Derrick Peterson
 
Derrick Peterson
  
 
Peterson Advances To The USATF 800-meter Final

Former Tiger advanced with third best time overall

Feb. 27, 2004

BOSTON - Former University of Missouri track and field athlete Derrick Peterson (Atlanta, Ga.) qualified Friday for the 800-meter finals of the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships in Boston, Mass. The six-time all-American at Missouri, Peterson finished with the third best overall time of 1:49.04. Peterson will now move on to Saturday's finals which are slated to start at 4:12 p.m.

Peterson won two national championships at Missouri in the 800-meter run, winning the titles in both the indoor and outdoor season of 1999.

Another Tiger post-collegian, Timothy Dunne (Jerome, Idaho), also participated in the event, finishing with a time of 1:51.40.

Also competing this weekend will be former Tiger, Christian Cantwell (Eldon, Mo.). Cantwell will throw in the men's shot put competition on Sunday afternoon.

ESPN2 will have television coverage starting Saturday at 5:30 and Sunday at 5:00 p.m.

For more coverage visit mutigers.com or usatf.org. 

Men 800 Meter Run
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       World: W 1:42.67  1997        Wilson Kipketer, DEN
    American: A 1:45.00  1987        Johnny Gray (SMTC)
    Name                    Year Team                   Prelims
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Preliminaries
  1 Jesse O'Connell              unattached             1:48.74Q
  2 Michael Stember              unatt/Nike             1:48.80Q
  3 Fred Sharpe                  unatt/adidas           1:50.24Q
  4 Derrick Peterson             unatt/adidas           1:49.04q
  5 Kevin Elliott                Farm Team              1:49.05q
  6 Andrew Neugebauer            Farm Team              1:49.52q
  7 Elliott Blount               Farm Team              1:49.62
  8 Jebreh Harris                Holyfield In           1:49.63
  9 Floyd Thompson               Santa Monica           1:50.25
 10 John Honerkamp               unattached             1:50.26
 11 Lubert Lewis                 Reebok Boston          1:50.26
 12 Samuel Burley                unattached/Asics       1:50.29
 13 Jeffrey DeLong               Farm Team              1:50.62
 14 Jacob Koczman                Indiana Invaders       1:50.77
 15 Nate Iler                    unattached             1:51.36
 16 Timothy Dunne                New York Ath           1:51.40
 17 David Paulsen                unattached             1:51.58
 18 Brian Rue                    unattached             1:51.69

 

 

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