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Furman University

2012-13 Track and Field

Wilkerson Given

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Birmingham, Ala.
  • High School Mountain Brook

Biography

Junior Year (2011-12):  Established a new8K personal record with a time of 24:54.31 at the Clemson XCInvitational, recording a 21st-placefinish…placed 17th with a time of 26:32.90 at theSoCon XC Championships…notched a season-best fourth placefinish at the Eye Opener XC Invitational…finished seventhwith a personal-best time of 4:14.48 in the mile at the leagueindoor meet…placed fifth in the mile with a time of 4:19.62at the Dick Taylor Indoor Invitational...a member of the Paladin4x1,500m relay team that established a new Furman record with atime of 15:47.52 at the Raleigh Outdoor Relays…recorded an11th-place finish in the 800m at the SoCon OutdoorChampionships, turning in a personal-record time of1:54.94…competed in the Blue Shoes Elite Mile at the FurmanOutdoor Invitational, taking sixth place with a time of4:12.75…named to the Southern Conference Academic HonorRoll.

Sophomore Year (2010-11): Recorded apersonal-best time of 25:14.39 to place ninth at the S.C.Intercollegiate XC Meet and 23rd at the Winthrop FallClassic…finished 32nd with a time of 26:04.06 atthe SoCon XC Championship…placed fifth at the Citadel XCInvitational (26:55.90) and sixth at the Gene Mullin Furman XCInvitational (26:27)…posted a personal-best time of 33:35.5for 127th place at the NCAA Southeast XCRegionals…placed 11th in the mile after turningin a personal-best time of 4:21.87 at the SoCon IndoorChampionships…placed second in the event with a time of4:25.42 at the Tiger Indoor Tune-Up…finished tenth in the800m (1:57.71) at the ETSU indoor meet…won the 800m(1:55.39) and the 1,500m (3:53.61) at the Furman OutdoorInvitational, posting personal bests in both events…placed15th in the 800m (1:56.13) and 13th in the1,500m (4:03.40) at the SoCon Outdoor Championship…a memberof the 4x800m relay team that set a new Paladin record with a timeof 7:47.42 at the Emory Outdoor Invitational…a member of thewinning 4x800m relay team (7:49.57) and DMR (10:11.38) at theTerrier Outdoor Relays…named to the Southern ConferenceAcademic Honor Roll.

Freshman Year (2009-10): Competedin five Cross Country events, with top finish of sixth place at theCitadel Invitational with an 8K personal-best time of26:51...placed 40th at SoCon XC Championships with an 8K time of26:53 and finished 151st in his first NCAA Southeast RegionalChampionship with a 10K time of 33:57...opened his collegiateindoor career with a personal best of 9:03.73 in the 3,000m atETSU.....placed 15th in the 800m with at time of 2:00.91 at theSoCon Indoor Championships...placed third in the 1,500m at theFurman Outdoor Invitational with a person-best time of4:08.63...placed 16th in the 1,500m with a time of 4:08.88 at theSoCon Outdoor Championship. 

High School: Placed 15th with a 5Ktime of 16:36 in Alabama 6A State Cross Country Meet...posted atime of 16:03 at Nike XC Regionals...recorded track personal bestsof 1:58 in the 800m, 4:28.56 in the 1,600m, and 9:59.24 in the3,200m.


Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2011-12Junior

    6'1"
  • 2012-13Senior

    6'1"