Lauren Berg
Lauren Berg
Height: 5-9
Year: Soph
High School: Fountain Valley HS / Fountain Valley (CA)
Major: Chemistry
Events: Distance

Cerritos College Women’s Track & Field (2022): Came in first place in the 1500 meters (5:09.32) at the Cerritos Invitational, which was an automatic qualifying time for the Southern California Prelims…..

Cerritos College Women’s Cross Country (2022): Finished in 113th place at the CCCAA State Championships with a time of 22:15.0, while her time of 20:51.3 put her in 58th place at the Southern California Championships… Posted a 17th place finish at the South Coast Conference Championships with a time of 23:20.9 and was clocked in 21:45.7 to come in 45th place at the Manny Bautista Invitational… Turned in a seventh place time of 21:44.1 at the Coach Downey Invitational…..

Cerritos College Women’s Cross Country (2021): Recorded the best overall freshman season in school history for a cross country runner… Capped off the year by coming in 10th place at the CCCAA State Championships with a time of 18:54.3… Came in fourth place at the Southern California Championships with a time of 18:20.6, while her time of 19:08.2 at the South Coast Conference Championships earned her the individual title… Finished in 124th place at the Highlander Invitational with a time of 23:19.5, with her time of 18:59.6 winning her the individual championship at the San Diego Mesa Invitational… Posted a second place time of 19:13 at the Coast Downey Classic, and came in 24th place with a time of 19:17.5 at the Biola Invitational… Opened her college career with a first place time at the Fresno Invitational of 19:13.0…..

Golden West College: Attended the school, but did not compete in cross country…..

Fountain Valley HS: While on the track and field team, she specialized in the 1600 meters (5:18) and 3200 meters (11:49)… Was an All-Sunset League selection in cross country as a senior and was named their captain… Qualified for the CIF Prelims her junior year and was voted their Most Inspirational… Posted a personal best time of 18:05 over a three-mile course and placed fourth at the league championships during her senior season… Came in eighth place at the CIF Championships as a junior and was her team’s Most Inspirational Runner… Was also a member of the track and field team and was a goalkeeper on the soccer team for two seasons… Coached by former Cerritos assistant coach Brian Bivens in track and field…..

Personal: Most memorable moments were when she turned in her personal best times in the 1600 meters and in cross country… Would like to transfer to UC Santa Barbara and aspires to be a lab chemist… Her mom was a member of the tennis and cross country teams at Westminster High… Hobbies include playing chess and  listening to music… Has three siblings – Anna (42), Jo (40) and Rain (16)… Is the daughter of Matthew and Susan Berg… Born in Fountain Valley, CA on August 23, 2003…..

Favorite Athlete: Samantha Martinez                  Favorite Movie: “Intergalactic”
Favorite Food:  Anything                                     Favorite TV Show: “Black Mirror”
Favorite Book: “Unbroken”