Bailey Hertenstein
American athlete (born 2000)
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Bailey Hertenstein (born 20 April 2000) is an American long-distance and cross country runner. She was the silver medalist over 5000 metres representing the United States at the 2025 NACAC Championships.[1]
3000m: 8:45.05 (2024)
5000m: 14:48.91 (2025)
10000m: 31:53.26 (2025)
Road
5k: 15:16 (2025)
Hertenstein in 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | April 20, 2000 | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Events | Long-distance running, Cross country running | |||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 1500m: 4:06.39 (2025) 3000m: 8:45.05 (2024) 5000m: 14:48.91 (2025) 10000m: 31:53.26 (2025) Road 5k: 15:16 (2025) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
From Florida, Hertenstain attended Riverview High School and ran some track in middle school but had more experience in cross country running.[2] In 2015, she set a course record in Tallahassee at the state cross country championships at Apalachee Regional Park.[3] In May 2016, she won the Class 4A state final over 1600 metres in 5:5.14 despite falling with a lap to go after being clipped by Sinclaire Johnson, and having to run back from eighth place.[4][5] The following year she won her third consecutive state cross country title and signed for the University of Indiana.[6]
She won her first race for Indiana at the Commodore Classic in 2019.[7] In 2020, she won the 3000 metres race at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.[8][9] In 2022, she transferred to the University of Colorado.[10] She led Colorado to the 2022 PAC-12 Cross Country Championships title.[11]
Hertenstein missed the 2024 indoor season with injury. She made her colleague debut over 10,000 metres at the 2024 Pac-12 Conference in May, which she won in 34:21.03.[12] She placed third behind Parker Valby and Hilda Olemomoi competing for the University of Colorado at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships in 15:10.98 after a 63.18 final lap, the fastest last lap in the field by more than two seconds.[13][14][15]
Competing indoors at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston on 31 January 2025, Hertenstein ran 14:56.33 for the 5000 metres to break her outright personal best by 14 seconds.[16]
Hertenstein placed fifth over 5000 metres at the USA Championships in August 2025.[17] Later that month, she was a silver medalist over 5000 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in August 2025.[18][19]