Sean Peterson | 2021-22 Male Athlete of the Year
Career Notes: Two-time Alfreeda Goff Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year (2021, 2022)...five-time 800m Horizon League Indoor Champion (2018-22) becoming the first Horizon League Athlete to accomplish the feat...three-time mile Horizon League Indoor Champion (2020-22) and is one of three athletes in Horizon League history to win the event three times...two-time Horizon League Outdoor Champion - 800m in 2019 and 1500m in 2021...NCAA East Preliminary Qualifier in the 800m...holds school-record marks in four events - 1000m (indoor), mile (indoor), 800m (outdoor), 1500m (outdoor).
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2022 Outdoor: Recently, set a new YSU record in the men's 1500m at the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field at 3:40.33...won the 800m run at the Tennessee Relays.
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2022 Indoor: Named the Alfreeda Goff Indoor Track & Field Men's Athlete of the Year...became Horizon League's first athlete to win an event title in five straight seasons with 800m victory...became just the third athlete in conference history to be a three-time mile champion...set a YSU school record, personal record in the men's 1000m at the Penn State Nittany Lion Challenge (2:22.17)...set a YSU school record, personal record in the mile at the Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational (4:00.22).
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2021 Outdoor:Â Â Clocked a 1:50.76 in the 800m to finish 27th out of 48 entries at the NCAA East Preliminaries...owned Horizon League top times in the 800m (1:50.12) and 1500m (3:46.46)...Horizon League 1500m champion...set a YSU school record, personal record in the men's 1500m at N.C. State Raleigh Relays (3:46.46)...set a YSU school record, personal record in the 800m at the Miami (Fl.) Hurricane Alumni Invitational (1:50.12)...named Nike Horizon League Track & Field men's Runner of the Week twice (March 30, April 13).
2021 Indoor: Named the Alfreeda Goff Indoor Track & Field Men's Athlete of the Year...posted a 4:17.68 in the mile run to become only the second two-time indoor mile champion in school history...won his fourth-consecutive league title in the 800m run, posting a 1:54.63 mark and becoming the first runner to accomplish the feat in Horizon League history...took first in the mile after clocking a time of 4:14.72 at the YSU Collegiate Invitational...named the Horizon League men's Runner of the Week Feb. 2.
2020 Indoor: Won the 800m at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 1:53.30, becoming just the second runner in league history to be a three-time champion in the event...took first in the mile after clocking a time of 4:14.15...named the HL Men's Runner of the Week on Feb. 4.
2019 Outdoor:Â Won the 800m, finishing with the third fastest time in program history at 1:51.64...became the second runner in school history to sweep both the indoor/outdoor titles...ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished as the runner-up at the HL meet.Â
2019 Indoor:Â Won the 800m run with a time of 1:53.18 at the Horizon League Championships.Â
2018 Outdoor: Took fourth in the 1500m run with a time of 3:57.88...competed in the 800m run at the Horizon League Championships.
2018 Indoor (Freshman):Â Finished first in the 800m run with a time of 1:55.05 at the Horizon League Championships.
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