Paris Perkins

Paris Perkins, 2019-20 Women's Track and Field

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Paris Perkins, 2019-20 Women's Indoor Track and Field

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Paris Perkins, 2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Position:
Sprints
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Hughes, Ark.

TFRRS Profile Page

Career
Has 21 top-three finishes (12 indoor/9 outdoor) … In both indoor and outdoor, has improved times in the 400m by more than three seconds since her first events.

Honors
2020 All-American Athletic Conference (400m) … Silver medalist in the 400m at the American Athletic Conference Championships (indoor).

On The Charts
School record holder in the 400m.

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Ran in six meets … Posted seven top-three finishes … Won two titles at the Rhodes College Invitational (4x400m relay) and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (400m) … In addition to the 4x400m relay crown at the Rhodes College Invitational, finished runner-up in the 4x100m … Three of the seven top-three performances came at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Placed second in the 200m and 400m and third in the 4x100m relay … Ran a personal-best in the 200m … Scored points with her fourth-place finish in the 400m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018: Appeared in only two meets … Logged two third-place performances in the 4x400m relay at the Rhodes College Invitational and Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays … Made her college outdoor debut at the Rhodes College Invitational.

Indoor
2019-20: Appeared in five meets … Logged six top-three performances … Placed second in the 400m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Posted a school-record time of 53.71 in the event … Previous record (53.91) was set by Kala Funderburk in 2013 … Won the 400m crown at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Opened campaign with runner-up finishes in the 200m and 400m at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Recorded personal-best times in the 60m and 200m at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … 2018-19: Ran in six meets … Had five top-three performances … Won the 55m title in a personal-best at the Arkansas State Invitational … Had two runner-up finishes in the 400m and 4x400m relay at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Also logged a runner-up performance in the 4x400m relay at the Arkansas State Invitational … Ran a season-best in the 400m at Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge … Scored points in the 400m at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017-18: Appeared in six meets … Season’s lone top-three performance came in the 4x400m relay at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … The meet was her college indoor debut … Scored points in the 400m at the American Athletic Conference Championships.