BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- For the second straight week and third time this season, Bridgewater State University junior Abbi Peterson has been selected as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.

Peterson placed fourth in the high jump with a leap of five feet, 6.5 inches (1.69m) last week at the 2022 NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The Watertown, Massachusetts native cleared each of her first four heights on the first attempt en route to earning All-American accolades.

Peterson was making her debut at an NCAA Track & Field Championship meet. She recorded her qualifying and BSU school-record leap of five feet, 7.25 inches (1.71m) on March 26th at the season-opening BSU Bears Invitational.

The MASCAC Field Athlete of the Week honor marks the seventh of the 2021-2022 academic year for Peterson who also earned the accolade four times during the indoor season.