Former Rocket Headed to Beijing
7/21/2008 4:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
TOLEDO, OH - Petra Teveli, University of Toledo alumnus and former member of the Rockets track and field team, will represent Hungary in the marathon at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing on August 17.
Teveli qualified for the event after surpassing the Olympic “A” standard in December 2007 when she ran a personal-best time of 2:35:21. Teveli's time gave her a third-place ranking in Hungary, earning her the right to represent the country in the Olympics as each country is allowed up to three participants per event if the “A” standard is met.
At UT, Teveli ranks as one of the top female distance runners in Rocket history as she helped lead Toledo to back-to-back Mid-American Conference cross country titles in 2001 and 2002. She was named First Team All-MAC in 2001 in cross country and was named to the NCAA All-Region Team in 2001 and 2002. In 2002, Petra was the MAC Indoor Champion in the mile and named to the First Team All-MAC squad once again. She graduated in 2003 with a degree from University College in Individualized Programs (Landscape Architecture).
Teveli is still ranked on the University of Toledo all-time lists in three categories: indoor mile (4th - 4:54), indoor 3000m (4th - 9:46) and outdoor 10K (5th - 35:30).
After college, she went on to win the 2006 Hungarian National Championship in the marathon. She also finished fourth at the European "A" League Championships in the 5K with a personal-best time of 16:14.
