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2021-22 Track & Field Roster

Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton

Berenice Cleyet-Merle

Berenice Cleyet-Merle

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires, France
  • Prev School:
    California Baptist

Summary

Biography

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NCAA Division II and French national record holder in the indoor mileĀ (4:31.99) ... two-time national champion and Olympic hopeful ... UIndy's record holder in the indoor 800, mile, 3000 and the DMR.

AWARDS
2022 DII Women's Indoor Athlete of the Year
2x national champion
- 2022 indoor mile
- 2021 indoor 800 meters

8x All-America
- 2022 indoor mile (1st)
- 2022 indoor DMR (2nd)
- 2022 indoor 3K (7th)

- 2021 indoor 800 meters (1st)

- 2020 indoor 800 meters (UFTFCCCA)
- 2020 indoor mile (USTFCCCA)
- 2017 outdoor 800 meters (8th)
- 2016 outdoor 1500 meters (3rd)

2022 Midwest Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
7x All-Midwest Region
2x GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
6x GLVC indoor event champion
9x GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
3x USTFCCCA DII Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
2x USTFCCCA All-Academic at UIndy
2x Academic All-GLVC
2017 West Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
2x PacWest Track Athlete of the Year

2021-22
Capped a stellar collegiate career with three All-America honors at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships ... won the national championship in the mile and 90 minutes later took seventh in the 3K; also anchored the DMR team to a runner-up finish ... voted the Midwest Region Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA ... set Division II and French national record holder in the indoor mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (4:31.99) ... notchedĀ  all-region accolades in four separate events: 800, mile, 3K and DMR ... recorded the second-fastest 800 time in DII history at the IU Relays (2:03.89) ... won four event titles at the GLVC Indoor Championships on the way to earning her second straight GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year nod ... 3x GLVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week ... Academic All-GLVC.

2020-21
Became the sixth-ever event national champion in UIndy women's track & field history by winning the 800-meter race at the 2021 NCAA DII Indoor Championships; the feat was also good for just the third indoor title for a Greyhound woman and just the second by a non-field competitor ... also named All-Midwest Region in the 800 by the USTFCCCA by recorded the fastest time in both the region and Division II with a 2:07.36 at the GVSU Big Meet in February.

2019-20
Made an immediate impact on the Greyhound indoor squad, setting school records in the 800 (2:06.80), the mile (4:40.49) and the DMR (11:42.87) ... qualified for indoor nationals in both the 800 and the mile, recording the nation's fastest time in the former and third-fastest in the latter ... named an All-American in both events by the USTFCCCA after the championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... won two golds (800, 1500) and a silver (4x400) at the conference meet on the way to becoming the first Greyhound since 2011 to be named GLVC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.

PRIOR TO UINDY
Competed at California Baptist ... named PacWest Track Athlete of the Year in both 2016 and 2017 ... placed third in the 1500 at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships ... 2017Ā  West Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year ... earned another All-America nod with an eighth-place finish in the 800 at the 2017 outdoor nationals ... left as CBU's record holder in the 800m (2:07.73) and the 1500m (4:20.69).

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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  • 2021-22Graduate Student

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