Biography
Career Bests:
600 Meter Run
Indoor 1:17.20, Pittsburg Gorilla Classic, 2/10/17
800 Meter Run
Indoor 2:00.02, LSU Bayou Bengal, 2/2/18
Outdoor 1:56.59, Baylor Invitational, 4/8/17
1500 Meter Run
Outdoor 3:52.39, LSU Alumni Gold, 4/22/17
1 Mile Run
Indoor 4:12.15, UA Tyson Invitational, 2/9/18
3000 Meter Run
Indoor 8:38.82, SLC Indoor Championships, 2/22/18
Outdoor 8:41.83, La Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15
5000 Meter Run
Indoor 15:23.37, TAMU 13-Team Invitational, 1/16/14
Outdoor 15:17.08, SFA Skecher’s Performance Carl Knight Invitational, 4/6/18
4x400 Meter Relay
Outdoor 3:37.89, McNeese Cowboy Relays, 3/11/17
(J. Dahlhoff, J. Wilkins, G. Butts, A. Renteria)
4x800 Meter Relay
Outdoor 8:03.77. McNeese Cowboy Relays, 3/12/16
(G. Butts, J. Dahlhoff, J. Wilkins, A. Renteria)
1600 Sprint Medley (2-2-4-8)
Outdoor 3:32.54, McNeese Cowboy Relays, 3/11/17
(M. Larkins, T. Johnson, C. Milton, J. Wilkins)
Distance Medley
Indoor 11:36.63, LSU Invitational, 1/9/15
(H. Wamack, L. Moncla, J. Wilkins, J. Elliot)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Men’s Cross Country Collegiate Team, Honorable Mention (12/14/16)
2015 Southland Conference Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll
2015 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2018 Outdoor Season: Competed in 800, 1500, 5000 distances as an individual and ran as member of 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams…main discipline was the 1500 distance where he competed in seven meets with top-10 finishes in each instance…won both the TCU Invitational (3:54.68) and Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (3:55.51)…set his best time of the season at the SLC Outdoor Championships taking third with a time of 3:49.83 in the finals…ran the 800 meters three times on the season with best time and finish coming in the TCU Invitational (1:57.19)…ran the 5000 meters once at SFA Skecher’s Performance Carl Knight Invitational with a time of 15:17.08…ran in 4x400 and 4x800 relays at MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge with a time of 3:38.44 finishing 12th overall and 8:11.78 finishing fourth respectively
2018 Indoor Season: Competed in the 600, 800, 1-Mile, and 3000 distances across five events during the season…spent most of his time in the 1-Mile event with four meet results including a third place finish at the SLC Championships (4:18.47), his highest finish of the season…posted a new career best time in the distance at the UA Tyson Invitational with a time of 4:12.15 earning another third place finish…took seventh overall in the Pittsburg State Invitational with a time of 4:18.46…compete in both the 600 and 800 distance at the LSU Bayou Bengal, placing 20th in the 600 (1:28.57) and fourth in the 800 (2:00.02) his only two results in those distance on the year…ran the 3000 meters in only the SLC Championships earning an eighth overall finish with a time of 8:38.82.
2017 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 800, 1500, 4x400 relay, and 1600 sprint medley with six top-five finishes…best mark in the 1500 came in the LSU Alumni Gold with a first place finish 3:52.39…placed second in the TCU Invitational (3:51.18) and in the Texas Relays (3:56.85)…finished 10th in the SLC Outdoor Championship final.
2017 Indoor Season: Competed in the 600 yard, 1-mile and 3000 meter run with four top-five finishes…best event was the mile, where he won the UAB Vulcan Invite (4:22.99), and finished second overall (4:19.88) in the Pittsburg State Invitational…ran a team season best time of 4:17.13 and finished third in the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic…competed in the SLC Indoor Championships where he was seventh overall in the finals (4:20.52).
2016 Outdoor Season: Competed in the 800, 1500, 5000, and 4x800 relay … best event was the 1500, where he had five top-four finishes with one win at the Louisiana Tech Jim Mize Invitational (4:00.64) … qualified for the SLC Outdoor Championships where he was eighth overall in the finals (4:00.99).
2016 Indoor Season: Competed in the 800, 1-mile, 3000 and distance medley with five top-10 finishes … best mark in the 1 mile came at the LSU Purple Tiger (4:29.23) where he was fourth overall … competed in the SLC Indoor Championships in the one mile and 3000 meters.
2015 Outdoor Season: Competed at eight meets and had five top-5 performances… now holds the Demon record with a fourth place finish at La Tech Jim Mize Invitational with a time of 8:41.83 in the 3000 meter… ran 2:11.33 in the 800 at the Demon Triangular Invite… in the 1500, had a best time of 3:58.04 at the SLC Outdoor Championships… ran 16:00.03 in the 5000 meter at SFA Skechers Carl Kight Invitational
2015 Indoor Season: Competed at four meets and had two top-5 places… ran the mile at LSU Invitational in 4:32.90… in the 3000 meter had a best time of 8:41.92 at the SLC Indoor Championships… had a time of 15:23.37 at TAMU 13-Team Invitational in the 5000 meter… ran as the anchor with Hunter Wamack, Kaymin Carter, and Lucas Moncla in the distance medley with a time of 11:06.02.
High School: Graduated with a 3.0 GPA and was named the Most Improved Student… ran track and field and cross country for four years… went to state in outdoor all four years… only freshman to make it to state in 1600m for indoor with a time of 4:31… placed third in 1600 indoors and second in the 3200 outdoor in junior year… third in 1600 indoor in senior year… coached by his father and coach Bowles.
Personal: Son of Marjorie and Ronald Wilkins…father was a former NSU track athlete...born September 23, 1995… has younger sister, Trinity… majoring in business… plans a career in the music industry.
