Aug. 30, 2011

FORT WORTH, Texas – Former NCAA individual champion and TCU All-American Kim Collins made his way to the medal stand in the men’s 100 meters Saturday, earning third-place honors at Daegu Stadium in South Korea.

Collins reached the finals after winning both his preliminary heat and the semifinal race, running 10.09 seconds to finish behind American silver medalist Walter Dix (10.08) and champion Yohan Blake (9.92) from Jamaica.

Collins received six All-America certificates during his stint at TCU and won three NCAA titles (2001 indoor 60 and 200 meters and the 2001 outdoor 4x100 meter relay). He joined Raymond Stewart as the only Horned Frog athletes to capture two individual NCAA titles. He was a two-time recipient of the Outstanding Performer award at the Texas Relays.

Collinsʼ defining moment as a Frog came in the finals of the 2001 NCAA 4x100 meter relay, where he took the final handoff trailing Leonard Scott by about two steps, but caught the Tennessee standout with about 50 meters to go and pulled away to give TCU the victory in a Hayward Field record time of 38.58.

Collins represented St. Kitts in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and placed sixth in the 100 meter final. He has also made appearances at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics and in five World Track and Field Championships, including the 2003 meet held in Paris, France, where he captured the gold medal in the 100 meters. He was a quarterfinalist in the 100 meters at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta and finished seventh in the 100 meters at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He won the 100-meter dash at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Collins finished sixth overall in the men's 200-meter finals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.