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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2024 Men's Track & Field Roster

Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Haley Ansiel
Scott Huck, Cedarville University
Logan Howard
Logan Howard
Scott Huck, Cedarville University

Cooper Peterson

  • Position Distance
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 150
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Chatham, IL
  • High School Glenwood

Biography

CAREER STATS

2023-24 (Graduate)
  • Saw action in four meets during the cross country season and was in the team’s top six three times
  • Best 8K of the campaign was 25:49.2 at the Louisville Classic
  • Team’s sixth runner and placed 41st overall at the G-MAC Championship in 26:30.9
  • CU’s sixth finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 32:49.1

2022-23 (Senior)
  • Did not participate during the indoor track & field campaign
  • Returned from injury to compete in seven outdoor meets
  • Best times came in the 1,500 (4:08.54), 5K (15:58.53), and steeplechase (9:42.67)
  • Ran in all six cross country meets and finished in the team’s top three each time
  • All-G-MAC Second Team performer placing 14th overall in 25:19.8
  • Placed tenth overall in the All-Ohio Championship in a career-best 8K of 24:41.5
  • Came in 85th of 486 runners at Alabama-Huntsville in 24:55.4
  • Earned USTFCCCA Division II All-Region honors
  • Finished 21st overall in the Midwest Regional in a career-best 10K of 31:48.4
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team

2021-22 (Junior)
  • NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 3K with a runner-up showing of 8:36.94
  • G-MAC Indoor 5K runner-up in a career-best 14:46.18
  • Set indoor PR’s in the 3K (8:32.69) at Ashland and mile (4:19.19) at Wittenberg
  • All-G-MAC Outdoor Third Team in the 5K placing third in 14:46.81
  • Career-best 5K mark outdoors was 14:38.28 at Lee
  • Posted outdoor PR’s in the 1,500 (3:56.29) at Western Kentucky and steeplechase (9:12.06) at Lee
  • Competed in five cross country meets and was among the team’s top seven three times
  • Best 8K of the season was 26:45.5 to place sixth overall at the Division II Showcase in Nashville
  • USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
  • NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team

2020-21 (Sophomore)
  • Won the Hillsdale Indoor Tune-Up 3K in a season-best 8:51.22
  • Fastest indoor 5K was 15:25.63 in the G-MAC Championship
  • Established outdoor PR’s in the 1,500 (4:04.07) at Tiffin and the 5K (15:21.58) at Lee
  • Participated in three cross country meets during Covid-shortened season
  • Finished among team’s top four runners each time
  • Posted a season-best 8K of 25:58.1 at Taylor as team’s #3 runner and finished ninth overall
  • Placed 23rd in the G-MAC Championship in 26:25.9
  • Came in ninth overall at Rio Grande in 26:51.8
  • G-MAC Academic Team

2019-20 (Freshman)
  • Set indoor track PR’s in the 800 (2:05.55), mile (4:41.0), and 3K (9:07.69)
  • Participated in four varsity meets during the cross country season
  • Fastest time in the 8K was 27:21 in his collegiate debut at Indiana Wesleyan
  • Turned in a 27:51 performance in the Friendship Invitational
  • G-MAC Academic Team

High School
  • Four-year letter winner in cross country and track & field at Glenwood High School
  • #4 runner on 2018 Illinois 2A State Championship cross country squad and was Team MVP
  • Earned all-regional, all-sectional, and all-conference honors
  • Best cross country marks were 15:21 in the 3-mile and 16:06 in the 5K
  • Set high school PR’s on the track in the 800 (2:03), 1600 (4:35), and 3200 (10:03)
  • Named to the SJR Capital Region Preps All-Star Team
  • Illinois State Scholar and National Honor Society Student

Personal
  • Dean’s List graduate student in innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Born June 1, 2001 in Springfield, Ill.
  • Son of Andy and Kelly Peterson
  • Younger brother, Aidan, is a junior distance runner with the Yellow Jackets

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Distance
    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2021Sophomore

    Distance
    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2022Junior

    Distance
    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2023Senior

    Distance
    5'11" 150 lbs
  • 2024Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'11" 150 lbs