2023 Track & Field Roster
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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