Wake Forest Athletics
Former Deacon Deacon Wins Dusseldorf Marathon
4/30/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
April 30, 2014
By Teresa Braeckel, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeTrack)
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - Wake Forest alum, Annie Bersagel captured a first place finish in the Metro Group Marathon on Sunday, April 27 crossing the line with a personal best time of 2:28.59. The win follows her 13th-place finish last month at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Copenhagen where she crossed the line in 1:10.10.
Bersagel competed as a Demon Deacon on both the Wake Forest women's cross country and track team from 2001-2005. She set six school records while at Wake Forest University and is a two-time 10,000m ACC Champion.
A native of Greeley, Colo., Bersagel currently resides in Oslo, Norway with her husband Oyvind Heiberg Sundby.
