2023 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2022-23 (Senior)
- 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
- 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)
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2021-22 (Junior)
- 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
- 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
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete and G-MAC Academic Team
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Participated in three 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
- 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
- G-MAC Academic Team
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Competed in four varsity meets during rookie campaign
- Made his collegiate debut at Indiana Wesleyan with a season-best 8K of 27:21
- Set indoor track PR’s in the 800 (2:05.55), mile (4:41.0), and 3K (9:07.69)
- 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
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2019Freshman
5'11"
150 lbs
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2020Sophomore
5'11"
150 lbs
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2023Graduate Student
5'11"
160 lbs
