2008-09 Men's Cross Country

Walid Berkhedle

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Scarborough, Ont.
  • High School Birchmount Park HS

Biography

Returns for his sophomore season as the defending Peach Belt Conference men's champion.  Ran consistently as the No. 1 guy on the squad.  Also a member of the Lakers' 2007 NCAA Division II All-Academic Team.

2008: Earned All-Region honors at the NCAA D-II Southeast Region meet on Nov. 8 with a 14th place finish.  Earned his second All-PBC honor at the conference championships on Oct. 25, placing 5th. Finished fifth at the Wingate Invitational to help the Lakers to the team championship.

2007: Was the Peach Belt Conference cross country "Runner of the Year" and "Freshman of the Year" as he won the individual meet title.  Led Clayton State to a second place team finish and was a member of the Lakers' NCAA Division II All-Academic Team.  Named Peach Belt Conference male  "Runner of the Week" a record four consecutive weeks.

High School: A 2007 graduate from Birchmount Park Collegiate.  Finished 16th in the 2006 OFSAA Cross Country Championships.  Is a 15-time Metropolitan Toronto medalist in track & cross country.  Has personal bests of 1:54.96 in the 800-meter run and 3:57.20 in the 1500-meter run.

Personal: Major is nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    5'11"