TFRRS Profile

FGCU Top Times
5k: 17:34.5 (ASUN Championships, 10/31/25)
6k: 21:18.0 (NCAA South Region Championships, 11/14/25)
3000m: 10:15.36 (Tampa Open, 2/22/25)
5000m: 17:07.19 (South Florida Invitational, 4/11/25)

As a sophomore (2025-26)
Petrova's best finish of the 2025 season came in the Ed Holloway Classic when she posted a 21:56.5 6k time to cross the line 4th. She lowered her times in every race of the 2025 season, posting a season best 5k mark of 17:34.5 in the ASUN Championships before clocking a career best 6k time of 21:18.0 in the NCAA South Region Championships. Spring 2026 Petrova had an incredible spring season that saw her post top five finishes in all four events she competed in.  She won the Tampa Spartans Open with a 17:26.73 in the 5000m and three weeks later bettered her time to 17:21.78 for a third place finish at the Tampa Spartans Classic. She posted a career best mark in the 10,000m at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge at 36:09.15 which was good for third place. She closed the spring with a season best 5000m mark of 17:07.27 at the Pepsi Florida Relays to net a runner-up finish on the podium.  

As a freshman (2024-25)
Petrova ran an 18:13.5 5k at the FAU Invitational for a fourth-place finish. She set the all-time freshman 5k record at the Southern Showcase on Sep. 13 with a 5k time of 18:04.0. She ended her season with a 100th place finish in the 6k at the NCAA South Region Championships with a time of 21:59.8 in Tallahassee, FL. Petrova was named ASUN Freshman of the Week three times and was named ASUN Freshman of the Year. She was awarded Third Team All-ASUN and named to the All-Freshman Team. She was also named the FGCU Suncoast Credit Union Scholar-Athlete of the Month for October…Competed as the SPAR European XC Championships for team Lativa. Spring 2025 Finished third at the Tampa Open in a time of 10:15.36...Produced a 17:31.41 showing and also earned third spot at the Tampa Classic...Had an 11th-place showing at the highly contested Florida Relays in the 5000m and stopped the clock at 17:28.96. She later improved her time at the South Florida Invitational by almost 21 seconds and ran 17:07.19, earned a third place finish.

High School Highlights
· Rigas Zolitudes Gimnazium PRs - 3000m: 10:01.47, 5000m: 17:26.52
· Three-time Latvian Champion
· Competed at the European Athletics Under-18 Championship in July 2024

Personal
Daughter of Iveta Petrova... birthday is June 12, 2005.


Updated 9/3/2026