High School- Peterson comes to Coker from Boca Raton, Fla. where he was a standout runner for Boca Raton High School. A tremendous runner, Peterson set personal bests in the 1600 meter, 3200 meter and 5k during his high school career. He completed the 1600m in 4:31, the 3200m in 10:10 and his best 5k time is 16:36.