Stephanie Peterson

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
High School/Previous School:
Signal Mountain HS
Hometown:
Chattanooga, Tenn.

2020 Cross Country Season

Competed in the FSU Invite (10/2) 5K, finishing the race in 19:10.6.

2020 Outdoor Season

Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Season

Placed seventh in the 3000m at the Blazer International (1/11) … Placed seventh in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18).

2019 Cross Country Season

Did not compete.

2019 Outdoor Season

Did not compete.

2019 Indoor Season

Did not compete.

2018 Cross Country Season

Notched a fourth-place finish in the 5K at the Falcon Classic (9/15) with a mark of 18:23.49 that helped MSU win the team title … Was the first Bulldog across the line at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/29), setting a personal-best 5K mark of 17:41.5 in a 32nd-place finish … Was the Bulldogs’ top finisher in the 6K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/13), placing 25th with a mark of 21:33.7 … Ran a personal best in the 6K at the SEC Championships (10/26), finished 29th with a mark of 20:22.69.

2018 Outdoor Season

Placed fourth in the 5000m at the Bulldog Relays (3/23) with a time of 17:29.06 … Finished second in the 5000 at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/6) with a season-best time of 17:15.50 … Placed seventh in the 5000m at the Tennessee Relays (4/12) … Ran the fourth-fastest 10,000m in school history at the Penn Relays (4/26) with an NCAA-qualifying and personal-best time of 35:14.21 … Took 13^th in the 10,000m at the SEC Championships (5/11) along with running the 5000m … Ran the 10,000m at the NCAA East Prelims (5/24).

2018 Indoor Season

Placed third in the 3000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) with a time of 10:21.26 … Ran the 3000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19) in 10:05.86 … Ran the 3000m at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) with a personal-best time of 10:02.21 to finish 13^th … Went down in the first 1000m of the first heat of that race and was pulled from the track only to return in the second heat for the career-best run … Competed in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (2/9) with a time of 17:23.76 … Ran the 5000 in the SEC Championships (2/24) with a time of 17:17.98.

2017 Cross Country Season

Ran the 5K at the Golden Eagle Duals (9/2) in 18:54.9 … Finished second in the 6K at the Falcon Classic (9/16) with a time of 21:55.1 … Competed in the 6K at the Paul Short Gold (9/29) with a time of 20:50.7 … Placed eighth at the Crimson Classic (10/13) with a personal-best 20:47.7 in the 6K … Took 43^rd in the 6K at the SEC Championships (10/27) with a time of 21:47.2 … Finished 44^th at the South Regional Championships (11/10) with a time of 21.11.7 in the 6K.

2017 Outdoor Season

Opened her outdoor career with a third-place finish in the 5000m at the Bulldog Relays (3/17) … Placed seventh in the 5000m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) with a personal-best time of 17:09.17 … Was the runner-up in the 3000m at the South Alabama Invitational (4/15) with a time of 10:24.11 … Finished 10^th in the 1500m at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/22) with a time of 5:00.90 … Placed fifth in the 5000m at the SEC Relays (4/28) with a time of 17:41.15 … Competed in both the 5000m and the 10,000m at the SEC Championships (5/11) … Won bronze at the USATF Junior Championships (6/22) with a time of 17:29.16 in the 5000m.

2017 Indoor Season

Finished fifth in her indoor debut at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13) with a time of 10:22.02 in the 3000m … Competed in her first 5000m at the Music City Challenge (2/10), finishing in 17:33.04 … Ran the 5000m at the SEC Championships (2/24).

