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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Courtney Peterson

Courtney Peterson

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bluffdale, Utah
  • Highschool:
    Riverton HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley ...

Junior (2017): Indoor: Helped guide 4x400 relay squad to WAC title at the WAC Indoor Championships with a new school record (3:48.09)… recorded the fourth best indoor 400-meter time (57.58) in program history in the 400 prelims at the WAC Championships in Boise, Idaho… also helped distance medley relay team move into eighth on the program all-time record list (12:35.79) at the WAC Championships… posted UVU’s tenth all-time best mark in the 300-meter (41.84) at the BYU December Invite… finished fifth in the 400-meter finals (57.62) at the WAC Indoor Championships… added a season-best time of 26.12 in the 200-meter at the Boise Jacksons Open Invite… ranked seventh in the WAC in the 400-meter... 22nd in the WAC in the 200-meter… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Set a new school record with 4x400 relay team (3:44.81) at the WAC Outdoor Championships in Edinburg, Texas… placed second with 4x400 relay squad at the WAC Championships… moved into tenth on program’s all-time record list in the 400 (57.18) in ninth-place finish at the UNLV Spring Invitational… ran a 200-meter personal best of 25.50 seconds at the UC Riverside Spring Classic… ranked 10th in the WAC in the 400-meter… 25th in the WAC in the 200-meter.
 
Sophomore (2016): Indoor: Clocked the 10th best time in program history in the 500-meter (1:21.86) at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… added a second-place finish with 4x400 relay squad at the Weber State Wildcat Winter Open… ran a season best of 27.02 seconds at the Boise State Bronco Invite… Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Recorded a first-place finish in the 400-meter at the BYU Cougar Invitational with a season-best time of 59.53… earned a second-place finish with 4x400 relay squad at the BYU Robison Invitational… finished 19th in the WAC in the 400… Academic All-WAC.

Freshman (2013): Indoor: Placed second in the 4x400m relay (3:54.51) and seventh in the 400m (59.79) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championships in Houston, Texas ... won the 400m at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invite with a time of 58.25 ... posted a personal best of 8.08 in the 60m ... Outdoor: won the 4x400m relay (3:49.02), placed second in the 4x100m relay (47.88) and seventh in the 400m (58.87) at the GWC Outdoor Championships ... won the 4x400m relay at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invite with a time of 3:51.34 ... put up career bests in the 100m (12.71), the 200m (25.81) and the 400m (57.77). 

Before Utah Valley ...
Was the anchor leg of the the 4 x 400 state champion...Was academic all-region...Team took second in state in 2011 and won state in 2010...Placed in the 200 and 400 her junior and senior years and placed in the 100 her senior year...Female Athlete of the Year at Riverton HS in 2012...

Personal ...
Daughter of Terresa and Shane Paddock...Sibling is Megan Yellowhair...Graduated from Riverton HS in 2012 with a 3.9 GPA...Also participated in Cross Country...Was a member of National Honors Society...Majoring in biology...Served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Santiago, Chile. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'8"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
    5'8"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Sprints
    5'8"

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