Jason Perez

Jason Perez

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Houston, Texas

High School:
Klein Forest

Position:
Hurdles, Sprints

Birthdate:
04/03/1988

Experience:
1L

Major:
Undecided

2008 NCAA Qualifier - 400 Meter Hurdles
2008 NCAA Regional Qualifier - 400 Meter Hurdles
2008 Conference USA Champion - 400 Meter Hurdles
2007 Junior All-American
2007 Pan Am Junior Games Qualifier


2008
Outdoor: Set a regional qualifying mark in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 51.62 to finish seventh at the Texas Relays...member of the 4X400 relay team that finished seventh at the Texas Relays...improved his regional mark in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.35 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational...cracked the NCAA Top 10 in the 400m hurdles after posting a time of 50.62 at the Houston Invitational...won gold at the C-USA Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles with a mark of 52.39...won silver as a member of the 4X400 meter relay team at the conference championships...finished fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional after setting a personal record with a mark of 50.37 in the 400m hurdles...turned in a time of 52.10 at the NCAA Championships.

2007
Indoor: Had a fourth-place finish in the 400 meters at the Leonard Hilton Memorial...was fifth in the 400 meters at the Dan DeHart Invitational, setting a personal best time of 49.24...member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team at the Dan DeHart Invitational with a time of 3:14.32...notched a fifth-place finish in the 400 meters at the Houston Invitational...eighth-place finisher in the 400 meters at the C-USA Indoor Championships with a time of 49.86. Outdoor: Redshirt. Competed unattached at the USATF Outdoor Championships and finished third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 50.92... also ran at the Pan America Junior games in the 400-meter hurdles and earned a silver medal.

High School
Ran the 400-meter hurdles in 52.2 to win first place at the Golden South National Championship meet...also played football as a wide receiver... ran a personal best 1:55 in the 800 meters... has a personal best 36.78 in the 300-meter hurdles... was ranked fourth in the nation... two-time regional champion... state runner-up.

Personal
Born April 3, 1988 in Whittier, California...son of Jesse and Judy Perez...hobbies include cars...also recruited by UTSA, Texas A&M, Louisiana-Monroe and Oklahoma...twin brother, Juston, is also a member of the track and field team...undecided on a major.