Kim Francis Class: Junior Hometown: Youngsville, La. High School: Northside HS Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints, Hurdles Birthdate: 01/06/1992 Experience: 1L

Three-Time WAC Champion
Four-Time First Team All-WAC
Five-Time Second Team All-WAC
2011 NCAA Qualifier (100m Hurdles)
2012 NCAA Qualifier (100m Hurdles)
2011 NCAA Semifinalist (100m Hurdles)

2012: Opened the year at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) where she won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.61 after running 8.54 in the prelims ... At the AState Invitational (1/27), finished sixth in the 55m with a time of 7.25 after running 7.23 in the prelims and finished second in the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.97 after running 8.06 in the prelims ... At the Tyson Invitational (2/10-11), finished 11th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.51 after running 8.47 in the prelims ... Won the gold medal in the 60m hurdles at the WAC Championships (2/24-25) with a time of 8.44 after running 8.43 in the prelims for a first team all-WAC honor while claiming a pair of second team honors as she finished sixth in the 60m dash with a time of 7.69 after running 7.59 in the prelims and placed fifth in the 200m with a time of 24.57 after running 24.40 in the prelims ... Opened the outdoor season at the Louisiana Classics (3/17) where she won the 100m dash with a time of 11.81 and finished second in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.47 ... At the Victor Lopez Classic (3/23), finished third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.94 adn palced 12th in the 100m dash with a time of 12.20 ... Ran 13.83 in the 100m hurdles to finish 23rd at the Texas Relays (3/29) ... At the Mississippi Open (4/14), finished sixth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.97 and placed eighth in the 100m dash with a time of 12.07 ... Ran the 200m for the first time during the 2012 season at the Southeastern Invitational (4/20) as she placed fourth with a time of 24.87 while also finishing fourth in the 100m with a time of 12.12 ... Ran the 100m hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/21) the next day where she ran 13.67 to finish sixth ... Won the 100m hurdles at the Golden Eagle Classic (4/28) with a time of 14.11 ... Ran 13.49 to claim the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the WAC Championships (5/10-11) after running 13.45 in the prelims while placing sixth in the 100m dash with a time of 11.86 and finishing sixth in the 200m with a time oof 24.52 after running 24.28 in the prelims ... At the NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26), ran a personal record time of 13.21 in the opening round, a time that ranks third in school history, to advance to the quarterfinal round where she ran 13.40 to move on to the NCAA Championships and semifinal round in Des Moines, taking the last advancing spot and beating out a UCF hurdler by four-thousandths of a second (0.004) to move on ...At the NCAA Championships (6/6-9), finished 21st in the semifinals of the 100m hurdles with a time fo 13.41.

2011:Opened her collegiate career at the Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/14), finishing sixth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.86 after running 8.74 in the prelims ... Finished third in the 55m hurdles with a finals time of 8.17, an improvement of 0.24 seconds from her 8.41 time in the prelims while finishing ninth in the 55m dash with a time of 7.40 at the Arkansas State Invitational (1/22) ... Ran 8.85 in the semifinals of the 60m hurdles after running 8.63 in the prelims at the Tyson Invitational (2/11-12), placing 24th overall ... Won the WAC title in the 60m hurdles by beating teammate Tiana Davis by two-thousandths of a second, running 8.41, and finished fourth in the 60m dash with a time of 7.70 at the WAC Championships (2/24-26) ... Opened the outdoor season at the LSU Relays (3/25-26) where she finished fourth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.51 after running 13.81 in the prelims while also running the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay that finished second with a time of 45.65 after running 45.52 in the prelims and running the opening leg of the sprint medley relay that finished seventh with a time of 4:12.70 ... At the Jim Mize Invitational (4/1-2) she won the 200m dash with a time of 24.34 and ran the opening leg of the 4x100m relay that won wtih a time of 46.13 ... Finished 26th in the 100m hurdles at the Texas Relays (4/6-9) with a time fo 13.84 and ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay that finished third with a time of 44.87 ... Finished third in the 100m hurdles at the Northwestern State Invitational with a time of 13.71 ... Finished third in the 100m hurdles at the WAC Championships (5/10-13) with a time of 13.96 while running 12.16 in the 100m dash to place ninth ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships (5/27-29) in the 100m hurdles where she ran 14.42 and placed 44th.

Personal: Kimberly Francis ... Daughter of William and Barbara Greene ... Born on Jan. 6, 1992 in Lafayette, La. ... Has three siblings - DeShawn, Ashley and Tim - but is the youngest of the four children ... Chose Louisiana Tech over LSU and Louisiana-Lafayette ... Majoring in kinesiology.