2020-21 Merrimack College Women's Track & Field Roster

Liz Peckham

  • Class Junior
  • Event Distance
  • Hometown Easton, Mass.
  • High School / Prep (Previous College) Oliver Ames
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

2019-20
Indoor Track and Field 

  • Did not compete during the indoor season

2018-19

Cross Country
  • Competed in three events as a freshman
  • Placed 100th at the New England Championship (10/6) in her debut
  • Placed 56th at the Kirsh Cup (10/20) 
  • Finished 77th out of 144 runners at NE10 Championship (11/4)
Indoor Track and Field
  • Competed in five meets during her freshman campaign
  • Set a personal best in the 5,000 meter at the UMass Boston Indoor Open (12/1), crossing the line with a ninth-place finishing time of 19:51.56
  • Set a personal record in the Bowdoin Invitational (1/19) in the 3,000 meter with a time of 11:52.62
  • Had three top ten finishes, including a fourth place finish in the 5,000 meter at the USM Open (1/26)
Outdoor Track and Field
  • Ran in seven meets during her first collegiate outdoor season
  • Had four top ten finishes on the season, competing in the 1,500 meter, 5,000 meter, mile, and 4x400 relay
  • Finished fourth in the Merrimack Invite (4/18) in the 1,500 meter with a personal-best time of 5:11.08
  • Set a personal record in the mile at the SNHU Spring Invitational (4/6) with a seventh-place time of 5:45.63

Before Merrimack

  • Attended Oliver Ames High School where she was a member of the cross country and indoor/outdoor track & field teams
  • Three-year letterwinner in cross country and spring track; two-year letterwinner for indoor track
  • All-State selection in cross country as a senior and spring track as a junior
  • Captain of the spring track & field team as a senior
  • Three-time Enterprise All-Scholastic selection in cross country; also earned similar honors for winter and spring track as a senior
  • Three-time Hockomock All-Star for cross country and spring track and a one-time selection in winter track as a senior
  • Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors in spring track & field as a junior and senior
  • Helped team win Hockomock League title as a junior
  • Honor Roll member

Personal

  • Born Sept. 21, 1999
  • Daughter of Maria and Philip
  • Sister of Madeline and Jimmy
  • Plans to major in Business Administration

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Distance
  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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