Wakefield native and Wayne State cross country runner Gabe Peitz was announced as the recipient of the Elite 18 Award at the conclusion of Saturday’s Northern Sun Conference Men’s Cross Country Championships, held at the Wayne Country Club.
Peitz maintains a 4.0 grade point average majoring in pre-med and chemistry. This season, Peitz has competed in all six meets for the Wildcats this season. He has a season-best finish of 21st at the Wildcat Classic and recorded a personal best time of 27:37.8 in the 8K at the Defender Holiday Inn Express Classic at Dordt University on Oct. 8. Peitz ran a time of 29:14.20 to finish 107th at Saturday’s NSIC Cross Country Championships.
Peitz is also in his second year serving on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee at Wayne State College.
The NSIC Elite 18 Award is presented to the student athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NSIC’s 18 Championships and Peitz is the first Wayne State men’s cross country runner to earn the award.
