2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2024
- UMBC's No. 3 finisher at the America East Championships (41st, 18:37.8).
- Placed 76th overall at the ECAC Championships (22.48.1).
- Finished 55th at Lehigh with a time of 22:45.3
2023
- UMBC's top performer at the Mount St. Mary's 5k Duals with a time of 20:36.31 (23rd place).
- Finished 53rd overall and was UMBC's No. 3 finisher (25:19.66) at the 6k Navy Invitational.
- Was also the Retrievers' No. finisher at the 6k Paul Short Invitational with a time of 24:16.6
- Also scored points with a 59th place result (20:14.02) at the 5k America East Conference Championships.
2022
- Debuted as UMBC’s No. 3 finisher (11th overall) at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals and also UMBC No. 3 finisher in three other meets in her initial campaign
- Finished with a time of 23:23.9 as the third scorer for the Retrievers at The Paul Short Run, improving by over a minute compared to her finish at Navy.
- Named the team’s Most Improved Athlete at the 2022-23 Gritty Awards
BACKGROUND
- Helped the Hawks to a regional cross country title and a state championship in both indoor and outdoor track & field in her senior year
- Ran a personal best of 5:23 in the 1600 meters at the 2022 Scorpion Classic, despite fasting for Ramadan
- A Gold Honor Roll member in all four years at Urbana and a member of the National Honor Society and the National Math Honor Society
- Considering a major in computer science
- Likes seafood and the music of Weezer
- Played first violin in her high school orchestra and was president of the crochet club
- Daughter of Meryem Cherkaoui and Khalid Beraich
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