Kim Perkins

Kim Perkins

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Clovis, N.M.

High School:
Clovis HS

Height:
5-8

Event:
Hurdles/Sprints

Birthdate:
02/10/1988

Experience:
2L

NEW MEXICO:

2008 MWC finalist in the 400m hurdles who will be looking for her first NCAA Regional berth this spring as her times continue to drop...improved her best in the event by over a second between her freshman and sophomore seasons...has indoor and outdoor redshirt seasons available...two-time Academic All-MWC...

2008: (outdoor) Capped her season with a 7th place (1:01.73) finish in the 400m hurdles at the MWC Championships...moved up two spots in the finals from her preliminary finish...she was the first Lobo to score in the event at the MWC meet since 2001...raced 6 times in the 400 hurdles, recording a career-best and team-leading time of 1:01.41 (10th MWC) at Arizona State...it was the fastest time by a Lobo since `01...won the event in the season-opener at ASU...member of the Lobos' top 4x400 team and subbed for injured Sandy Fortner on the 4x100 relay in the school's first NCAA Regional appearance in the event (11th)...Academic All-MWC... (indoor) 5 individual races and helped the DMR team place 5th at the MWC Championships...2nd on the team with top times of 1:01.06 in the 400 and 26.13 in the 200...

2007: (outdoor) Led the team (13th MWC) in the 400m hurdles with a top time of 1:02.56 - the best by a Lobo in 5 years - recorded in the MWC Championship prelims (10th)...No. 2 on the team in the 100 hurdles (15.32)...helped the Lobo 4x400 relay team clock its 3rd-fastest time of the season...13 individual races in 7 meets...7 top-5 finishes...Academic All-MWC... (indoor) Competed in 12 individual races, doubling in the 60m hurdles and 200 in 6 meet appearances...also ran with the 4x400 relay team 4 times...season-bests of 9.30 in the hurdles and 26.21 in the 200...

HIGH SCHOOL:

A 2006 graduate of Clovis (N.M.) High School...two-time 5A state 300-meter hurdles champion for head coach Darrell Ray...clocked a winning time of 44.45 as a senior...runner-up in the 100m hurdles (15.72) as a senior, missing the title by two-hundredths of a second...helped the Wildcats capture the '06 state championship...3-time qualifier for the USA National Junior Olympic Championships...recorded a career-best 400m hurdles time of 1:05.67 in a 2nd place f`inish in the summer of `06 at the Region 10 Junior Olympic Championships and won the event in '05...set the school triple jump record as well...also a 2-year letterwinner for the CHS volleyball team...

PERSONAL:

Born in Milwaukee, Wisc...full name is Kimberly Elaine Perkins...daughter of Freddie and Mae Perkins...has two siblings: Timothy and Robin...major is Mathematics.

COLLEGIATE BESTS - OUTDOOR
400m Hurdles: 1:01.41

COLLEGIATE BESTS - INDOOR
400m: 1:01.06