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Track and Field

2018-19 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard
Aaron C Packard/USD

Kimmy Peterson

  • Position Pole Vault
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Elizabeth HS
  • Hometown Elizabeth, Colo.

Biography

Career Bests

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the pole vault at the Summit League Championships … won the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational with a season-best jump of 13-8 ½ … posted fifth-best mark in pole vault on Coyote top-10 with the height of 13-8 ½ … finished runner-up at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a vault of 13-7 ¼ … cleared 13-6 ½ at the Jack Johnson Classic for second place … also finished runner-up at the Hawkeye Invitational and Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … placed in the top-10 of all eight meets during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.

Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-6 ½ … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary, narrowly missing out on advancing to the NCAA Championships with a 13th-place finish and 14-0 vault at the meet … vaulted a personal best 14-1 ¾ at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a third-place finish … the height ranks fourth in the vault on USD’s all-time outdoor charts … won the USD Twilight with a vault of 13-9 ¼ … finished runner-up in the pole vault at the Drake Relays with jump of 13-3 ½ … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season … member of the nation’s second-ranked pole vault squad by the USTFCCCA with an average height of 14-1 ¼ … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

Sioux Falls
2018 NCAA Division II Runner-up in the pole vault ... four-time Northern Sun Conference champion ... 2018 USF Female Athlete of the Year ... six-time qualifier for the NCAA Division II Championships ... holds the USF outdoor school record with a vault of 13-11 1/4 ... also holds an indoor personal best of 13-6 1/4.

Prep
2014 Colorado Class 4A Champion in the pole vault ... 2012 Colorado Class 4A Gymnast of the Year ... captured the all-around and the vault at the 2012 Colorado Class 4A Gymnastics Championships ... owned a high school personal best of 12-4 in the pole vault.

Personal
Daughter of Tom and Linda Peterson ... graduate transfer ... plans to pursue master's of interdisciplinary sciences.