Peale Named to Academic All-District First Team
6/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
June 2, 2011
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For the second consecutive year, University of Michigan senior distance runner Kaitlyn Peale (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 4 Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Team on Thursday (June 2), as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
With her first-team selection, she moves onto the national ballot for Capital One Academic All-America consideration. She earned Academic All-America third team honors in 2010.
During the 2010 cross country season, Peale wrapped the season in 203rd place (22:17.0) at the NCAA Championships to help the Wolverines to a 22nd-place showing. She finished 38th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:42.55 while finishing 26th in a time of 21:00.1 at the Big Ten Championships as Michigan earned runner-up honors.
Peale participated in two outdoor track events this spring, running the 1,500-meter run (4:47.01) at the Johnson/Joyner Invitational and the 3,000-meter run (10:18.85) at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic. During the indoor portion of the track season, she grabbed a 12th-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (17:08.49) at the Meyo Invitational while participating in two other events.
Peale graduated this spring with a degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering. She is a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and has earned Academic All-Big Ten honors three times for her cross country efforts and twice for her performance on the track.
Contact: Sarah VanMetre (734) 763-4423
