Claire Petersen
Distance
As a Freshman (2024-25)
Cross Country
• Scored at four of four meets, including the SEC and NCAA South Region Championships
• Finished ninth among freshmen and 51st overall at the NCAA South Region Championships
• Was the 10th freshman and third Commodore finisher at the SEC Championships (20:17.6)
• Third Vanderbilt, 37th overall finisher (21:26.0) at the 6k Wisconsin Pre-Nationals
• Fourth Vanderbilt, 101st overall finisher in the blue 5k (17:29.8) at the Joe Piane Invitational
The Peterson File
• Top-ranked runner in Georgia in the indoor and outdoor mile, 1,600 meters, 2 mile and 3,000 meters
• Prep bests: 1,600m – 4:47.85; 3,000m – 9:45.78; 2 mile– 10:27.88 (3K split – 9:45); 3,200m – 10:41.59; 5k – 18:22.50 (XC)
• Prepped at Blessed Trinity in her hometown, Roswell, Georgia
• 2024 GHSA 6A state champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters
• 11th in the 3,000 meters at 2024 New Balance Outdoor Nationals
• Seventh at the 2023 GHSA 6A State Championships, third at the regional meet
• NHSTFXCCA All-American in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and as a member of the DMR
• Runninglane Track All-American in the mile
• Graduated at the top of her class
• National Merit finalist
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• Avogadro’s Award recipient
• Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities teen council leader and member
• Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities VolunTeen program
• National Honor Society vice president
• Rho Kappa Honor Society president
Personal
Claire has one brother, Davis, who plays baseball, and a dog named Puffin. Her father played tennis in college at Washington and Jefferson, and her mother used to run marathons.
