Kevin & Heather Graham after running the
KP Corporate Challenge 5K Road Race in Atlanta, GA |
About UsWe started Exact Timing in 2005, because we are both former Collegiate/Post-Collegiate Track& Field/Cross Country athletes and coaches that love the sport! With timing, we get to stay connected without running workouts on the track! However, we still manage to participate in road races and track events every now and then with our family.
We have timed a variety of events in the Southeast, ranging from Collegiate Track & Field Conference Championships to Elementary School 5K's and Fun Runs. We have recently been timing Swimming and we enjoy that as much as Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Races. |
Heather Atkinson Graham
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Heather coached collegiate Track &Field (Throwers) for 12-years (Emory University & Georgia State University). During her early years of coaching she became interested in meet management. So, she did some research and taught herself how to use the Hy-Tek and Finish Lynx software/equipment; and in 2002, Exact Timing was created. Heather has recently added and learned IPICO Chip Timing to expand her cross country and road race events.
Heather was an All-American and multiple ACC Champion Thrower at the University of Maryland (Track & Field). She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband Kevin, their kids and dog. Go Terps! |
Kevin Graham
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Kevin is Heather's husband and he works in Communications in Cumming, GA. He has over 25-years experience in the running specialty industry and 35-years personal experience in running and exercise. Kevin has coached in several different positions over the past years: Collegiate Track & Field/Cross Country, Private Running Coaching and Volunteer Running Coaching.
Kevin was a student-athlete at Georgia Tech (Track & Field/Cross Country). He is Georgia Tech's first Men's Cross Country All-American and held the 10K School Record for 17-years. In High School, Kevin was a six-time State Champion in Cross County/Track & Field in Georgia and was a Footlocker (Kinney) National Finalist. In 2013, Kevin was inducted into the Georgia High School Cross Country/Track & Field Hall of Fame. |
DJ Hughes
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
DJ is Heather's oldest nephew. He was a student-athlete (Swimming) at Gardner Webb University and attended Graduate School at Georgia State University. He enjoys spending his free time gaming, doing accounting/taxes for others and bartending.
Robyn Atkinson Collins
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
Robyn is Heather's youngest sister and a graduate of the University of Michigan. She is a Personalized Insurance Manager in Georgia. She is an avid competitive tennis player and she recently won the USTA State Championships in Rome, Georgia.
Kimberli Atkinson Hughes
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
Kimberli is the proud big sister of Heather. She is an entrepreneur with her husband. She owns and operates 4R Education LLC, a full-time home-school and after-school tutoring center (one-on-one, group settings and online instruction). In addition, she is an accountant, management consultant and writer who is currently writing a set of educational materials. She has two boys, the oldest (DJ) was a student-athlete (Swimming) at Gardner Webb University and attended Graduate School at Georgia State University. The youngest (Devyn) was a student-athlete (swimming) at Queens University (Charlotte, NC). Devyn qualified individually three times for the NCAA Championships and helped his swim team win the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships three times.
Melba Atkinson
Track & Field, Cross Country & Road Race Back-up Timer (and Babysitter)
Melba is Heather's mother and a retired Administrative Assistant for the City of Urbana, IL, for Public Safety (Police & Fire Departments). Although, she is retired, she is busier than ever with grand-children, swim meets, gardening, cooking, sewing projects, Exact Timing and any other tasks her kids have for her... but she enjoys staying busy!
Seasonal Staff: Russ Durand, Nigel Summers, Kirby Tate
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
DJ is Heather's oldest nephew. He was a student-athlete (Swimming) at Gardner Webb University and attended Graduate School at Georgia State University. He enjoys spending his free time gaming, doing accounting/taxes for others and bartending.
Robyn Atkinson Collins
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
Robyn is Heather's youngest sister and a graduate of the University of Michigan. She is a Personalized Insurance Manager in Georgia. She is an avid competitive tennis player and she recently won the USTA State Championships in Rome, Georgia.
Kimberli Atkinson Hughes
Finish Lynx Specialist, Track & Field Marshal & Clerk and Cross Country/Road Race Timer
Kimberli is the proud big sister of Heather. She is an entrepreneur with her husband. She owns and operates 4R Education LLC, a full-time home-school and after-school tutoring center (one-on-one, group settings and online instruction). In addition, she is an accountant, management consultant and writer who is currently writing a set of educational materials. She has two boys, the oldest (DJ) was a student-athlete (Swimming) at Gardner Webb University and attended Graduate School at Georgia State University. The youngest (Devyn) was a student-athlete (swimming) at Queens University (Charlotte, NC). Devyn qualified individually three times for the NCAA Championships and helped his swim team win the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships three times.
Melba Atkinson
Track & Field, Cross Country & Road Race Back-up Timer (and Babysitter)
Melba is Heather's mother and a retired Administrative Assistant for the City of Urbana, IL, for Public Safety (Police & Fire Departments). Although, she is retired, she is busier than ever with grand-children, swim meets, gardening, cooking, sewing projects, Exact Timing and any other tasks her kids have for her... but she enjoys staying busy!
Seasonal Staff: Russ Durand, Nigel Summers, Kirby Tate
Timing Tower at the new Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama; the new home of JSU Track & Field.
The Timing Tower was named after my father by the wonderful Coach Ray (JSU XC/T&F) in March 2017.
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IN MEMORY OF DR. ROBERT M. ATKINSON, II (DOC)
April 11, 1943 - January 10, 2017 My father helped me name my business and he bought me my first Finish Lynx camera in 2004. I will always remember my father's advice to calm down and think before freaking out over an issue at an event. Usually, the issue is something silly that I have overlooked. For example, we were at a track meet and I could not print results. I didn't know what was going on. My father calmly said, "Heather, is the printer plugged in?" Turned out it wasn't. See, stop and think! Thanks Dad! My father passed away from a Stage-4 Glioblastoma Brain Tumor caused by exposure to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. My father's former Exact Timing bio is below... Dr. Robert M. Atkinson, II (Doc) Tech Support, Track & Field Finish Line Official and Cross Country/Road Race Timer Doc is Heather's father and a retired college professor with PhD's from Carnegie Mellon University and Washington University (St. Louis). He taught at the University of Illinois, Florida A&M University and Carnegie Mellon University. He played Basketball and Track & Field as an under-graduate student-athlete at Iowa State University. His Track & Field events were Hurdles, Discus and Javelin. In High School, he set the Iowa State Record for the Football Throw. |