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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

Sarah Petersen

  • Position Mid Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Malvern Collegiate Institute
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
500m 1:16.86
800m 2:12.72
1000m 2:50.66
1500m 4:39.11
Mile 4:56.43
5K (XC) 19:57
6K (XC) 23:47

Awards:
  • 2020 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Fall 2022 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • Spring 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll

Career Highlights:
  • Ranks second, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x800m relay (9:00.62)
  • Ranks third, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 1000m (2:50.66)
  • Ranks sixth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: Mile (5:01.32)
  • Ranks third, All-Time Indoor Performance List: DMR (11:38.58)
  • 2023 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist: DMR (11:38.58)

2022-23:
INDOOR

  • Placed fifth in the 1000m with a time of 2:56.54 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/15)
  • Placed night in the 500m with a time of 1:16.86 at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/4)
  • Earned gold in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:38.58 at the CAA Championships (2/22)
  • Finished ninth in the 1000m finals with a time of 2:51.85 at the ECAC/IC4E Championships (3/5)
OUTDOOR
  • Finished fourth in the 4x400m with a time of 3:55.54 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/1)
  • Placed 11th in the 1-mile with a time of 5:02.69 at the Friar Invitational (4/14)
  • Placed sixth in the 800m with a time of 2:13.26 at the CAA Championships (5/6)

CROSS COUNTRY:

  • Ran a 24:53 at the Suffolk Invitational (10/15)

2021-22:
OUTDOOR

  • Finished fifth in the 800 meters (2:18.37) at the Spring Break Classic (3/18-3/19)
  • Finished seventh in the 1,500 meters (4:43.18) at the UConn Dog Fight (4/2)
  • Placed second in the 800 meters (2:14.99) at the Minuteman Invite (4/3)
  • Finished 13th in the mile with the fourth-best outdoor time in school history (5:01.32, PB) at the Friar Invite (4/8)
  • Finished fifth as a part of the 4x400m relay team (4:10.02) at the Ocean State Invite (4/9)
  • Finished sixth in the 800 meters (2:14.87) at the UConn Northeast Challenge (4/15-4/16)
  • Won the 4x400m relay (4:05.22) and placed third in the 1,500 meters (4:40.31) at the Jay Carisella Invite (4/22)
  • Placed fourth in the 4x400m relay (4:02.24) and finished 15th in the 1,500 meters (4:42.40) at the UMass Outdoor Invite (4/30)
  • Finished fourth in the 4x400m relay (3:59.22) fifth in the 800 meters (2:15.44/2:14.56, PB in Prelims) at the CAA Championships (5/6-5/7)


INDOOR

  • Finished 15th in the mile (5:10.08) at the Battle in Beantown (1/22)
  • Finished 16th in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:57.66 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/28)
  • Ran a time of 2:17.97 in the 800 meter at the Scarlet & White Invite (2/5)
  • Recorded a personal-best time of 2:55.20 in the 1,000 meters, finishing 17th in the event at the David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/11)
  • Competed as a part of the 4x800m relay teams that recorded the third-best indoor time in NU history in the preliminaries (9:03.70) and the eighth-best indoor time in NU history in the finals (9:11.03) at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (3/4-3/6)


CROSS COUNTRY

  • Ran a personal-best time of 20:03.80 in the 5k at the Shawn M. Nassaney Race (9/11)


2020-21:
OUTDOOR

  • Finished fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:26.74 and ran a second-place time of 4:15.94 in the 4x400m relay at the UMass Tri Meet (4/3)
  • Finished ninth in the  800 meter (2:23.43) at the UConn Northeast Invite (4/23-24)
  • Competed in the 1500 meter (5:11.37) at the CAA Championships (4/30-5/1)

2019-20:
INDOOR
  • Ran a personal-best time of 1:39.48 in the 600 meter at the BU Season Opener (12/7)
  • Placed third in the mile with a time of 5:19.93 at the Joe Donahue Games (12/14)
  • Earned a fourth-place finish in the 4x400m relay (4:05.63) at the BU Multi Meet (1/18)
  • Ran a time of 2:17.64 in the 800 meter at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/24-25)
  • Placed fourth in the 4x800m relay with the eighth-best indoor time in school history (9:14.45) at the New England Championships (1/31-2/1)
  • Finished with a personal-best time of 3:04.28 in the 1000 meter at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/14-15)

CROSS COUNTRY 
  • Ran at the Nassaney Invitational with a 5k time of 20:39.8 (9/7)
  • Competed in Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown with a 5k time of 21:20.80 (9/21)
  • Competed at the CAA Cross Country Championships and finished with a 6k time of 24:20.50 (11/2)
  • Competed at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships and finished with a personal-best time of 23:47.10 in the 6k (11/15)

Personal: Majoring in Health Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Mid Distance
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Mid Distance
  • 2021-22Junior

    Mid Distance
  • 2022-23Senior

    Mid Distance
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Mid Distance
  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    Mid Distance