2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
FMU: Returning letterwinner....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team (T&F) 2025....Earned Frankie Award for Ray E. Thames Memorial Raise the Roof Award 2024-25....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team (XC) 2024....Competed in all four meets in 2024....Top finish was 9th at the Downback Invitational (9-6-24)....Finished 103rd at the 2024 Conference Carolinas Meet with a time of 29:59.0....Ran in all five 2023 XC meets....Placed 65th at 2023 Conference XC Meet....Was team's top finisher in first collegiate cross country meet (9-1-23)....Was FMU's second runner in two meets and third finisher in the other two meets....Top finish was 15th at Pfeiffer Invitational (9-16-23)....Track & Field Team MVP for 2024....Younger sister of MacKinley Perry....Local product....Part of the Honors College....Darla Moore Scholar....Member of The National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS)....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2023 (fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).
PERSONAL:
- Born in Charleston, SC
- Graduate of West Florence High School, where she ran for coach Richard Wideman
- 2023 Female Athlete of the Year for FSD1 and West Florence
- Placed 7th in the 400m hurdles and 3rd in the 4x400m relay at the AAAA state track and field meet
- 4-sport athlete (cross country, track, volleyball, basketball)
- 2023 first-team All-Region for track
- 2-time first-team All-Region selection in volleyball
- 2022 Region 6-AAAA Defensive Player of the Year
- 1000 career digs
- 2022-23 honorable mention All-Region for basketball
- Earned seven Academic Awards covering three sports
- 2022-23 team captain for basketball, volleyball, and track
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Nickname is Jo
PERSONAL FAVORITES:
- As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up: Surgeon
- How you got your nickname: JoJo’s Circus
- Favorite Fictional Character: Belle from Beauty and the Beast
- Favorite Athletes: Sydney McLaughlin and Tara Woodhall-Davis
- Favorite Sports Team: FMU and South Carolina Gamecock Football
- Favorite Movie or TV Show: Grease
- Favorite Foods: Steak with mashed potatoes and Mac n’ cheese with gravy
- Favorite Vacation Spot: The mountains
- Favorite Musical Artist: Brandon Lake and Morgan Wallen
- Favorite Thing About FMU: The feeling of home you get the second you step on campus
- Favorite Off-Field Activity: Watching Paw Patrol with my 6 English bulldogs
- Goals for Upcoming Season: To better myself for the good of my team and place higher than last year at conference
- Why you first chose your sport: My sister asked me to try it and I ended up falling in love with running
- Biggest mental challenge in your sport: Finding the push to keep running when your body is telling you to stop
- Interesting Notes: I was the 2023 Female Athlete of the Year for FSD1 and West Florence; placed 7th in the 400m hurdles and 3rd in the 4x400m relay at the state meet; I placed at the Conference Carolinas Championship for the first time in school history with the 4x400 meter relay; was the FMU 2024 T&F MVP; I have six English bulldogs
- Brush With Greatness: I met Aliyah Boston and got a picture with her
| CAREER BESTS |
| Best 5K Time |
23:12.9 at 2023 Chanticleer Challenge (Coastal Carolina host) |
| Best 6K Time |
27:52.6 at 2023 Conference Carolinas Championship Meet |
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