HIGH SCHOOL: Clocked a personal-best time of 5:20.97 in the 1600m at the 4A track and field regional meet to place fourth ... crossed the line in third place in the two mile at the 2011 District 31-4A cross country meet with a personal-best time of 11:59.40 ... competed the past two years in the two mile at the Islander Splash cross country meet. 

PERSONAL: Born Vilma Paola Perez on Sept. 28, 1994, in Pasadena, Texas, parents are Pablo Perez and Vilma Ithier ... has three siblings ... major is health science.