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2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Peter Smith

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Polk City, Iowa
  • Highschool North Polk H.S.

Biography

2018: All-American and GPAC Champion in the steeplechase; All-Conference in three events; competed in 11 meets with nine top 10 finishes.

2017: did not compete.

2016: national qualifier as a member of the distance medley; GPAC Champion in the steeplechase; earned all-conference honors in four events (Steeple, 5K, Mile and 3K); competed in 12 meets with 14 top 10 finishes.

2015: competed in six meets and finished in the top 10 six times.

High School: lettered four years running for the North Polk High School cross country and track and field teams; qualified for the state cross country meet as junior and senior, finishing 11th as part of the runner-up team as a junior; qualified for the state track meet in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m placing third in the 3200m run and seventh in the 1600m run as a senior.

Academic: International Business major. Personal: son of Richard and Michele; brother to Joy; also lettered/national qualifier for the Red Raiders cross country team.

Season Results:  bold = top 10 finish / * personal best

2018 Outdoor:
   
Central-800m: 2:02.4 (21st)
          Steeplechase: 9:51.2 (1st)
    Red Raider Open-Steeplechase: 9:28.8 (1st / NAIA Provisional)
   
Simpson-5000m: 15:32 (23rd)
    GPAC-5000m: 15:35 (3rd; All-Conference)
            Steeplechase: 9:39.8 (1st; GPAC Champion)
    *NAIA-Steeplechase: 9:17 (5th; All-American)


Indoor:
    Dordt-3000m: 9:11 (2nd)
   
SDSU D-II-5000m: 16:08 (18th)
    Dennis Young-Mile: 4:35.29 (5th)
    DWU-4x400: 3:32.7 (5th)
   
SDSU Classic-Mile: 4:29.55 (54th)
                            3000m: 9:02.65 (45th)
    GPAC-5000m: 15:46.6 (4th / All-Conference)

2016 Outdoor:
 Bronco Invite-1500m: 4:15 (1st)
 Sioux City-Steeplechase: 9:53 (3rd)
 
Red Raider-1500m: 4:16 (12th)
                        5K: 15:48 (10th)
 
Drake Relays-Distance Med: 10:26 (13th)
 GPAC-5K: 16:00 (8th; All-Conference)
   Steeplechase: 9:50 (1st; GPAC Champion)

Indoor:
 Dordt-1000m: 2:37 (7th)
              Mile: 4:37.2 (3rd)
 *Minnesota State-Mile: 4:29 (5th)*
         Distance Medley: 10:34 (2nd)
 Dennis Young-3000m: 9:00 (3rd)
 Buena Vista-800m: 2:00 (7th)
 SDSU-Distance Medley: 10:19 (10th; NAIA Auto)
                               
Mile: 4:25 (40th)
 GPAC-Mile: 4:28 (8th; All-Conference)
        3000m: 8:58 (7th; All-Conference)
 
NAIA-Distance Medley: 10:21 (16th)

2015 Outdoor:
 *Wildcat Classic-800m: 2:04.72 (33rd)*
 Dordt - 1500m: 4:29.97 (15th)
 Red Raider Open-1500m: 4:30.70 (25th)
                          4x800m: 7:56.18 (7th)
 Sioux City Relays-800m: 2:05.79 (86th)
                          1500m: 4:20.19 (30th)
 *Mount Marty-1500m: 4:12.66 (16th)*
 GPAC-1500m: 4:14 (19th)

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior

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