2016 Cross Country Season

Placed 10^th in her first race as a Bulldog, running the Memphis Twilight Classic (9/3) 5K in a personal-best 17:54.4 ... Ran in the 5K at the Commodore Classic (9/17) in 17:54.6 … Competed in the 6K at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24) with a time of 22:59.9 ... Ran the 6K at the ISU Adidas Pre Nationals (10/15) with a time of 21:30.9 … Finished fourth for the Bulldogs at SEC Championships (10/28), finishing 33rd overall with a time of 21:27.2 in the 6K … Secured MSU's first South Regional Championship (11/11) in program history with a personal-best 6K time of 20:57.7, surpassing then-No. 14 Ole Miss’ fifth-place runner to give the Bulldogs a one-point edge on the Rebels … Ran in the 6K at the NCAA Championships (11/19) with a time of 22.57.2 … Finished inside the Top 100 four times in her freshman campaign.

Before the Bulldogs

Ran at Signal Mountain High School … Selected to the Best of Preps first team in cross country twice … Finished third at the state cross country meet in 2015 … Was runner-up in the 3200m at the state track meet in 2016 … Team won three consecutive cross country state championships (2013, 2014 and 2015) and back-to-back track championships in 2015 and 2016 … A member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club.

Personal

Born Stephanie Allison Peterson on June 25, 1998 to Robert and Amy Peterson ... Has a sister, Hannah … Majoring in food science, nutrition and health promotion with a concentration in food and nutrition.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

3000m – 10:02.21 (Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White – 2/3/2018)
5000m – 17:17.98 (SEC Championships – 2/25/2018)

Outdoor

1500m – 5:00.90 (LSU Alumni Gold – 4/22/2017)
3000m – 10:24.11 (South Alabama Invitational – 4/15/2017)
5000m – 17:09.17 (Crimson Tide Invitational – 4/7/2017)
10,000m – 35:14.21 (Penn Relays – 4/26/2018)

Cross Country

5K – 17:41.5 (Greater Louisville Classic – 9/29/2018)
6K – 20:22.69 (SEC Championships – 10/26/2018)

TRACK & FIELD | NCAA NATIONALS PLAYERS MEDIA SESSION 5/30/24

Thursday, May 30

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Thursday, May 30

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Friday, February 24

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Thursday, March 31

Woods adds Aniecia Brewster To Track And Field Staff

Wednesday, September 03

Daniel McArthur Joins Track And Field Staff

Monday, August 11

Men’s And Women’s Track And Field Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Wednesday, July 23

Three Bulldogs Named To The CSC Academic All-District Team

Wednesday, June 25

Mississippi State University Athletics

2018 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Marco Arop

Katherine Badham

Jaylah Bailey

Blake Beavers

Logan Boss

Charles Brockman III

Shayla Broughton

Vince Castillo

Charlotte Cayton-Smith

Terryon Conwell

Benjamin Craw

Lawrence Crawford

Giacomo DeLuca

Dejon Devroe

Caitlin Donovan

McKenzie Ethridge

Brian Evans

Shannon Fair

Alexis Farley

Tiffany Flynn

Caden Foos

Faith Gilbert

Antonia Hehr

Audrey Honiotes

Freddie Jackson III

Stephan James

Tiffaney Johnson

Gralyn Jones

Stephen Jones

Karson Kowalchuk

Madelyn Lee

Alon Lewis

JT Mackay

Mia Meydrich

Lester Miller

Reggie Miller

Derrick Monroe

Monica Mosley

Daniel Nixon

Lisa Oed

Tristan Orman

Anderson Peters

Stephanie Peterson

Aaron Phelps

Rhianwedd Price-Weimer

Nicolas Quijera

Willie-Lionel Reed

Quintin Reiser

John Dalton Rohr

Sylvia Russell

Micah Ryan

Justice Sims

Kenya Small

Brianna Smith

Keturah Smith

Ro'Derick Spears

Lake Spradling

Alyssa Staubach

Ava Strenge

Rasheed Tatham

Malcum Tatum

Carly Terp

Kristy Terp

Curtis Thompson

Zaria Tillman

Chardae Tryon

Emma Tucker

Chandler Underwood

Adrienn Veisz

Alicia Viveros

Alex Wallace

Juston Waters

Zach Weaver

Riley White

Kayla Williams

Joshua Willingham

Herbert Wise III