2023 Women's Cross Country Roster

PSAC

Jeanne Peters

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ankeny, Iowa
  • High School Ankeny Centennial
  • Major Biomedical Engineering

Biography

Career Accolades
  • 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Team 
  • 2021 PSAC Champion Scholar
  • 2023-24 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
  • 2022-23 PSAC Scholar-Athlete 
  • 2021-22 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
  • 2020-21 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
  • D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Winner (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
TFRRS Profile
 
2023: Ran in all seven races, posting a personal-best time in a 6K race with a time of 24:17.7 in the Atlantic Regional, good for 122nd place … it was her first time competing in the regional race … ran in the PSAC Championships for the fourth time, coming in 126th with a time of 26:57.3 over the 6K course … placed 23rd in the Race at the Park (18:36.1 – 4K).

2022: Ran in seven of Gannon’s eight races … was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2022-23 Academic All-District Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Team … ran in the PSAC Championships for the third time, placing 111th with a time of 26:23.2 over the 6K course … came in 14th in the Fredonia State Invitational (4K, 18:30.36) … top 6K finish came in the Ed Winrow Invitational, placing 46th with a time of 26:22.2.  

2021: Was the PSAC Champion Scholar with a 4.00 GPA as a Biomedical Engineering major … competed in five races, including placing 141st in the PSAC Championships (27:29.8) … brought home tenth place in the Fredonia State Invitational with a time of 17:35.00 (4K) … posted her best time and finish in a 6K race at the Bill Lennox Invite, finishing 35th with a time of 26:14.4.

2020: Ran in all three races in a season that was shortened by COVID-19 and moved to the spring of 2021 … took ninth place at the Gannon Invitational with a time of 22:36.6 over 5K … competed in the PSAC Championships for the first time, coming in 73rd (21:00.3 5K) … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors.

High School:  Enjoyed a distinguished running career at Ankeny Centennial High School in Iowa … was a three-time state qualifier … as a freshman in 2016 helped the jaguars win the CIML Central Conference championship, coming in fifth to earn first-team All-Conference honors … would go on to place 29th at the Iowa Class 4A State Championships, helping Ankeny Centennial place eighth, the highest finish in team history … in 2017 the team was 13th at the Iowa Class 4A State Championships as she finished 26th … followed that up as the top finisher for the Jaguars at the 2018 state championships, crossing the finish line in 60th place as Ankeny was 15th in the team race …an outstanding student, as well, named to the 2019 Cross Country Academic All-State Team.
 
Personal:  Biomedical Engineering major … daughter of Karen and Frank Peters … has one sister, Erica, who is a diver at the University of Northern Iowa, and one brother, Curtis.
 
Top Performances:
Best 4K Finish: 10th (17:35.00) at the Fredonia State Invitational, 2021
Best 4K Time: 17:35.00 (10th) at the Fredonia State Invitational, 2021
Best 5k Finish: 9th (22:36.6) at the Gannon Invitational, 2020
Best 5k Time: 20:57.7 (31st) at the LHU Winter Invite, 2020
Best 6k Finish: 35th (26:14.4) at the Bill Lennox Invite, 2021
Best 6k Time: 24:17.7 (122nd) at the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional, 2023

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior