Annie Bersagel

Early life

Bersagel attended Greeley Central High School in Greeley, Colorado.

Wake Forest

Bersagel attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina. While there, she was a three-time All-American in cross country, a two-time Academic All-American, a two-time Wake Forest University scholar-athlete of the year, five-time track & field All-American, a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion in the outdoor 10,000 meters, and was the 2005 ACC champion in the indoor 5000 meters.

Bersagel was the 2006 NCAA Woman of the Year Award winner, in recognition of excellence in academics, athletics, community service and leadership as well as the 2006 Walter Byers Award winner as the top National Collegiate Athletic Association female scholar-athlete.

Elite Running

After graduating with honors as an economics and politics double major in December 2005, Bersagel began training with Team USA Minnesota. She won the USA Half-Marathon champions held in Kansas City, Missouri on June 3, 2006 with a time of 1 hour 14 minutes 36 seconds.

Bersagel placed 10th in the 2006 USA Cross Country Championships 8 km. In May 2007, she left Team USA Minnesota and the University of Minnesota. Bersagel earned a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a graduate degree in peace and conflict studies at the University of Oslo. Bersagel has interned at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. She was also awarded a NCAA postgraduate scholarship.

Bersagel graduated from Stanford Law School in June 2012.

Bersagel did not enter the Olympic Trials in 2008.

World Stage

Bersagel represented the United States during the 2011 Pan American Games for the 10,000m in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a fourth-place finish as the top American in 35:23.31.

Bersagel ran the second-fastest half marathon for a US athlete in 2014 at IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 70:10.

On April 25, 2015, Bersagel won the Düsseldorf Marathon in a personal best of 2:28:29.