TFRRS Performance Profile
Career Accolades
- Two-time Pac-12 team XC champion (2022, 2023)
- Two-time NCAA West Region team XC champions (2022, 2023)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (T&F spring 2023)
Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)
- Mile: 4:00.48
- 800: 1:49.18
- 1,500: 3:43.03
- 3,000: 8:04.73i
- Steeplechase: 9:20.16
As a Sophomore (2023-24) * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions
- Raced in first NCAA and West Region championships
- Earned his highest conference XC finish
As a Freshman (2022-23)
Outdoors
- Ran 1,500 personal best of 3:43.03 at the Stanford Invitational
- Season 800 best of 1:50.27 came at the same meet
- Won the Big Meet dual vs. Cal in the steeplechase
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Indoors
- Made his collegiate track debut at the UW Indoor Preview, running the mile in 4:02.97
- Season best mile was 4:01.67 for fifth at the Ken Shannon Invite
- The time placed him No. 2, behind only Gabe Jennings, on Stanford's all-time frosh mile list
- Ranks No. 5 in the 3,000 on Stanford's all-time freshmen list
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions
- Made collegiate debut at the Cowboy Jamboree at Oklahoma State, finishing 114th
- Stanford's No. 9 runner at Pac-12 Championships
Prior to Stanford
- Ran a 4:00.48 mile while placing second at the 2022 Brooks PR Invite
- Nike Outdoor Nationals winner in the 800 in a PB of 1:49.18
- Fourth in 14:09.91 (5K) at the Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championships
- Fourth at the 2021 Eastbay national high school cross country championships
- Second in the New Balance Indoor Nationals mile in 4:02.64
- Ranked as the No. 37 male high school performer in the country for 2022 outdoors by MileSplit
- Third at the 2021 Eastbay Midwest Region cross country championships
- Named 2021 Gatorade Colorado Boys Cross Country Player of the Year
- Ran a 4:03.90 mile to place second at the 2021 Nike Outdoor Nationals
- Time was the fourth-fastest high school time in the nation in 2021
- Swept the distances at the 2021 Colorado 4A Championships – the 800, 1,600, and 3,200
- Won the 800 at the 2022 Colorado 4A title, was second in the 1,600, and fourth in the 3,200
- Two-time state 4A cross country champion
- Broke own 4A state record on the Norris Penrose championship course
- Won four state 4A team titles – two each in track and cross country
Personal
- Parents are Frank Bergen and Jennifer Czech-Bergen
- Has a younger sister, Elsza
- Anticipates a career as a physical therapist
- A fly-fishing enthusiast
- Among many from Niwot High track to join the Cardinal program in recent years, following a path begun by Tokyo Olympian Elise Cranny
- Volunteered with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc., which assists disabled veterans
Career Results
Year | Season (Meets) | Event | Season Best | Conf. | Region | NCAA |
2023-24 | Cross Country (5) | 8K | 24:08.1 | 40 (24:08.1) | -- | -- |
10K | 31:02.7 | -- | 84 (31:02.7) | 226 (32:44.6) | ||
2022-23 | Outdoors (6) | 1,500 | 3:43.03 | 22 (4:01.44) | -- | -- |
800 | 1:50.27 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Steeple | 9:20.16 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Indoors (5) | 800 | 1:52.85 | -- | -- | -- | |
Mile | 4:01.67 | -- | -- | -- | ||
3,000 | 8:04.73 | -- | -- | -- | ||
DMR | 9:31.02 | -- | -- | -- | ||
Cross Country (3) | 8K | 24:20.4 | 42 (24:20.4) | -- | -- |