Taylor Petersen

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Hometown:
Reinbeck, Iowa

Awards & Honors:
Academic All-Big 12: First Team (2013, 2012, 2011)

2012-2013: OUTDOOR: Academic All Big-12 First Team ... finished the 5,000-meter run in a time of 17:27.56 at the Drake Relays ... ran the 5,000-meter run in a time of 17:27.30 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... finished the 5,000-meter run in 17:11.48 at the Stanford Invite ... INDOOR: Ran a personal best time in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:02.81 at the ISU Classic ... placed 13th in the mile run at the ISU Open with a time of 5:12.19. XC: Competed at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year ... placed among the top 30 finishers at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet ... earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... placed among the top 20 at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 21:31.7 ... clocked a time of 21:01 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invite ... finished among the top 50 at the Griak invite ... competed unattached placing fifth in the 5,000-meter run at the Cyclone Classic with a time of 18:21.

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Earned ninth place in both the 10,000-meter run with a time of 36:50.68 and 17:03.78 in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field ... placed second in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invite with a time of 16:45.97 ... INDOOR: Finished 12th in the 5000-meter run and 18th in the 3000-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championships ... ran a personal best in the mile run (5:09.97) at the ISU Open ... ran a personal best in the 5000-meter run (17:02.81) at the ISU Classic. XC: Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors ... finished 217th at the NCAA Championships ... finished 48th at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... finished 27th at the Big 12 Championships as Iowa State's fifth finisher ... finished 23rd in the open 6,000-meter race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... competing unattached, finished seventh at the Iowa Intercollegiate.

2010-2011: OTUDOOR: Finished 21st in the 5,000-meter run at the Big 12 Championships ... ran a personal best time in the 5,000-meter run (17:10.31) at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … competed in the 5,000-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays … competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Kip Janvrin Open. INDOOR: Ran a personal best time in the 3,000-meter run (9:50.99) at the Bill Bergan Invitational … competed in the 3,000-meter run at the ISU Classic (9:56.36) and the ISU Open (10:02.25). XC: Finished 42nd at the 2010 Big 12 Cross Country Championships (21:44.27) ... fourth-place finish at the Bradley Classic on the 6,000-meter course (21:23.27).

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Redshirted outdoor season. INDOOR: Competed in the 1,000-meter run (3:01.46) setting a personal best at the Cyclone Open … set a personal best in the 3,000-meter run (10:01.71) at the ISU Classic … set a personal record competing in the mile run (5:11.29) at the ISU Open. XC: Competed at the Bradley Classic Invitational (22:55) … competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (23:04) on the 6,000-meter Les Bolstad Golf Course ... running unattached, fifth-place finish at the Iowa Intercollegiate on the ISU 5,000-meter course (18:58).

Before Iowa State: As a junior placed fourth in the 2008 State Track 2A 1,500-meter (4:59) and placed fifth in the 3,000-meter (10:54)... as a senior runner-up in the 2009 State Track 2A 1,500-meter with a time of (4:49) and placed fourth in the 3,000-meter (10:45) ... personal records of (4:49) in the 1,500-meter and (10:45) in the 3,000-meter ... finished sixth in the 2008 Iowa State Cross Country Championship... Wendy's High School Heisman State finalist.

Personal: Born March 23, 1991...daughter of William and Crystal Petersen ... animal science (pre-vet) major.