in Industrial Engineering. 

 

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  • 2023Graduate Student

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