Sydney Petersen

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Distance
Hometown:
Crested Butte, Colo.
High School:
Crested Butte Community School

Collegiate Personal Bests
Cross Country
- 5,000 meters - 18:06.6
- 6,000 meters - 21:59.6
Indoor
- 3000 meters - 9:55.10
- 5000 meters - 17:21.08
Outdoor
- 1,500 meters - 5:03
- 3,000 meter steeplechase - 10:48.21 (10th in CSU History)
- 5,000 meters - 19:12.16

Accolades
- Academic All-Mountain West (2021 XC, 2021 TF)
- Mountain West Scholar Athlete (2020-21 XC, 2020-21 TF, 2019-20 XC, 2019-20 TF)

Petersen at the Mountain West Championships
2022
- 54th place, women's 6k (Cross Country)
2021
- 55th place, women's 6k (Cross Country)
- 9th place, 3000m Steeplechase (Outdoor)

COLORADO STATE
Senior (2021-22)
(Cross Country): Competed in three meets - Wyoming Invite, Bill Dellinger Invite and UCCS Open...Won the UCCS Open with a time of 22:27 in the 6K race.
(Indoor): Competed in three meets, hit a PR if 9:55.10 in the 3000 meter at the Iowa State Classic.
(Outdoor):

Junior (2020-21)
(Cross Country): Crossed in 14th in the season-opening CSU win against Wyoming...Competed at the Mountain West Championships, finishing 55th with a time of 22:14.8.
(Indoor): Recorded a 3000m PR at the Mines Front Range with a 10:26.84 time while finishing second.
(Outdoor): Competed in three meets - all in steeplechase...At MW Championships, placed ninth with a time of 10:48.21 for 10th all-time at CSU...Clocked a 11:03.23 for the then 11th-best time in school history and a sixth-place finish at the Rock Chalk Classic...Finished fifth at Jack Christiansen Invite.

Sophomore (2019-20)
(Cross Country): Placed 52nd in the open race at the Joe Piane Invitational 5k with a career-best time of 18:41.37...Placed 14th in the UCCS Open 5K.
(Indoor):Appeared in three meets...Achieved 3000-meter PR at Colorado Invitational...Made 5000m debut at Iowa State Classic, finishing 15th at 18:02.29...Placed seventh at Potts Invite in 3000m.

Freshman (2018-19)
(Cross Country): Did not appear
(Indoor):Competed in three meets unattached, including a third-place finish in 3000 meters at Colorado Running Company Mountain Lion Open
(Outdoor):Participated in four meets unattached with two top-three finishes in the 3,000 meter steeplechase

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Crested Butte Community School in Crested Butte, Colo...Varsity athlete in track & field, cross country, basketball, and volleyball...Southern Peaks League Female Track Athlete of the Year 2018...Helped her team to 4th place at National High School Running Championships in 2016 and 2017...Helped her team to 5th place at National High School Running Championships 2018...Three-time track & field MVP...Three-time cross country MVP...Three-time All-Conference honors for track & field...Holds high school record for the 4x400 relay (2017)...Captain of her track & field team 2016-2018...Captain of her cross country team 2016-2017.

High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- 800 meters - 2:24.39
- 1600 meters – 5:23.98
- 3200 meters - 11:45.65
Indoor
- 800 meters - 2:28.21
- One Mile - 5:44.97
- 3,200 meters - 12:28.7
Cross Country
- 5,000 meters - 18:45.3