Derrick Peterson

Derrick Peterson (born November 28, 1977, in Waycross, Georgia[1]), raised in Atlanta suburbs, is a retired American middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 meters.

[2] He represented the USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

As a Coach, he was the assistant coach of long sprints, hurdles and Middle Distance at his alma mater, the University of Missouri from 2006 to 2012.,[3] assisted in establishing the first full men's and women's track and field programs at Columbia College, former Associate Head Coach for men's and women's cross country/track and field coach at DePaul University, where he assisted with winning two Men's Big East track and field championships, a first for the university.

Not limited to the track the middle distance specialist was also very effective on the grass, he was 1995 AAAA runner-up in GHSA cross country championships, helping his team to a state runner-up finish.

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