Christian Peterson

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Sprints
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hartland, Wis.
High School:
Arrowhead

Personal Bests (as of June 2021):

Indoor-
200: 23.32
400: 521.82
1000: 2:52.86

Outdoor-
200: 23.41
400: 50.44

TFRRS Profile

2022-23:
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Outdoor (Sr.): Competed in five meets … Ran an outdoor 200m personal best of 23.41 at the Marquette Invitational (Apr. 22) … Rolled to 400m personal best of 50.44 at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships (May 11-13).
Indoor (Sr.): Competed in three meets … Took fifth in the 200 meters with a personal best of 23.22 at the Tadd Metzger Invitational on Feb. 4. Placed fifth in the 400 meters with a personal best time of 51.82 … At the BIG EAST Championships, ran the No. 3 time in school history as a member of the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:15.76.

2020-21:
Indoor: Competed in two events ... Ran a time of 24.04 seconds in his lone 200-meter race of the season on Feb. 14 at the UWM Panther Tune-Up ... Top 400 time of 52.70 seconds came on Feb. 26 in a seventh-place finish at the DePaul BIG EAST Triangular.
Outdoor (Fr.): Ran the 400 on May 1 at the Marquette Invitational, but did not finish.

2019-20:
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in two indoor meets ... Was a member of the fourth place 4x400m relay team (3:25.84) at the Blue & Gold Invitational (Dec. 6) ... Took sixth at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 18) in the 400 with a time of 54.09.

Prior to Marquette: Lettered three times each in cross country and track and field at Arrowhead Union High School under head coach Chris Herriot… Elected as team captain for both sports in his senior year… Two-time all-state honoree in track and field in his junior and senior years of high school… Helped his team to three consecutive regional and sectional championships (2017-19) and two straight Classic 8 Conference championships (2017-18)… His cross-country team was honored with the WIAA Academic All-State Award in the fall of 2018… Set a Wisconsin-Parkside 400m meet record (51.58) in 2019… Five-time state qualifier and a four-time state finalist in the 4x800 and 1600m relays… State finalist in the 400m in 2019. Indoor personal-bests of 7.73 (55-meter dash), 23.20 (200-meter dash) and 50.50 (400-meter dash). Outdoor personal-bests of 12.58 (100-meter dash), 23.12 (200-meter dash) and 49.65 (400-meter dash).

Personal: Born on December 22, 2000 in Tallahassee, Florida and the son of Audra and Todd Peterson… Has one younger sister, Sami.

Championship History (Top-8)

BIG EAST Indoor Championship
2023-
4x400: 5th (3:15.76) (No. 3 all-time at MU)