2015-16 (Senior): Track and field team captain.
2014-15 (Senior): Named to UND's Fall 2014 Dean's List and Spring 2015 Dean’s List ... Also named to the President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters … Cross country team captain and track co-captain … Named to the Big Sky Conference Fall and Winter All-Academic Teams … Set the school record in the 5K at the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational with a time of 14 minutes, 30.59 seconds … Scored in the mile at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships with a seventh-place finish, behind a time of 4 minutes, 15.15 seconds … Ran a season-best time of 4:12.31 in the mile with a second-place finish at the SDSU Indoor Classic … Earned event wins in the mile at the Thundering Herd Classic and the Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational … Paced UND at five out of six cross country meets… Received cross country team's Most Valuable Runner award for second straight year ... Placed within the top half of the field at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional with a time of 31 minutes, 40.8 seconds … Finished 18th overall at the Big Sky Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:07.6 … His 25:12.28 time at the Ron Pynn Classic was good enough for a second-place finish … Earned his fourth letters in cross country and track.
2013-14 (Junior): Named to the 2013 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team ... Named UND’s Most Valuable Cross Country Runner in the fall … Also named to UND's 2014 Spring Dean's List and the 2014 Spring President's Honor Roll ... Served as team co-captain … Was UND’s top runner at the Big Sky Conference Cross Country Championship, where he placed 28th with a time of 26 minutes, 4 seconds … Was also the team’s top finisher at the UND Ron Pynn Invitational (25:39 // 6th place) and the SDSU Classic (26:22 // 16th) ... Won the 3K at Minnesota's Northwest Open with a time of 8:41.08 ... Ran a PR in the mile at Iowa State's Bill Bergan Invitational ... His time of 4:11.97 bested his previous PR by eight seconds and was the third-fastest time in school history ... Earned his third letters in both cross country and track.
2012-13 (Sophomore): Named to the 2013 Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team, 2012-13 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team and the 2012 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team … Also named to UND’s Spring 2013 Dean’s List and 2013 Spring Semester President’s Roll of Honor … Member of UND’s distance medley relay team that placed seventh at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Quartet ran the fourth-fastest relay in school history with a time of 10:31.98 … Clocked a PR of 3:55.94 in the 1,500-meters at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship (May 11) … Ran a PR mile of 4:19.58 at Iowa State’s Bill Bergan Invitational (Jan. 26) that was the fifth-fastest in school history … Also hit a PR in the 800-meters at the NDSU Tune-Up (May 3) with a time of 1:58.78 … Competed in five of six cross country meets ... Was second among UND runners at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:04.1 ... Placed 41st overall ... Clocked a time of 33 minutes, 13.41 seconds at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, placing 119th ... Led UND and placed third among Division I runners at UND's Ron Pynn Invitational with a time of 26:16.0 … Earned second letter in both cross country and track.
2011-12 (Freshman): Placed 46th (28:22.20) at the 2011 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Made his collegiate debut at UND's Ron Pynn Invitational, placing 19th with a time of 27:47.08 ... Named to Athletics Director's Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letter.
Before UND: A 2011 graduate of West Fargo High School... Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track and field ... Named the Eastern Dakota Conference (EDC) Track and Field Senior Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also earned first-team all-state track and field and cross country honors as a senior ... Finished fifth at the 2010 state cross country meet ... A three-time all-conference performer ... Academic all-state bronze team and national semifinalist at the Presidential Scholar Competition.
Personal: Majoring in mathematics and history ... Son of Kory and Pam Peterson ... Both parents attended UND ... Father ran track at UND.
