2023-2024 Women's Track and Field Roster
Perna, Kerry

Kerry Perna
- Position:
- High Jump
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Health, Medicine, and Society
- Hometown:
- Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.
- High School:
- Point Pleasant Beach
Bio
2023 OUTDOORS: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll...competed at the 2023 IC4A/ ECAC Outdoor T&F Championships in high jump where she placed 15th with a 1.58m jump...competed at the 2023 Patriot League Outdoor T&F Championships in high jump and placed 10th with a 1.63m jump...placed 3rd in high jump at the 2023 Rider Invitational with a 1.61m jump...won high jump at the 2023 Lafayette vs. Lehigh Dual Meet with a 1.58m jump
2022-23 INDOORS: Placed 2nd in high jump at the 2023 Bucknell Tune-Up with a 1.60m jump...won high jump with a 1.57m jump at the indoor Lehigh vs. Lafayette Dual Meet
2022 OUTDOORS: Won the high jump at the Navy Spring Invitational with a mark of 1.60m... Recorded a second-place finish in the high jump at the Lafayette Dual (1.57m)... Finished fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.57m at the Lehigh T&F Invite... Recorded a seventh-place finish in the high jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic (1.56m)... Finished tenth overall in the high jump with a mark of 1.63m at the Patriot League Championship... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 INDOORS: Finished third in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m at the Fast Times Before Finals... Recorded a fourth-place finish in the high jump at the Angry Birds Invitational (1.55m).... Finished second in the high jump with a mark of 1.60m at the Lafayette Dual and the Monmouth Winter Invitational... Recorded a third-place finish in the high jump at the Bucknell Tune Up (1.60m)... Finished 13th in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m at the Patriot League Championship.
2021 OUTDOORS: Won the high jump at the Lehigh Season Opener (1.60m), Lafayette Open (1.65m) and Bucknell Quad (1.65m)... Finished second in the high jump at the Lafayette-Lehigh-Sacred Heart TriMeet (1.65m)... Recorded a third-place finish in the Carol & John Covert Classic (1.55m)... Won a bronze medal in the high jump at the Patriot League Championship (1.66m)... Finished seventh in the high jummp with a mark of 1.61m at the ECAC Championship.
2021 INDOORS: Won the high jump at both the Lehigh-Lafayette-Loyola Meet (1.62m) and Patriot League Pod Meet (1.60m).
BEFORE LEHIGH
Perna holds her high-school’s high jump record and was a four-time New Jersey Meet of Champions qualifier. After establishing the Indoor Track & Field team at her high school, she went on to win states and counties in the high jump. Perna graduated from Point Pleasant Beach High School, New Jersey, and was a member of Peer Leaders, Interact Club, and National Honor Society.
2022-23 INDOORS: Placed 2nd in high jump at the 2023 Bucknell Tune-Up with a 1.60m jump...won high jump with a 1.57m jump at the indoor Lehigh vs. Lafayette Dual Meet
2022 OUTDOORS: Won the high jump at the Navy Spring Invitational with a mark of 1.60m... Recorded a second-place finish in the high jump at the Lafayette Dual (1.57m)... Finished fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.57m at the Lehigh T&F Invite... Recorded a seventh-place finish in the high jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic (1.56m)... Finished tenth overall in the high jump with a mark of 1.63m at the Patriot League Championship... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022 INDOORS: Finished third in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m at the Fast Times Before Finals... Recorded a fourth-place finish in the high jump at the Angry Birds Invitational (1.55m).... Finished second in the high jump with a mark of 1.60m at the Lafayette Dual and the Monmouth Winter Invitational... Recorded a third-place finish in the high jump at the Bucknell Tune Up (1.60m)... Finished 13th in the high jump with a mark of 1.55m at the Patriot League Championship.
2021 OUTDOORS: Won the high jump at the Lehigh Season Opener (1.60m), Lafayette Open (1.65m) and Bucknell Quad (1.65m)... Finished second in the high jump at the Lafayette-Lehigh-Sacred Heart TriMeet (1.65m)... Recorded a third-place finish in the Carol & John Covert Classic (1.55m)... Won a bronze medal in the high jump at the Patriot League Championship (1.66m)... Finished seventh in the high jummp with a mark of 1.61m at the ECAC Championship.
2021 INDOORS: Won the high jump at both the Lehigh-Lafayette-Loyola Meet (1.62m) and Patriot League Pod Meet (1.60m).
BEFORE LEHIGH
Perna holds her high-school’s high jump record and was a four-time New Jersey Meet of Champions qualifier. After establishing the Indoor Track & Field team at her high school, she went on to win states and counties in the high jump. Perna graduated from Point Pleasant Beach High School, New Jersey, and was a member of Peer Leaders, Interact Club, and National Honor Society.
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