2010 UC Davis Cross Country Media Guide

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Aggie Profiles

GREGOR LLOYD-SMITH

JONATHAN PETERSON

5-8 • 125 • Junior Carlsbad, Calif. Torrey Pines HS ’08

6-0 • 145 • Junior Clovis, Calif. Clovis HS ’07

2009: Led off season with 26th place – No. 1 among Aggie finishers – at USF Invitational... Also raced at Hornet Jamboree, crossing among team displacers in 23rd. 2008: Competed in four races, including both home events (Aggie Open and Doc Adams Open)... Highest team finish was as a displacement scorer (7th on team, 28th overall) at Doc Adams. TRACK & FIELD: Appeared in three meets in 2010, running 1,500 at Johnny Mathis Invite and Aggie Open, plus 5,000 in Woody Wilson Classic... Best times were 4:06.74 and 15:23.27, respectively... Redshirted in 2009. TORREY PINES HS ’08: Claimed first-team All-Palomar League cross country honors as a junior... Finished 10th at the 2006 San Diego Section cross country championship... Member of SDS-champion squad in 2004... Won league titles in 1,600 as a junior and senior... Earned All-North County distinction as a junior. PERSONAL: Born in Geneva, Switzerland... Majoring in exercise biology... Parents are Malcolm & Lyn Lloyd-Smith... Hopes to one day compete in the British Olympic Trials... Would like to have seen the Colosseum in its prime.

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2009: ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE, placing 7th at league championship meet... Aggies’ top finisher in four meets: Hornet Jamboree (1st overall), ISU Pre-Nationals (68th), Big West Conference and NCAA West Regional (17th)... Also finished 9th at Stanford Invite, just behind teammate Russ Pfaff. 2008: Redshirted. 2007: Raced in four meets, including Big West Conference (23rd) and NCAA West Region (43rd) championships... Was team’s top finisher at regional and Santa Clara Invitational (15th). UC DAVIS TRACK & FIELD: Qualified for NCAA West Regional in 2010, placing 22nd in 5,000 (14:28.83)... Shattered school 5K record at Stanford Invite, then broke it again at Payton Cardinal Invitational (14:03.25)... Ran mile of 4:03.89 at Brutus Hamilton Invitational, which converts to 3:45.85 over 1,500, good for 2nd in school history... Also had team’s season-best 3K of 8:16.50, also 2nd all-time... Placed 3rd in 1,500 (3:51.17), 4th in 5,000 (14:45.55) at Big West Conference Championships... Broke own indoor 3,000 record with 8:11.52 at UW Invitational... Finished 7th in 1,500 (3:50.52), 9th in 5,000 (14:38.93) at Big West meet as a sophomore... Hit season-best 5K time of 14:38.93 at Brutus Hamilton Invite... Posted Aggies’ season-best times in 1,500 (3:50.37) and 3,000 (8:20.80) in 2008, both at Causeway Dual... Also placed 5th at Cal-Nevada state meet in 1,500 (3:54.76)... Won 3K at All-Cal Challenge at 8:24.11. CLOVIS HS ’07: Placed 6th (15:27) at state cross country championships as a senior, earning all-state honors... Also made state meet as a junior, finishing 28th overall (16:27)... Garnered All-Tri-River Athletic Conference three times, All-Central Section twice in cross country... Captured 1,600 title (4:15.92) at Central Section masters meet in 2007... Placed 3rd in 1,600, 5th in 3,200 at section championships as a junior... Two-year state meet qualifier in track. PERSONAL: Born in Colorado... Majoring in human development... Parents are Mark & Sally Peterson... Hopes to one day break the four-minute barrier in the mile.

2010 UC DAVIS CROSS COUNTRY


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