2019-20 Men's Track & Field Roster

Derick Peters

  • Class Sophomore
  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Hartford, S.D.
  • High School West Central
  • Instagram peters.derick

Biography

Honors: 2019 and 2020 Academic All-Big Ten in cross country ... 2020 and 2021 Academic All-Big Ten in track
 
Personal Bests
Outdoor  Indoor  Cross Country
Steeplechase 9:07.72 3/29/19  3000 meters  8:43.77  1/14/23 8K 24:14.2 10/28/18
10K 32:40.0 11/17/18

TFRRS Profile

2023 Indoor Track: Finished sixth running a personal best of 8:34.34 in the 3000 meters at the Wisconsin Midwest Invite (Jan.14)

2022 Cross Country: Won the Badger Open with a time of 20:58.3 (Sept.8)... Finished fifth in the 8000 meters with a time of 24:38.3 at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept.30)... finished 37th in the men's B race at the Nuttycombe Invitational with a time of 24:43.8 (Oct.14)... finished fifth with a time of 25:05.3 at the Illini Open (Oct.28)... finished with at time of 25:19.0 at the Big Ten Championships (Oct.28)

2022 Indoor Track: Did not compete

2021 Cross Country: Did not compete

2020 Outdoor Track: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2020 Indoor Track: Did not compete

2020 Cross Country: Placed 60th at the Big Ten Championships (Jan. 30) in 25:48.7

2019 Cross Country: Finished 12th overall and fourth for the Badgers at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational in 25:29.79 ... finished 60th in the 8K in the men's "B" race at the Nuttycombe Invitational in 25:36.2

2019 Outdoor Track: Finished 42nd overall in the steeplechase in 9:21.38 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (April 18) ... placed ninth in the steeplechase in a personal best time of 9:07.72 at the Stanford Invitational (March 29)

2019 Indoor Track: Competing unattached, finished third in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:34.46 at the Red & White Classic (Feb. 15)

2018 Cross Country: Finished 237th overall and seventh for Wisconsin at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 17) in 32:40.0 ... placed 20th overall and sixth for UW at the Big Ten Championship (Oct. 28) with a personal best 8K time of 24:14.2 ... finished 58th overall and second for the Badgers at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 13), crossing the line in 24:42.0 ... in the first collegiate race, finished fourth overall and third for Wisconsin in 25:39.1 at the Badger Classic (Sept. 14)

High School: South Dakota Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year as a junior and senior ... 2017 South Dakota Class A Team Champion in cross country ... 2016 and 2017 state class A cross country individual champion … took second at the state cross country meet as a sophomore … 2017 Roy Griak Invitational Champion… took second place at 2017 Nike Cross Heartland Regional to qualify for the national meet where he finished 26th … four-time all-state … also lettered in soccer and basketball … class valedictorian … U.S. Senate Youth Program Scholarship Recipient … member of marching band and concert band four years… was a member of the Nike Heartland Team

Personal: Parents are Deb and Chris Peters… has a younger brother, Braden… majors are neurobiology and biomedical engineering

Why Wisconsin?

“I chose the University of Wisconsin because of its prestigious education programs, its Midwest feel, and the elite running program.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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