Anne Golden Bersagel (born March 30, 1983) is an American long-distance runner.

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

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(ACC) champion in the outdoor

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, and was the 2005 ACC champion in the indoor

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. 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

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winner as the top National Collegiate Athletic Association female scholar-athlete. Bersagel named to Wake Forest 2015 Hall of Fame Class.

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

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champions held in

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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 an 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

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for the

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, 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

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in a personal best of 2:28:29. Bersagel was the 4th woman at

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race / 2018 US Mountain running Championship and earned a spot on the Team USA Mountain running on July 8. The 2018

race served as the NACAC Mountain Running Championship.

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