ANNA PEER
JUNIOR / BETTENDORF, IOWA (BETTENDORF)
2014 (Sophomore)
Anna Peer ran as the Huskers’ top runner throughout the season, earning NU’s Most Valuable Runner award for the
second straight year...opened the 2014 campaign with a second-place finish at the Augustana Twilight Invitational
(15:55.48) and notched her first career victory at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 21:45.30...
finished 39th at the Roy Griak Invite with a time of 22:14...in the regular-season finale, placed 13th overall (21:32.8)
at the Bradley Classic, making her NU’s top finisher...completed her sophomore campaign by taking 14th overall
(20:27.4) at the Big Ten Championships...notched a 55th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Peoria, Ill.,
while running a time of 21:21.4....earned academic All-Big Ten honors and was named to the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete
Honor Roll both semesters...was also a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
2013 (Freshman)
After battling illness during the first half of her freshman season at Nebraska, Peer hit her stride late in the season
and became a leader for the Huskers...in the regular-season finale at the Tim Young Invitational, led the Huskers by
finishing third overall in a time of 18:12.58...two weeks later in her first Big Ten Championships, covered the course
in West Lafayette, Ind., in 22:16.8 to finish 50th overall...capped her freshman campaign with a 71st-place finish to
lead the Huskers at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Ames, Iowa...claimed Nebraska’s Most Valuable Runner award
and a spot on the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.
Before Nebraska
Personal
• Born July 3, 1995
• Parents are Brian and Julie Peer
• Attended Bettendorf HS in Iowa
• Major is biological sciences
Career Honors
» Nebraska Most Valuable Runner (2013, 2014)
» Academic All-Big Ten (2014)
» Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
(Fall 2013, 2014; Spring 2014, 2015)
» Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014, 2015)
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Peer produced a decorated career as one of the top high school distance runners in Iowa from 2009 to 2012 under
Coach Erin Flynn...in her first year of cross country in 2009, was Bettendorf’s top runner, finishing 13th at the state
meet to help Bettendorf to a fifth-place team finish...finished 26th at the state meet as a senior in 2012.
Personal
Anna Peer was born July 3, 1995...daughter of Brian and Julie Peer...major is biological sciences with a focus on
pre-medicine.
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