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Emily Peterson enters her eighth year as the Assistant Men's and Women's Track and Field/Cross Country Coach.
Peterson competed for the Bearcats from 2005-10 and then served as a graduate assistant for the Bearcats from 2010-2011, earning her Master's Degree in Health and Physical Education.
A multiple-time All-American and All-MIAA athlete at Northwest, she earned All-American honors in the Pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships as a junior and senior, and competed in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the heptathlon and high jump both years and added the long jump to her NCAA schedule as a senior. She ended her collegiate career holding Northwest Track and Field records in the long jump, heptathlon, and pentathlon. She currently is in the Top-10 in ten events in the NW Track and Field Record book, and still holds the outdoor record with a mark of 19’7.5” in the long jump.
During the summer of 2010, Peterson made the United States Bobsled Team. She completed the first two stages of qualifying and was invited to tryouts in Lake Placid, N.Y., where she bowed out to return to her alma mater to take her current position.
Before her time at Northwest, Peterson prepped at Park Hill South High School, where she picked up all-state accolades in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100 meter relay.
She is married to Northwest's director of athletics Andy Peterson. The couple has two children, Ellie and Asher, and reside in Maryville.
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