Abby Peters

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Colorado Springs, Colo.
High School:
Air Academy HS

Career Results

2016: Finished 2nd at the Carnegie Mellon Cross Country Invitational (3.1M) by running a 19:10.5… Placed 12th at the Tommy Evans Invitational (5K) with a time of 18:58.3… Ran a 21:57.7 at the ACC Championships (6K) to place 83rd… Took 121st at the Penn State National Open (6K) with a time of 22:08.8… Ran a 25:17.7, good for 274th, at the Roy Griak Invitational.

2015: In her first race of the season, Peters placed 12th at the Duquesne Duals with a final time of 19:21.7 ... Improved to an 11th place finish at the Buffalo Stampede Invitational with a time of 18:15.3 ... Placed in her first 6K race of the season, the Roy Griak Invitational, with a final time of 23:49.0 ... Placed at the CMU Invitational with a final time of 20:08.1 ... Placed at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 22:37.9 ... Placed with a final time of 22:24.5 at the ACC Cross Country Championships ... Placed at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships with a final time of 22:45.9.

HIGH SCHOOL: Peters' high school team was regional champions and state qualifiers all four years ... Junior year her team had an 11th place finish at the Colorado State Championships ... Her senior year she was captain of cross country and track, her team placed second in regionals and placed third at the Colorado State Championships ... She was a varsity letter all four years of high school and an academic all-state first team her junior and senior year ... She also played soccer and ran track.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Amy and Randy Peters ... Has two older siblings, Julie and Russell ... She climbed Pike's Peak twice ... Was a volunteer at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs ... Majoring in athletic training.