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    Katerina Berdousi
    Katerina Berdousi

    Class:
    Freshman
    Hometown:
    Tripoli Greece
    High School:
    Second
    Height:
    5-10
    Event:
    Distances
    Birthdate:
    08/26/1993

    04/18/2013

    Tong Runs 8th-Fastest 3000m SC All-Time By A Trojan Today At Mt. SAC

    Cal State L.A. Meet Canceled; Campus evacuated after bomb scare

    03/30/2013

    USC Continues Impressive Early Season Run At Cal-Nevada Championships & Stanford Invitational

    Trojans win 5 of 8 events they competed in at Cal-Nevada; Andrews PRs at Stanford

    03/23/2013

    USC Wins 11 Events On the Final Day Of The Trojan Invitational

    Boyd wins twice and Novy and Olonade post school all-time top 10 marks

    03/22/2013

    Conatser And Ozorai Win Hammer Throw Competitions At Trojan Invitational

    Conatser and Berdousi post USC all-time top 10 marks

    03/19/2013

    USC Men No. 8 And Women No. 23 In First USTFCCCA T&F Poll

    Trojans at home this weekend hosting among others, No. 1 (M)/No. 6 (W) Texas A&M

    THIS YEAR: Freshman Katerina Berdousi from Greece competed for the USC cross country team in the fall. She can be utilized at a variety of distances by the Trojans and is expected to be a major contributor on the track and field team.

    CROSS COUNTRY: Berdousi had a good first season running in the fall with the cross country team. Capped it off with a season-best 6K time of 22:24 to finish as USC's fourth runner at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by UCLA on Oct. 27.

    HIGH SCHOOL: Berdousi is a 2012 graduate of Second High School of Tripoli in Greece. Berdousi has personal bests of 2:13 in the 800m, 4:23.68 in the 1500m, 9:37.56 in the 3000m and 17:00.98 in the 5000m races and figures to challenge for Trojan top-10 times in all four events. Last season, Berdousi placed second in the 1500m and third in the 5000m at the Greek Outdoor Championships with her PRs in both events. In 2010, she took third place in the 3000m race at the European Youth Olympic Trials with a time of 9:48.56 which qualified her for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore where she placed fourth with her PR of 9:37.56. Berdousi won the Greek Junior Cross Country Championships in March and is a member of the Greek National Athletics Team. She was voted the best Greek Female Athlete in April of 2010. In July of 2011, Berdousi won the 5000m and placed second in the 3000m races at the Greek Junior Outdoor Championships.

    PERSONAL: Katerina was born on August 26, 1993 in Tripoli, Greece...Her parents are Konstantinos and Evangelia and she has two siblings, Eustathios and Nikoleta...Likes to listen to music and watch movies in her spare time...Also enjoys exploring new countries and cities and would like to travel to Paris and San Francisco...Lists her favorite actor as Will Smith, favorite musician as David Guetta and favorite movie as Recordman...Her favorite foods are chicken and pasta...Biggest sports hero is Yiannis Kouros because he is the best athlete she has ever met...After school would like to compete in the Olympics.

    CAREER BESTS: 800m -- 2:13 1500m -- 4:23.68 3000m -- 9:37.56 5000m -- 17:00.98