Andrea McBride (Auckland) still holds the women's aged 19 and 20 javelin record with the 49.50m she threw in 2000.
Peeters (19), a physical education student at the University of Otago, has beaten that mark twice this season with throws of 50.41m at the Caledonian Ground and 50.52m at Surrey Park, Invercargill.
On the first occasion, nobody realised that she had broken a record and it was not measured with the steel tape.
''It was a bit disheartening. But it was a good incentive to keep training hard to get another crack at the record,'' she said.
That came in Invercargill last weekend when she threw 50.52m.
''As soon as I heard 50m I called for the steel tape,'' Peeters said.
''My dad was pretty happy, because it was his 46th birthday.''
But the elation stopped when Peeters received a phone call from Southland athletics officials two nights later to tell her the javelin she used in the competition did not meet the required standard.
''Its centre of gravity was out. It was pretty gutting. Luck has not been going my way.''
Peeters' third attempt at the record will be made in Invercargill on December 13.
She has already achieved one target by beating her best throw of last season. Her second goal is to win back the senior women's javelin title.
The New Zealand women's aged 19 and 20 record is her focus and she is eyeing the senior women's record, as well. It has been held by Kirsten Hellier (Counties-Manukau) at 54.19m since 1999.
She is also eying the Commonwealth Games qualifying standard of 57.50m.
Peeters grew up on a dairy farm in Riversdale and followed her sister, Stacey, into javelin throwing during her second year at St Peter's College.
Stacey won two New Zealand secondary schools senior girls titles and Tori followed suit in 2011 and 2012.
Tori went one better in the event when she won both the women's under-20 and senior women's titles in Auckland in 2012.
She was runner-up in both events at this year's national championships and won the under-20 and senior women's titles at the Oceania championships in Cairns in 2011.
Her first coach was Murray Speden, who won the national senior men's title in 1963. Raylene Bates took over the reins this year when Peeters began her studies in Dunedin.
The Peeters sisters are also talented at netball. Stacey plays for the Southern Steel and was a member of the New Zealand under-21 team that won the world cup in Glasgow this year.
Tori played netball for Southland and was a member of the Otago B team this year.
Tori Peeters
The facts
Age: 19.
Education: St Peter's College (Gore), University of Otago School of Physical Education.
Sports
Netball: Southland 2012, Otago B 2013.
Athletics: NZ secondary schools javelin champion 2011, 2012; NZ under-20 and senior women's champion 2012; NZ runner-up under-20 and senior women 2013; Oceania open and under-20 champion 2011.
