Cale Berkoff

Class:
Senior
Position:
Backstroke
Hometown:
Missoula, Mont.
High School:
Hellgate HS

PRONUNCIATION

2020-21 Senior Season: Opted-out of the 2020-21 season due to concerns surrounding COVID-19.

2019-20 Junior Season: Qualified for the C final in both the 100 back and 200 back at the Big Ten Championships, placing 19^th (47.74) and 22^nd (1:45.89), respectively · finished sixth in the 100 back (50.20) and seventh in the 200 back (1:59.94) against Purdue and Northwestern · notched a fourth place finish in the 100 back (51.19) and a fifth place finish in the 200 back (1:52.99) versus USC · earned third place finishes in both the 100 back (51.49) and 200 back (1:52.61) versus Hawaii · finished fourth in the 200 back (1:50.35) and sixth in the 100 back (50.42) against versus Wisconsin · earned a fourth place finish in the 200 back (1:52.87) and a fifth place finish in the 100 back (51.98) against Florida State · placed fifth in the 200 back (1:50.81) and sixth in the 100 back (50.48) against Florida · Second Team CSCAA Scholar All-American..

2018-19 Sophomore Season: Finished fourth in the 200 back (1:50.17) against Purdue and Northwestern. • Placed third in the 100 back (51.10) and third in the 200 back (1:52.20) against USC. • Took fourth in the 200 back (1:53.02) at the Hawaii Dual. • At the Minnesota Invite, placed eighth in the 200 IM (1:53.02). • Finished fourth in the 200 back (1:51.65) against Iowa and South Dakota. • Took fourth in the 100 back (51.41) at the Wisconsin Dual.

2017-18 Freshman Season: At the Big Ten Championships, placed fifty-ninth in the 50-yard free (20.67), twentieth in the 200-yard back (1:44.64), and twenty-sixth in the 100-yard back (48.32). • finished seventh in the 100-yard back (50.65) and fifth in the 200-yard back (1:50.65) at the Triple Dual vs Northwestern and Purdue • placed fifth in the 100-yard back (50.90) and second in the 200-yard back (1:50.99) against Denver • took sixth in the 100-yard back (52.04) and fifth in the 200-yard back (1:54.29) vs. Hawai'i and Drury • finished fourth in the 100-yard back (49.96) and fifth in the 200-yard back (1:48.42) at the Minnesota Invitational • placed fourth in the 100-yard back (51.18) and sixth in the 200-yard back (1:51.69) against the University of Iowa • took sixth in the 100-yard back (53.23), eighth in the 50-yard free (22.03), and third in the 200-yard back (1:53.22) against Florida State.

High School: 2017 graduate of Hellgate High School • coached by Helen Houlihan • four-time letterwinner in swimming • Model United Nation's Distinguished delegate • four-time All-City, All-Area and All-State honoree • 2017 NISCA All-American • four-time Montana state champion with Hellgate HS, also setting team record for points scored at a state championship junior year • member of Missoula Aquatic Club • 2015 Montana Swimmer of the Year.

Personal: Son of Shirley Gustafson and Dave Berkoff • has one sibling: Katharine • father, Dave, swam at Harvard from 1984-1987 and 1989 as well as a professional swimmer from 1990-1992 • enjoys hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, camping and fishing • ran track in middle school • plans to major in chemistry or chemical engineering.