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Birkeland's Performance History & Personal Bests

2023-24 SEASON

Indoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in both the 800m and distance medley relay … Season best 800m time of 2:12.38 at the Bison Open.
Outdoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in the 800m with a personal best 2:10.31 … Also Summit League runner-up in 4x400m relay … Season best 400m dash of 58.34 at the NDSU Tune-Up.

2022-23 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Summit League champion in the distance medley relay, running the 800m leg for the Bison … NDSU clocked 11:49.32 in the distance medley at the Summit League Championships to rank 7th-fastest in school history … Personal-best 800m time of 2:16.55 at the UND Tune-Up.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Posted outdoor personal-bests of 59.01 in the 400m and 2:16.92 in the 800m.

2021-22 SEASON

Indoor (Redshirt): Did not compete.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Did not compete. 

2020-21 SEASON
 
Indoor: Season-best 800m time of 2:17.87 at the Bison Cup Classic on Jan. 16 … Won the 600m at the Jim Emmerich Invite on Jan. 23 in a season-best 1:36.94.
Outdoor (Freshman): Competed in three meets, running a season-best 800m time of 2:20.98 at the Ron Masanz Classic.

High School: Owned a high school personal-best 800m time of 2:17, twice placing in the top 15 of the event at the Minnesota Class AA state meet ... School record holder in the 800m ... Two-time section runner-up in the 800m ... 9-time Lake Superior Conference champion, winning 3 titles apiece in the 800m, 4x800m relay, and 4x400m relay ... 7-time academic all-state performer between track, basketball and soccer ... Named Hermantown HS Female Athlete of the Year in 2020.

Personal: Daughter of Jon and Lana Birkeland ... Has one brother, David, and one sister, Liv ... Majoring in dietetics.