2011 Track and Field Roster
Jerome Perkins
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Franklin Lakes, N.J.
- High School:
- Indian Hills
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Mile: 4:40.93 (2010)
3,000-Meters: 9:10.81 (2012)
5,000-Meters: 15:03.73 (2012)
OUTDOOR
1,500-Meters: 4:08.06 (2012)
3,000-Meters: 8:56.46 (2010)
5,000-Meters: 15:02.23 (2012)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 (2010)
MPSF All-Academic (2012)
Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2012)
2012: Indoor: Perkins raced twice during the indoor season. He started off running a personal best of 9:10.81 in the 3k at the Air Force Challenge (1/28) and then switched gears to the 5k at the Husky Classic (2/10), finishing in 15:03.73.
Outdoor: Perkins competed at three meets for CU. He started the season at the Fum McGraw Quadrangular (3/31), running the 1,500 in 4:10.88. His next race was at the CU Invite (4/14), again racing the 1,500 and finishing in 4:08.06. Perkins ran the 5,000 at the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invite (4/20), finishing in 15:02.23.
2011: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2010: Indoor: Perkins recorded personal bests in the mile and 3,000-meter run. He started the season at the Potts Indoor Invite (1/23) and placed ninth in the mile with a time of 4:40.93. Just one week later he ran a time of 9:20.95 in the 3k at the Don Barrett Duals (1/30) and took sixth.
Outdoor: Perkins raced in three meets during the outdoor campaign. He ran a time of 4:13.90 in the 1,500 at the Tom Benich Classic (4/3). A week later he ran 8:56.46 in the 3k at the CU Invite. Perkins finished his season at the Jack Christiansen Invite, winning the 5k in 15:34.73.
2009: Indoor: Perkins ran in three meets during the indoor season. He placed sixth at Air Force (2/13) with a time of 4:53.16 in the mile. Perkins ran a season best 3k time at the Air Force Duals (1/31) when he finished in 9:50.61.
Outdoor: Perkins ran one 3k during the outdoor season. He finished eighth at the Potts Invite (3/21) with a time of 9:27.03.
CROSS COUNTRY: (2012) Perkins ran in a pair of races, staring with a 17th-place finish at the Rocky Mountain Shootout. He was 15th at the Santa Clara Bronco Invite. (2011) Perkins placed 85th overall at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational. (2010) Perkins ran in two races for CU. He was 27th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout and placed 52nd in the open section of the NCAA Pre-National meet.
HIGH SCHOOL: Perkins earned letters all four years on the cross country and track and field team at IHHS and was first team all-county and all-league on the cross country team his junior and senior years. He was also an all-state second team selection in his final season in cross country. He was named all-league in the spring of '07 and the winter of '08 in the 3,200.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: 1,600-meters: 4:35; 3,200-meters: 9:41.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Perkins is majoring in applied math. He has a GPA of 3.795 and was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. Perkins was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2010 and in 2012 was named All-MPSF Academic and Pac-12 All-Academic first team. He was a member of the National Honor Society in high school.
PERSONAL: Jerome Philippe Perkins was born on November 5, 1990 in Binghamton, N.Y. His parents are Jeffrey and Isabelle Perkins, and he has two brothers, Cedric and Adrien.
