SPU: One year letterwinner. Two years with the program.
Junior (2019): INDOOR – Placed 13th in the 5000 at the GNAC Championships with a personal-best time of 16;05.26. That was a drop of 20 seconds from his 5K debut at the Cougar Indoor just two weeks earlier. ... Set a PR of 9:03.10 in the 3000 at the SPU Final Qualifier, an improvement of 39 seconds from his Cougar Indoor mark. ... Those two races in Pullman were his first indoor individual events, as his only race in 2018 was on the distance medley relay. ... Ran in three meets.
OUTDOOR – Placed 15th in the 10,000 meters at the GNAC Championships in 33:58.54. ... Set a 10K personal best of 32:57.75 on April 13 at the Saint Martin's Jay Hammer Meet in Lacey, good for 5th place. That time was 59 seconds faster than his previous best of 33:56.67. ... Also PR'd in the 5000 with a 15:50.16 at the PLU Open on March 9 in Tacoma, and in the 1500 with a 4:18.45 exactly one week later at the Doris Heritage Track Festival in West Seattle.
Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Did not compete.
OUTDOOR – Placed 12th in the 10,000 meters at GNAC in 33:57.76, just barely off his PR of 33:56.67 from the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham on April 28. ... Ran in seven regular-season meets, ranging from the 800 to the 5000. ... Made his outdoor debut in the Ed Boitano Invitational at Puget Sound in Tacoma on March 3, running the 800 in 2:18.00 and the 1500 in 4:33.52. Just four weeks later, ran those same two events at the UBC Open in Vancouver, B.C,, and took big time drops in both: 2:13.20 in the 8, and 4:26.84 in the 15. ... Posted a PR of 16:04.29 in the 5000 on April 6 at the Western Washington Team Invitational in Bellingham.
Portland Christian High School: Qualified for the district meet in the 1500 and 3000 meters as a sophomore, junior, and senior. ... Placed 4th in the 3000 as a junior in 2014, and again as a senior. His senior year time of 9:32.28 was a PR. ... Best placing in the 1500 was 5th as a junior. ... Won Lewis & Clark League titles in the 800 and 1500 as a senior in 2015, the former in a PR of 2:11.90. ... Placed 18th in the Class 3A / 2A / 1A Oregon state cross country meet as a junior in 2014, after finishing a personal-best 4th at the district meet.
Personal: Joseph Andrew Perkins. ... Physiology major, with a focus on pre-dental.
Fun facts: Has done track for six years prior to arriving at SPU. ...
Also enjoys cycling, swimming, and Alpine skiing. ...
Most memorable moment was qualifying for the state cross country meet as an individual as a senior. ...
Dumbest movie he ever saw was "The Room." ...
Book he just couldn't put down was "Harold and the Purple Crayon." ... Favorite sport to watch is rugby. ... Does not have a
favorite junk food. ...
Favorite healthy food is Finnish porridge. ...
Favorite TV program is "Hogan's Heroes." ...
Favorite sports team is Team USA. ...
Favorite athletes are American middle distance runner Jenny Simpson and New Zealand middle distance runner Nick Willis. ... Doesn't have a
dream car, but "I like my dad's really old Mercedes Benz. ...
Favorite kind of shopping is for music. ...
If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich Von Hayek. He would serve moussaka or oatmeal. ...
His friends call him Joseph.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
3000 9:03.10 (2/23/2019)
5000: 16:05.26 (2/15/2019)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:13.20 (3/30/2018)
1500: 4:18.45 (3/16/2019)
3000: 9:17.66 (4/14/2018)
5000: 15:50.16 (3/9/2019)
10,000: 32:57.75 (4/13/2019)
CAREER RESULTS
