Abbi Peterson
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Hometown:
- Watertown, MA
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- Position:
- Jumps
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Watertown
Bio
Major: Communications Film and Media Studies
While at BSU: 2021-2022: MASCAC High Jump Champion; 2021 Outdoor MASCAC High Jump Champion; winter 2021 MASCAC All-Conference Team; 4-time 2022 Indoor MASCAC Field Event Athlete of the Week; 3-time 2022 Outdoor MASCAC Field Event Athlete of the Week; 2022 NCAA Division III National Outdoor Qualifier; Named to USTFCCCA All-Region; 2022 NCAA All-American (High Jump). Current school record holder at Bridgewater State University in the high jump. 2020 Indoor MASCAC High Jump Champion; 2021 Outdoor MASCAC High Jump Champion; April 2021 Rookie of the week. 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic, Winter 2019 & 2020 MASCAC All-Academic, 2021 SAAC Eboard.
While at Watertown High School: 5-time Middlesex league all-star; 2-time captain; 8-time varsity letter recipient; 5-time Watertown High School field event athlete of the season; 2-time Watertown High School top Jumper of the season; All-New England qualifier; 2019 Watertown High School top girls athlete in an individual sport; Watertown High School Track and Field Honoree of the founded Abbi Peterson Award. 4-time state qualifier in Long Jump & High Jump 2018 & 2019; 2-time all-state qualifier 2019; New England Championships 2019 (5th place); 2019 indoor and outdoor New Balance national’s qualifier. Watertown High School record holder in high jump. 2019 Watertown High School Scholar-Athlete award
Personal Bests:
- High jump: 1.71m (current school record holder, outdoor)
News mentions
ROCHESTER, Mass. -- Senior Abbi Peterson (Watertown, Mass.) and junior Serenity Sands (East Bridgewater, Mass.) competed in the high jump during day one of the 2023 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the Polisseni Track & Field Complete on the campus of St. John Fisher University.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Senior Abbi Peterson (Watertown, Mass.) broke her own school record in the high jump to lead the Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track & field team at the MIT Final Qualifier.
DEDHAM, Mass. – Qualifying members of the Bridgewater State University women's track & field team competed during the opening day of the 2023 New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Northeastern University.
Peterson, Escalera, McDonough Earn All-New England Honors to Lead BSU Women’s Outdoor Track & Field at DIII New England Championships
FITCHBURG, Mass. – The Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track & field team captured the program's third straight Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) championship on Saturday at the Elliot Athletic Complex on the campus of Fitchburg State University.
MEDFORD, Mass. -- Senior Jailene Escalera (Rockland, Mass.) broke a 42-year old school record in the 100-meter dash to lead the Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track & field team on Saturday at the Tufts Sunshine Classic.
BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- The Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track & field team hosted the BSU Bears Invitational on Saturday at cold and rainy Swenson Field.
ATLANTA, Ga. -- Three members of the Bridgewater State University women's outdoor track & field team competed on a rainy and windy Friday afternoon at the Emory Spring Break Classic on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.