See also: Cross Country Bio
Career Bests:
Indoor 1,000m: 2:32.73 (2013)
Indoor Mile: 4:17.77 (2012)
Indoor 3,000m: 8:31.32 (2013)
Outdoor 1,500m: 3:46.45 (2013)
Outdoor Mile: 4:15.28 (2011)
Outdoor 3,000m steeplechase: 8:43.46 (2013)
2012-13: Won his heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Preliminary on May 24, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championship; lowered his HPU record to 8:43.46 in the win ... At the NCAA Championship, finished fifth in his semifinal heat with a time of 8:45.81 to advance to the final ... Big South outdoor champ in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:51.00); came back the next day to place third in the 1,500-meter (3:58.46) to earn All-Conference honors ... Initially set the High Point record of 8:46.69 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while winning the event at the Virginia Challenge on May 10 ... Set a career-best of 3:46.45 in the 1,500-meter to place third in the Liberty Twighlight Qualifier on May 1 ... Began the outdoor season by finishing sixth in the 1,500-meter and making his career debut, finishing ninth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Wake Forest Open ... Indoors, won the 3,000-meter run at the JDL Wake Forest Invitational in 8:37.75 ... Finished second at the Liberty Open in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:32.73 ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2011-12: During the indoor season, placed third in the mile at the Big South Championship, running a time of 4:20.35 ... Ran an indoor-best 4:17.77 to place second in the mile at the Kent Taylor Invitational ... Outdoors, finished second in the 1,500-meter at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational ... Placed fifth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:16.64) and 11th in the 1,500-meter at the Big South Championship ... Placed third in the steeplechase at the Duke Twightlight with a time of 9:02.70 ... Took 20th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Preliminary with a career-best time of 8:55.44 ... Millis Scholar-Athlete.
2010-11: Placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:14.22 at the Big South Championship ... Ran a season-best 9:06.44 to place sixth in the steeplechase at the Duke Invitational ... Ran a career-best 4:15.28 to place sixth in the mile at the HPU VertKlasse Meeting ... Placed third in the steeplechase in 9:08.45 at the Aggie Classic ... Did not compete due to injury during the indoor season.
2009-10: In his indoor debut, placed second in the 3,000-meter in 8:45.86 at the ETSU Noswinger Invitational ... Placed sixth in both the mile (4:21.17) and 3,000-meter (8:38.33) at the Big South Indoor Championship ... Outdoors, ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the first time at the Big South Championship, placing fourth in 9:25.38; took sixth in the 1,500-meter ... Finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (8:59.62) at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Placed 23rd overall and was the second freshman in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in an HPU-record 8:58.72 at the first round of the NCAA Championship ... Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:03.43 at the USATF Jr. National Championship, becoming HPU's first junior national champion ... Placed 15th in his preliminary heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the World Jr. Championship.
Prep: North Carolina state champ in the indoor 3,200-meter and runner-up in the outdoor 3,200-meter in 2008 ... Two-time region champ in cross country ... Team MVP in cross country, indoor and outdoor track ... Set school records in the 800-meter and 3,200-meter and ran on the record-setting 4x800 relay ... Team won conference titles in 2006 and 2009.
Personal: Biology major ... Son of Jim and Lavee Peachee ... Has one brother, James, and two sisters, Christine and Jennifer ... Born Dakota James Peachee on July 20, 1991.
