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Vera Sjöberg
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Stockholm, Sweden
- High School:
- Rudbeck High School
AWARDS
• USTFCCCA Northeast All-Region Team (2024)
• 2024 Patriot League Outstanding Runner of the Meet
• 2024 Patriot League Cross Country Individual Champion
• 2024-25 Patriot League Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023, 2024)
• Patriot League Runner of the Week (10/8/2024, 10/22/2024)
• Patriot League Female Rookie of the Week (9/27/2022)
• First Team All-Patriot League (2023, 2024)
• Second Team All-Patriot League (2022)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Patriot League Team (2023, 2024)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
Competed at the NCAA Championships, recording the best finish by a Terrier since 2008 with a 42nd-place finish in 20:05.0 ... Took seventh at the NCAA Northeast Region Championships with a 19:55.2 time, earning an automatic qualification to the NCAA National Championships and picking up USTFCCCA Northeast All-Region honors ... Won the Patriot League Championship 6K with a 19:45.9 time, taking home Patriot League Outstanding Runner of the Meet honors ... Recorded her second sub-20 minute time of the year at the Princeton Fall Classic, finishing the 6K course in 19:55.8, taking 11th place and earning Patriot League Runner of the Week ... Awarded Patriot League Runner of the Week after finishing second at the Paul Short Run with a 19:56.2 6K time, her first sub-20 6K of her collegiate career.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
Awarded Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year … Earned Academic All-Patriot League Distinction … Named to the First Team All-Patriot League … Came in 26th with a 6K time of 20:31.5 at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Placed second at the Patriot League championship with a 6K time of 21:45.1 … Placed 9th at the Paul Short Invite with a 6K time of 20:30.8.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Placed 44th in the 6K at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Took 14th at the Patriot League Championships with a 6K time of 21:34.2 … Ran a personal best 6K time of 20:58.3 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite … Notched a 5K time of 18:18 at the Battle in Beantown to finish 37th and lead to her first Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor … Made her collegiate debut in the 3.1K at the Suffolk Short Course Classic with a time of 11:06.2 ... Ran a scoring time in each meet she competed in.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Ranked No. 1 at the U20 Swedish level in 1500m in 2019 ... Won gold at the Swedish National U20 Championships 3000m.
PERSONAL
Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences to major in English at BU.
• USTFCCCA Northeast All-Region Team (2024)
• 2024 Patriot League Outstanding Runner of the Meet
• 2024 Patriot League Cross Country Individual Champion
• 2024-25 Patriot League Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023, 2024)
• Patriot League Runner of the Week (10/8/2024, 10/22/2024)
• Patriot League Female Rookie of the Week (9/27/2022)
• First Team All-Patriot League (2023, 2024)
• Second Team All-Patriot League (2022)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Academic All-Patriot League Team (2023, 2024)
AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
Competed at the NCAA Championships, recording the best finish by a Terrier since 2008 with a 42nd-place finish in 20:05.0 ... Took seventh at the NCAA Northeast Region Championships with a 19:55.2 time, earning an automatic qualification to the NCAA National Championships and picking up USTFCCCA Northeast All-Region honors ... Won the Patriot League Championship 6K with a 19:45.9 time, taking home Patriot League Outstanding Runner of the Meet honors ... Recorded her second sub-20 minute time of the year at the Princeton Fall Classic, finishing the 6K course in 19:55.8, taking 11th place and earning Patriot League Runner of the Week ... Awarded Patriot League Runner of the Week after finishing second at the Paul Short Run with a 19:56.2 6K time, her first sub-20 6K of her collegiate career.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
Awarded Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year … Earned Academic All-Patriot League Distinction … Named to the First Team All-Patriot League … Came in 26th with a 6K time of 20:31.5 at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Placed second at the Patriot League championship with a 6K time of 21:45.1 … Placed 9th at the Paul Short Invite with a 6K time of 20:30.8.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
Placed 44th in the 6K at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Took 14th at the Patriot League Championships with a 6K time of 21:34.2 … Ran a personal best 6K time of 20:58.3 at the Lehigh Paul Short Invite … Notched a 5K time of 18:18 at the Battle in Beantown to finish 37th and lead to her first Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor … Made her collegiate debut in the 3.1K at the Suffolk Short Course Classic with a time of 11:06.2 ... Ran a scoring time in each meet she competed in.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Ranked No. 1 at the U20 Swedish level in 1500m in 2019 ... Won gold at the Swedish National U20 Championships 3000m.
PERSONAL
Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences to major in English at BU.
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