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Track and Field

2014-15 Track and Field Roster

Josh Petersen

  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Stevens HS
  • Hometown Rapid City, S.D.

Biography

Career Bests

2014-15
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the heptathlon with a new school record score of 4,724 and added a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 21-10 at the Summit League Championships to help the Coyote men capture their third-straight Summit League indoor title … took third in the 60 hurdles with a career best time of 9.04 seconds at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet … ranks first in school history in the heptathlon (4,724) … named Academic All-Summit League.

Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the long jump and 4x100-meter relay … leaped to a new career best of 23-0 ½ at the Summit League Championships to finish runner-up … placed third in the long jump at the Dakota Duals … took fourth in the decathlon at the Bobcat Invitational with a score of 5,870 … named Academic All-Summit League ... named to the Summit League honor roll, earning Distinguished Scholar status … named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2013-14
Finished third in the heptathlon to earn all-league honors at The Summit League Indoor Championships (4,705 points)... Was sixth in the decathlon at The Summit League Outdoor Championships (5,921) ... finished fourth in the decathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic ... placed fourth in the long jump at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet ... was third in the javelin at the USD Snowbird...named to the Summit League honor roll, earning Distinguished Scholar status ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2012-13
Spent most of the season competing in multi-events and earned All-Summit League honors at the outdoor championships...placed third in the decathlon at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with 6,356 points...was sixth in the heptathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships with 4,617 points...finished fifth in the heptathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic...placed 13th in the decathlon at the Drake Relays...had fifth-place finishes in the 110 hurdles and high jump at the Duals...named to the Summit League's Academic Honor Roll with Distinguished Scholar Status...made Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

Prep
Member of 2010 South Dakota Class AA State Championship team at Rapid City Stevens...was on the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relays with Coyote teammate Jordan Schumacher...also placed 12th in the long jump (20-0.25) at the meet...then medaled in four events at the 2011 Class AA state meet...finished third in the 4x400 relay (3:26.27), fourth in the long jump (21-2), fifth in the 100 meters (11.34), and sixth in the 200 meters (22.80).

Personal
Pre-Denistry program and Kinesiology and Sports Science major with a minor ininterdisciplinary sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Multi
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Multi
  • 2014-15Junior

    Multi