Furman University

Daniel Bernal's Personal Bests

Honors & Awards
2020 Southern Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year
2020 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2021 Southern Conference Indoor Track Champion (DMR)
2021 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (5,000m)
2020 Southern Conference Champion (5,000m)
2019 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2019 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2019 NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (10,000m)
2019 All-Southern Conference Outdoor Track (10,000m)
2018 All-Southeast Region Cross Country
2018 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (First Team)
2018 All-Southern Conference Indoor Track (5,000m)
2017 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year (Cross Country)
2017 All-Southern Conference Cross Country (Second Team)

Junior Year (2019-2020):  Won the 5,000m title at the Southern Conference Indoor Track Championships with a time of 14:37.77...earned his second-consecutive All-Southeast Region honor after placing 13th with a time of 30:22.7 at the region championships with a 13th place...concluded the cross country season with a 54th place finish (31:32.2) at the NCAA Championships...posted a runner-up finish with a time of 24:58.4 at the Southern Conference cross country championship...secured a career best in the 5,000m (14:05.38) at the Husky Classic...ran a personal best time of 4:08.68 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational...set an 8K career best time of 23:57.7 at the Bill Dellinger Invite, placing 18th...opened the cross country season with a third place finish at the Charlotte Cross Country Opener (15:16.7)...earned a runner-up finish at the Eye Opener Cross Country Festival with a time of 24:54.6.

Sophomore Year (2018-19):  Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 10,000m during outdoor season, where he placed 26^th with a time of 30:16.17…finished 18^th at the NCAA Southeast Region cross country meet to earn a spot on the all-region team…chosen the SoCon Runner of the week on Sept. 5 for winning the title at the Eye Opener Cross Country meet…claimed All-SoCon first team accolades after finishing seventh with a time of 25:36.4 at the league cross country meet…placed fifth in the 3,000m (8:33.23) and fourth in the 5,000m (14:41.73) at the SoCon Indoor Championships…finished 13^th in the 5,000m at the Cardinal Classic outdoors, posting a personal best time of 14:14.36…recorded a time of 29:40.25, a personal best, in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays to qualify for the NCAA prelims…earned an All-SoCon nod after finishing third in the 10,000m outdoors…selected to the SoCon All-Freshman Team for the 5,000m and 10,000m outdoors…named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2017-18):  Honored as the 2017 SoCon Cross Country Freshman of the Year after placing eighth with a time of 24:25.2 at the league championship meet…named to the SoCon All-Freshman team after placing fifth with a time of 8:19.55 in the 3,000m and third in the 5,000m with a time of 14:30.12 at the SoCon Indoor Championships…also named to the All-SoCon second team and the SoCon All-Freshman team for cross country…finished eighth in the 3,000m (8:14.13) at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational…turned in a second-place finish with a time of 25:07.3 at the Eye Opener Cross Country meet…competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

High School:

1,600 meters – 4:15.54

3,200 meters – 8:54.21

5K (XC) – 14:45.60

5,000 meters – 14:29.44

2X NXN Nationals Qualifier – Cross Country 

10th at NXN in 2016 

New Balance Nationals 2-Mile Champion 
 

Concluded  his prep career with a national championship in the two mile event at the 2017 New Balance National Track and Field Championships...one of the top recruits in Texas...finished third at the UIL Texas State Cross Country Championships, third at the NXN National Southeast Regional Championships, and tenth at the NXN National Championships as a senior....posted a third-place finish in the 3,200m at the UIL Texas State Track and Field Championships...ran 14:29.44 at the Texas Distance Festival, which boasted one of the deepest high school 5K fields in the nation...a two-time NXN national qualifier with personal bests of 4:15.54 in the 1,600m and 8:54.21 in the 3,200m...also a two-time NXN cross country national qualifier.