2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

Titus Kao
Titus Kao
Titus Kao
Titus Kao

Iris Bergman

  • Position Middle Distance/Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Concord, Mass.
  • High School Concord-Carlisle

Biography

Collegiate Bests: 
400m: 57.00
500m: 1:15.68
800m: 2:05.55
1000m: 2:45.16
1500m: 4:28.97
Mile: 5:00.13
4k (XC): 14:54.4
5k (XC): 18:42.9
6k (XC): 21:34.1

2024-2025: CSC Academic All-District... Earned track and field team's Most Improved Award... Began cross country season with sixth-place finish at Harvard-Yale meet... Competed in Paul Short Run and ECAC Championships, where she earned All-East honors for her 19th-place finish... Crossed line with personal record of 21:34.1 in career-best 49th place at Ivy League Heptagonal Championships... Was Yale's fifth finisher at NCAA Cross Country Regionals... Opened indoor track season by earning fourth place, running personal record of 5:00.13 in mile, at Yale Season Opener... Earned fourth overall in 1k at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational and set new best mark of 2:45.16... Earned fourth in 1k and third in DMR at Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships... Opened outdoor season with 800m and 4x400m at UCF Black & Gold Challenge... Set personal record of 4:28.97 in 1500m at Raleigh Relays... Crossed line in new personal record of 2:05.55 in 800m at Sam Howell Invitational... Was part of 4x800m relay team that set Yale record at Penn Relays with time of 8:35.53... Represented Yale in 800m and 4x800m at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships to wrap up her career as a Bulldog.

2023-2024: Opened up her cross country season at HYP, running 4k PR of 14:54 and placing 24th... Ran 23:36.8 over 6k at Lehigh Paul Short Run to place 330th... Backed it up with another 23:36.6 at ECAC XC Championships to place 180th... For indoor track, opened her season with collegiate best mile time of 5:06.63 at Yale Season Opener... Placed fourth in 4x800m and seventh in 1000m at Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia meet... For outdoor track, traveled down to Florida to compete in 400m at UCF Knights Invite.

2022-2023: Did not compete in cross country... For indoor track, opened season with win in 500m and third-place finish in 4x400m at Yale Season Opener… Placed fourth in 4x800m and fifth in 500m at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia meet… Set collegiate best of 1:15.68 in 500m and won 4x880y relay at Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet… Competed in 400m and was member of sixth-place DMR team at BU Scarlet and White Invite… Set personal best of 57.00 in 400m and competed in 4x400m at BU David Hemery Valentine Invite… Competed in 500m and was member of scoring 4x800m relay team at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships… For outdoor track, opened season with sixth-place finish in 800m at UConn Dog Fight… Finished fourth in 800m at Harvard/Yale vs. Oxford/Cambridge meet in April… Raced 800m at Virginia Challenge… Concluded season in 800m at Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

2021-2022: For cross country, ran 6k personal record of 22:15.5 at Lehigh Paul Short Run… Ran 18:42 for 5k at NEICAAA Cross Country Championship… Competed at Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships… For indoor track, opened season running 2:57.96 for 1000m and winning 4x800m at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia meet… Placed 16th in 800m at BU Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite… Competed in 800m at BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational… Placed fifth in 800m at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships with personal record of 2:09.95; later placed second in 4x800m relay to earn second team All-Ivy Honors… For outdoor track, opened season with ninth-place finish in 4x400m at Raleigh Relays… Won 400m in personal record time of 58.03 and won 4x400m at UConn Dog Fight… Placed fifth in 800m and third in 4x400m at Harvard-Yale Match… Competed in 400m and 800m at Virginia Challenge… Raced 800m at Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Concord-Carlisle High School: Cross country team captain 2020… Third at DCL Cross Country Championship 2020… DCL Cross Country All-Star 2017, 2018, 2019… Fourth at Amherst Cross Country Invite (varsity race) 2019… Runner-up at Bob McIntyre Twilight Cross-Country Invitational meet (sophomore race) 2018… Cross Country Rookie of the Year 2017... Third at Amherst Cross Country Invite (Freshman race) 2017… Runner-up at Bob McIntyre Twilight Cross Country Invitational meet (Freshman race) 2017… Voted indoor track MVP 2020… Broke two school indoor track records (1000 meters and 600 meters) 2020… Voted indoor track most inspirational 2020… DCL Indoor Track All-Star 2020… Won 1000m at Indoor Track DCLs 2020… Won 1000m at Indoor Track EMASS Championship DII 2020… Broke 800 meter school outdoor track record 2018 and again in 2021… DCL Outdoor Track All-Star 2018, 2019, 2021… Fifth at Outdoor Track State Championship in 800m 2018... Voted Outdoor Track MVP 2019... Broke 400 meter school outdoor track record 2019… Won 400m at Outdoor Track DCLs 2019... Fourth at Outdoor Track State Championship in 800m 2019… DCL 800m Outdoor Track Champion 2021… EMASS DII Outdoor Track Champion 2021… EMASS DII 4X800m Outdoor Track Champion (anchor leg) 2021… Runner up in 800m at Outdoor Track State Championship 2021… 4x800m Outdoor Track Champion (anchor leg) 2021… Voted most inspirational by outdoor track team 2021… Voted MVP by outdoor track team 2021… Ninth in 800m at Nike Outdoor Nationals 2021… Cross country team won state championship 2017, 2019 (runners-up 2018)… Cross country team won DCL Championship 2020… Indoor track team won state championship 2020… Also was on varsity Nordic skiing team… Skiing team won state championship 2018.

Notes: Enjoys singing, traveling and community service... Has a passion for outreach… Uncle Evan Gilbert attended Yale (class of 1992)... Father, Robert Bergman, attended UCLA (class of 1990), and was on men's water polo team.

Why Yale? “I chose Yale not only for its incredible academics and athletics, but also because of the collaborative atmosphere, close-knit residential colleges, and numerous support systems. I know Yale is a place I will thrive as a student-athlete and grow as an individual, all while making memories that will last forever.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
  • 2024-25Senior

    Middle Distance/Distance