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2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Sprints
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Skyline HS
    High School
Petersen, Claire
Claire Petersen
Sprints
Position
Sophomore
Class
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West (2024, 2025); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2024, 2025).

INDOOR RECORDS: Ranks ninth all-time at USU in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.66, set in 2025.

2025 (SO)
Indoor: Took 11th in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 8.82… Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Idaho State-hosted Mountain States Games with a personal-best time of 8.66… Set a personal best in the 60 meters with a time of 7.72 as she placed fifth at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Invitational… Ran a personal-best time of 8.23 in the 55-meter hurdles at the Weber State Invitational, taking fifth.
Outdoor: Placed ninth in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 14.36… Set personal bests in the 100 meters and the 100-meter hurdles with times of 12.04 and 14.16, respectively, as she placed fifth in each event at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational.

2024 (FR)
Indoor: At the Mountain West Indoor Championships, placed 23rd in the preliminaries of the 60 meters with a time of 7.89 and 33rd in the 200 meters with a personal record time of 25.79… Set a season best in the 60 meters with a time of 7.79 as she took second at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Meet… Won the 200 meters with a time of 26.14 at the Utah State-hosted Roman Ruiz Speed and Power Meet.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the 200 meters with a time of 25.42 as she took ninth at the Utah State-hosted Aggie Invitational… Took 14th in the 4x100-meter relay with a personal best time of 47.64 at the Stanford Invitational… Set season bests in the 100 meters (fifth, 12.18) and 100-meter hurdles (11th, 14.90) at the Utah Tech Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in track & field at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho… Earned Idaho’s Gatorade Player of the Year honors for track & field as a senior in 2022-23… Won state titles in the 100 meters and 100- and 300-meter hurdles as a senior with respective times of 11.81, 14.34 and a personal-best 43.06 at the IHSAA Track and Field Championships… Set the Idaho state record in the 100 meters as a senior with a wind-legal time of 11.83… Finished first in the 100 meters and 300-meter hurdles and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles as a junior at the 2022 4A state championships … Finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles and 11th in the 100 meters at the 2022 Nike Outdoor Nationals … Won individual titles in the 100 meters, 100- and 300-meter hurdles and was part of Skyline’s winning 4x100-meter relay team as a sophomore at the 2021 4A state championships… Member of the Captain’s Club leadership group… Volunteered at a local flower farm… Graduated from Skyline HS in 2023 with a 3.88 GPA.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Blake and Amy Petersen… Has an older brother and a younger sister… Married former Utah State track and field athlete Robbie Walker in June 2025… Majoring in elementary education.

PERSONAL BESTS INCLUDE:
Event Indoor Outdoor
55 Meters 7.29
60 Meters 7.72
100 Meters 12.04
200 Meters 25.79 25.42
55-Meter Hurdles 8.23
60-Meter Hurdles 8.66
100-Meter Hurdles 14.16
4x100m Relay 46.94

POSTSEASON RESULTS:
MW INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Event Place Time/Mark
2024 60 Meters 23rd (Prelims) 7.89
2024 200 Meters 33rd (Prelims) 25.79
2025 60-Meter Hurdles 11th (Prelims) 8.82

MW OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Year Event Place Time/Mark
2025 100-Meter Hurdles 9th (Prelims) 14.28
2025 100-Meter Hurdles 9th (Finals) 14.36
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