St. Bonaventure

Clay Peets finished his St. Bonaventure cross country career in fitting fashion: by setting yet another program record at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on Nov. 14. 

He ran the 10K layout at Hopkinton State Fairgrounds in a mark of 30:42.7 to become the first Bonnies runner to break the 31-minute mark in a 10K event. With his effort on a sunny and chilly afternoon in New Hampshire, he broke his existing school record by 25 seconds as he placed 61st in the field of over 250 athletes representing 41 schools across the region - also the top finish by a Bonnies men's runner at a regional championship. 

The Akron, Ohio native put together the finest single-season in Bonnies men’s cross country history, winning three meets while finishing second in another. He broke his own school records in all but one meet this season and became the first Bonaventure men’s cross country student-athlete to achieve Atlantic 10 All-Conference status with his finish at the A-10 Championship meet earlier this month.

He graduates with the school records in every cross country category: 5K (14:28), 8K (23:56) and 10K while also owning track records for outdoor 3K (8:53) and 5K (14:25) as well as indoor 3K (8:23) while sharing the indoor 4000-meter distance medley relay benchmark (10:18).