George C. Griffin Track

Perron Jones Season 2012-13

Weight150 lbs
Height5-8
HometownAugusta, Ga.
Previous SchoolEvans
Birthdate04/01/1991
YearSenior
EventSprints
Perron Jones
Perron Jones

2013 Track:
Indoor: Won the 60 meters (6.81) at the Orange & Purple Winter Classic … Ran his season best 200 meters in 21.95 at the Auburn Indoor Invite. Outdoor: Set a career-record 21.50 in the 200 meters at the Georgia Tech Invite … Part of two 4×100-meter relay teams that took third at two meets – the Georgia Relays (41.09) and the ACC Championships (41.39) … Placed eighth in the 100 meters (10.71) at the ACC Championships.

2012 Track:
Indoor: Placed second during the finals of the 60-meter dash with a school record time of 6.77 seconds at the Kentucky Invite … Finished in the top 10 in every event in which he competed … Took sixth in the 200 meters (21.88) at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Took first place at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invite in the 100 meters (10.78) … Took second in the 4×100-meter relay (41.05) and third in the 200 meters (21.56) at the same meet … Ran part of the 4×100-meter relay to help the foursome place fourth (41.54) at the ACC Championships.

2011 Track:
Indoor: First place in the 200 meters at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 22.57 and was runner-up in the 60 meters in 6.79 … Placedseventh in the 200 meters at the Kentucky Track and Field Invitational with a time of 22.24 and also placed eighth in the 60 meters in 6.89 … Outdoor: Achieved a fourth place finish in the 4x100m relayat the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational by running the distance in 41.64 seconds … Placed fifth in the 200 meters in 21.74 … Also came in third in the 100 meters in 10.84 … With a time of 41.11, achieved a runner up title in the 4x100m realyat the FSU Seminole Invitational … Placed 7sevenh in the 4x100m relayat the ACC Championships by finishing in 41.59.

2010 Track:
Indoor: Finished 10th in the 60-meter dash with a time 7.08 at the Roaring Tiger Opener … At the Christmas Invite, finished ninth in the 55 meter dash with a time of 6.53 … Posted a 60-meter dash time of 6.99, good for sixth place at the Clemson Invite (1/8)… Ran a season-best 6.96 in the 60 meters, good for 15th place at the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Finished fourth at the Georgia/Georgia Tech Dual Meet in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.92; posted a time of 21.62 to finish second in the 200 meter dash at the same meet … Posted a time of 21.88 to finish 12th in the 200 meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational; was also the second leg on the third-place team in the 4X100m relay team that finished in a time of 42.02 at the same meet … Crossed the line in 10.75 in the 100 meter dash at the ACC Outdoor Championships; also finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.09.

High School:
Two-year letterwinner and captain at Evans High School under head coach Eric Watson … 2009 Region 3AAAA champion in the 200m … Helped Evans win the region title his senior year … Also lettered three years as a cornerback on the football team … Earned All-Area and All-County honors as a cornerback … Team went undefeated and won the Regional Championship in 2008 … Graduated top-10 percent of his class.

Personal:
Full name is Perron Deontè Jones …Born on April 1, 1991 … Son of Gregory Gray and Donna Jones … Has one older brother Poncè … Chose Tech because of the academics, track program and location … Majors in computer science.