Peters won the NCAA javelin championship this year before a successful summer of international competition.
Know Your Bulldog: Anderson Peters
October 06, 2018 | Track & Field
by Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications
The following feature story can be found in the Sept. 28 Mississippi State Football Game Program.
At 14 years old, Mississippi State track and field student-athlete Anderson Peters went diving with his father and encountered something that would send him bolting for the surface.
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"It was my first time seeing a shark, and it was pretty terrifying," said Peters. "After I saw it, I was just trying to get to the [surface] of the water…That was the most terrifying thing ever for me."Â
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The St. Andrews, Granada native, hasn't met many obstacles that scared him like the shark did that day, not even international competition against the best athletes in the world make him bat an eye.
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Peters has competed in numerous countries throwing the javelin and even claimed international gold medals, so when asked what terrified him more the shark or competing against the best in the world, it didn't take but a second for him to answer.
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"Oh, seeing the Shark," he said. "You've seen the shark attack movies. I really thought I was going to die at 14 years old."
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The shark, like his competitors, luckily didn't want any part of the 2018 NCAA javelin champion, who, at the time, had only been competing in track and field for one year. Peters took up the activity because he "liked the sport," but at that time had no idea where it would take him.
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"My first year in track and field I was just competing because I like sports," said Peters. "I did not even know track and field was a worldwide sport. I didn't even know it was something that happened [beyond Grenada]."
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For not knowing the international draw of the sport, Peters has made quite the name for himself in just seven years. Along with claiming the NCAA javelin crown last season, he also finished third at the Commonwealth Games in Queensland, Australia and claimed the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) javelin title in Toronto.
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A confident competitor, Peters remembers his Grenadian national-record throw of 84.81 meters (278-3) and claiming the NCAA javelin title with his NCAA Championship-record toss of 82.81 meters (271-6) as a freshman, but what sticks out to him most about his athletic accolades is a song.
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"Standing on top of the podium and hearing my [Grenada] national anthem play [was a special moment]," said Peters. "It was my first year at the CARIFTA Games. Then to have that happen again, especially at the NACAC Championships, that means a lot."
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The following feature story can be found in the Sept. 28 Mississippi State Football Game Program.
At 14 years old, Mississippi State track and field student-athlete Anderson Peters went diving with his father and encountered something that would send him bolting for the surface.
Â
"It was my first time seeing a shark, and it was pretty terrifying," said Peters. "After I saw it, I was just trying to get to the [surface] of the water…That was the most terrifying thing ever for me."Â
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The St. Andrews, Granada native, hasn't met many obstacles that scared him like the shark did that day, not even international competition against the best athletes in the world make him bat an eye.
Â
Peters has competed in numerous countries throwing the javelin and even claimed international gold medals, so when asked what terrified him more the shark or competing against the best in the world, it didn't take but a second for him to answer.
Â
"Oh, seeing the Shark," he said. "You've seen the shark attack movies. I really thought I was going to die at 14 years old."
Â
The shark, like his competitors, luckily didn't want any part of the 2018 NCAA javelin champion, who, at the time, had only been competing in track and field for one year. Peters took up the activity because he "liked the sport," but at that time had no idea where it would take him.
Â
"My first year in track and field I was just competing because I like sports," said Peters. "I did not even know track and field was a worldwide sport. I didn't even know it was something that happened [beyond Grenada]."
Â
For not knowing the international draw of the sport, Peters has made quite the name for himself in just seven years. Along with claiming the NCAA javelin crown last season, he also finished third at the Commonwealth Games in Queensland, Australia and claimed the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) javelin title in Toronto.
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A confident competitor, Peters remembers his Grenadian national-record throw of 84.81 meters (278-3) and claiming the NCAA javelin title with his NCAA Championship-record toss of 82.81 meters (271-6) as a freshman, but what sticks out to him most about his athletic accolades is a song.
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"Standing on top of the podium and hearing my [Grenada] national anthem play [was a special moment]," said Peters. "It was my first year at the CARIFTA Games. Then to have that happen again, especially at the NACAC Championships, that means a lot."
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