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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

Tahtyana Peer

  • Class Senior
  • Position Sprints
  • Hometown Milwaukee, Wis.
  • High School King

Biography

2015 MAC Indoor Champion: 4x100 Meter Relay
2015 First Team All-MAC

2015-16: Indoor-
Competed in two meets... Finished sixth in the 400-meter run and eighth in the 200 at the Gene Edmonds Cup (1/9)... Also had a top-10 in the 400 at the Illini Classic (1/16).

2014-15: Indoor- Did not compete. Outdoor- Selected 2015 First Team All-MAC after sprinting at 10 meets for the Huskies...Big contributor to NIU's tremendous sprint relay success...Won gold at the MAC Championships (5/16) with the 4x100 meter relay team...Helped the 4x200 squad advance to the finals of the Penn Relays (4/25), where they set the school record in 1:35.98 and finished eighth...Also won the Billiken Kickoff (3/20) with the 4x100 unit...Individually, advanced to the MAC Championships (5/15) in the 200-meter dash...Just missed qualifying for the conference finals after finishing 12th in her event with a personal record of 24.55 seconds...Tallied three top-10s and two top-fives, highlighted by fourth-place finishes at the Chicagoland Championships (4/9) and the Billiken Kickoff.

2013-14: Indoor- Ran sprints at six meets... Posted a season-best time of 25.15 in the 200 meters at the Illini Classic to finish in second... Opened the year at the Laker Early Bird (12/6) with a PR in the 60 meters at 7.85 en route to a sixth-place finish... Finished third in the 200 meters at Grand Valley State with a time of 25.26... Clocked in at 58.65 in the 400 meters at the Fred Wilk Boilermaker Invitational (2/15)... Helped set a new NIU record in the 4x400 relay at the MAC Championships (3/1) with a time of 3:47.15... Placed 17th in the 200 meters at the MAC meet with a prelims time of 25.24. Outdoor-Competed at eight meets during the season... Helped set the school 4x400 relay record at the MAC Championships (5/17), running the second leg of a group that ran 3:41.01... Took 13th at the conference meet in the 200 meters with a time of 24.94... Placed 14th at the MAC meet in the 400 meters with a time of 57.02... Ran a season-best 200 meters time of 24.83 at the Blue Demon Invitational (4/19), finishing second... Earned fourth-place finishes at four meets... Clocked in at 56.57 in the 400 meters at the Wisconsin Open (5/10) to claim third.

High School:Earned all-conference honors as a senior at King High School... Set the Wisconsin state indoor 400 meters record with a time of 57.10 in 2013... Ran a time of 7.26 in the 55 meters to finish second in the state... Qualified for the Division 2 state meet as a freshman at Brown Deer High School, where she took eighth in the 200 meters and helped set a school record in the 4x200 relay... Capped her high school career with a second place finish in the 200 meters and a third place showing in the 400 meters... Set a new 200 meters PR with a run of 24.07at the Cedarburg Regional... Also posted a new personal best in the 400 meters in Cedarburg with a run of 55.99... Placed 22nd at the national AAU Junior Olympic Championships in Ypsilanti, Mich...Missed her sophomore and junior seasons due to injury and school transfer restrictions.

Personal:Born Oct. 5, 1994, in Gwinnett, Ga... Daughter of Troma Ghani and Theresa Peer... Undecided on a major... Enjoys fashion, traveling and exercise... Admires Allyson Felix.

Personal Bests
Indoor Outdoor
60 Meters 7.85 12/6/2013 100 Meters 12.22 4/12/2014
200 Meters 24.99 2/10/2017 200 Meters 24.55 5/15/2015
300 Meters         40.67 12/3/2016
400 Meters 57.10 2/10/2017 400 Meters 56.57 5/10/2014

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2015-16Junior

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Senior

    Sprints