Perri Ford Class: Junior Hometown: Calgary, Canada High School: Bowness H.S. Height: 5-8 Event: Middle Distance Birthdate: 10/17/1988 Experience: 2L

2008 Outdoor: Ran a season-best 1:06.73 in the 400-meter hurdles at the UT Arlington Invitational...clocked a 1:07.74 at the SLC Outdoor Championships. 2008 Indoor: Competed in the 400 and 800 meters during the indoor season, finishing the season as the Mavericks fourth-fastest athlete in each event...turned in a season-best 1:03.30 in the 400 at the Texas Tech Invitational...clocked a season-best 2:21.80 in the finals of the 800 for seventh place at the SLC Indoor Championships. 2007 Cross Country: Finished 36th at the SLC Cross Country Championships with a time of 23:18 over the 6K course...turned in a 12th-place finish at the season-opening UT Arlington Invitational. Prior to UTA: A member of Team Alberta at the 2007 Western Canada Summer Games... finished sixth at the Canadian Junior Nationals in the 400 meters... 800-meter champion and 400-meter silver medalist at Bowness High School... was city champion in the 400 meters... top prep times include 1:04.67 in the 400-meter hurdles and 2:18.50 in the 800 meters... was a letterwinner in volleyball, track and field and cross country... named to Honor Roll for three years. Personal: Born Oct. 17, 1988 in Calgary, Canada... daughter of Tom and Veda Ford... father played basketball at the University of Brandon, brother, Todd, was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs and currently plays for the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL and the Toronto Marlies of the AHL... kinesiology major.