2004 OUTDOOR: At the Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/19/04) he placed seventh in the Javelin throwing 50.30m and 10th in the 110m Hurdles finishing in a time of 16.31... finished sixth in the Discus (38.84m) at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/2/04)... captured third place in the Pole Vault (4.15m), fifth in the Long Jump (6.27m), seventh in the Javelin (52.16m) and ninth in the Shot Put (13.33m) at the Metropolitan Championships (4/16/04)... crowned MAAC Pole Vault Champion after his vault of 4.40m and finished fourth in the Javelin throwing 52.03m, fifth in the 110m Hurdles (16.67), seventh in the Long Jump (6.37m) and ninth in the Shot Put (13.33m) at the MAAC Championships (5/1/04)... a member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.
2003-04 INDOOR: Finished second in the Heptathlon earning 4, 758 points at the Manhattan Pentathlon, Heptathlon and Throws (12/1/03)... at the Army Invitational (1/24/04) he finished ninth throwing the Shot Put 13.18m... captured second place in the Pole Vault (4.35m) at the Princeton 5-Way Invitational (1/31/04)... placed second in the Pole Vault (4.20m) and fourth in the Heptathlon (4, 521 points) at the Metropolitan Championships (2/7/04)... crowned Pole Vault Champion (4.40m) at the MAAC Championships (2/20/04) and placed fifth in the Long Jump (6.52m) and seventh in the 55m Hurdles (8.55)... at the IC4A Championships he finished 10th in the Heptathlon earning 4, 847 points.
2003 OUTDOOR: Placed third in the Decathlon with 6081 points at the Big Green in the Desert Multis (3/19/03)... earned 11th in the 110m Hurdles (16.76) and 12th (38.06m) in the discuss at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational (4/5/03)... at the Metropolitan Outdoor Track & Field Championships (4/11/03) he placed third (4.10m) in the Pole Vault, seventh (37.89m) in the Discuss, eighth (6.08m) in the Long Jump and ninth (12.60m) in the Shot Put... finished sixth in the 110m (16.72)... captured first (3.65m) in the Pole Vault, sixth (40.52m) in the Hammer Throw, ninth in the 110m Hurdles (16.89) and in Shot Put (12.69m), and 12th (5.94m) in the Long Jump at the MAAC Championships (5/3/03)... competed at the IC4A Championships (5/16/03) and finished 11th... member of the MAAC All-Academic Team.
2002-03 INDOOR: Placed first in the Pole Vault (4.00m) at the St. John's/Fordham Invitational (1/10/03)... finished 17th in the Long Jump (5.09m) and 14th in the Shot Put (12.25m) at the Princeton Indoor Relays (1/25/03)... earned second place in the Pole Vault (4.20m), 14th in the Long Jump (5.88m) and 10th in the Pentathlon (1749pts.) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships (1/31/03)... finished seventh in the 55m Hurdles (8.36), eighth in the Long Jump (6.29m) and second on Pole Vault (3.65m) at the MAAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (2/22/03).
2002 OUTDOOR: Qualified for the IC4A and placed third in the Decathlon with 6204 points... placed sixth in the Long Jump (6.55m) and in the 100m Hurdles (16.50) at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational (4/5/02)... captured fourth (4.05) in the Pole Vault at the Columbia University Invitational (4/13/02)... crowned champion in the Pole Vault with a leap of 3.65m, placed third (50.88m) in the Javelin and finished sixth in both the 100m Hurdles (17.38) and in the Discus (38.86m) at the MAAC Outdoor Championships (5/4/02)... placed third (13.21m) in the Shot Put at the Army Fall Throws Invitational (11/10/02).
2001-02 INDOOR: Placed second (4.20m) in the Pole Vault, third (8.35) in the 55m Hurdles, and eighth in the Shot Put (12.79m) at the Manhattan College Invitational (1/11/02)... finished sixth (6.26m) in the Long Jump at the Princeton Five Team Invitational (1/26/02)... placed fifth (4.20m) in the Pole Vault and seventh (3380 points) in the Pentathlon at the Metropolitan Championships (2/2/02)... crowned champion in the Pole Vault with a leap of 4.30m and sixth (8.35) in the 55m Hurdles at the MAAC Indoor Championships (2/16/02)... captured first place (3544 points) in the Pentathlon at the Jaspers Last Chance Invitational (2/23/02).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Won one gold, two silver and three bronze medals in the Decathlon at the Swedish Youth Championships... won one bronze medal in the Decathlon at the Swedish Junior Championships.
PERSONAL: Majoring in civil engineering... born on January 1, 1981... son of Anders and Gunlog Pettersson... three siblings, Tomas, Erik and Gunnar.
MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
2004 Outdoor: Pole Vault, 4.40m
2004 Indoor: Pole Vault, 4.40m
2003 Outdoor: Pole Vault, 3.65m
2002 Outdoor: Pole Vault, 3.65m
2002 Indoor: Pole Vault, 4.30m