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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Madisen Martinez
Rachel Bellwood

Braden Peters

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Hartford, S.D.
  • Highschool West Central HS
  • Major Kinesiology & Sport Management

Biography

Career Bests

2021-22
Cross Country
Finished 47th at the Summit League Championships in 27:30.76 … placed in the Coyotes’ top-seven at every meet … posted a season-best time of 26:44.01 at the Briar Cliff Invitational, placing 17th overall in the race … completed the 10,000-meter NCAA Midwest Regional course in 34:40.48 for 185th place … clocked 27:01.8 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic.

Indoor Track & Field
Competed at three meets during the season … clocked a season best of 1:57.65 in the 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up … ran a season best mile time of 4:37.18 at the USD Alumni Meet.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Summit League Championships … also finished 17th in the 800 meters at the Summit League Championships with a time of 1:56.61 … clocked a season best of 1:54.71 in the 800 meters at the USD Twilight with a fifth-place finish … posted a season best 1,500-meter time of 4:08.24 at Wichita State’s KT Woodman Classic.

2020-21
Cross Country
Fall cross country season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the 800 meters at the Summit League Championships with a time of 1:56.08 … also finished 17th in the mile at the league meet in 4:23.11 … clocked a personal best 1:54.81 for the 800 meters at the SDSU Last Chance meet with a runner-up finish … won the 800 meters at the Dakota Realty Invitational in 1:56.89 … notched a season-best mile time of 4:20.23 at the Division I Challenge … captured a pair of event titles and tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best of 9:49.24 for the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USD Early Bird and placed third in the race … took fifth in the steeple at the Wildcat Classic … clocked a season-best 2:00.53 in the 800 meters at the South Dakota Tune-Up … tallied a pair of top-10 finishes.

2019-20
Cross Country
Finished 23rd at the Summit League Championships with a time of 26:16.2 … his time from the Summit meet was a season-best for 8,000 meters … one of six men to race in all seven meets … scored for the Coyotes in four of the seven meets during the season … clocked 26:18.8 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic … placed 25th at the NDSU Bison Open … took 64th at the Augustana Twilight … member of the Coyotes’ squad at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing in 166th with a 10,000-meter time of 34:32.9 … made the Summit League honor roll.

Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the Coyotes’ third-place distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships with a time of 10:31.50 … also finished 12th in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.52 at the league meet … clocked a season-best of 1:57.02 for 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic … finished runner-up in the mile with a time of 4:33.05 at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … took fourth in the 600 meters at the Adidas Classic in 1:23.11 … finished seventh in the 800 meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Prep
A member of three South Dakota Class A Championship teams at West Central High School ... finished runner-up individually to cap off his senior season ... improved one place from junior season ... also ran a leg of the Trojans' championship 4x800-meter relay in 2018 ... holds personal bests of 4:29 for the 1,600 meters, 9:48 for the 3,200 meters and 15:35 for 5,000 meters on the cross country course ... also competed for the Trojans' soccer and wrestling programs ... off the course, finished runner-up in Sanford's Biotechnology Contest in 2016.

Personal
Son of Chris and Deb Peters ... kinesiology and sport management major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

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  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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