2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Franklin Adams
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- West Orange, N.J.
- High School:
- West Orange HS
2016-17
Outdoor: Scored team points with a sixth place finish in the long jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Ran a leg of the 4x100 relay that took fourth at the MVC Championships (5/14)...Won the long jump at the Ole Miss Classic (5/6) with a season-best jump of 24’-4.5” (7.43m)…Including his win at the Ole Miss Classic (5/6), tallied four top-three finishes in the long jump…Recorded four marks in the triple jump, including a season-best jump of 47’-9.25” (14.56m) at the Joey Haines Invitational (4/1)…Ends his career ranked 10th on SIU’s all-time outdoor long jump list with a mark of 25’-1.75” in 2015...Competed in the long jump at all eight outdoor meets while placing in the triple jump at four of those meets.
Indoor: Scored team points at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) with a sixth place finish in the long jump…Won two event titles in the long jump, picking up wins in the event at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10) and the Illini Classic (1/14)…Placed in the top-three of the long jump at five of SIU’s eight indoor meets…Recorded season-bests in both the long jump and the triple jump at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10), as he won the long jump with a mark of 24’-1.5” (7.35m) and added a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a leap of 47’-3” (14.40m)…Competed in the long jump at all eight of SIU’s indoor meets…Also competed in the triple jump at six meets and ran the 60-meter dash twice.
2015-16
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, Long Jump
Outdoor: Qualified for the 2016 NCAA West Regional in the long jump, finishing 39th...Qualifying mark came at the Alabama Relays as Adams cleared 7.39m to finish second...Competed in the long jump and triple jump at eight total outdoor meets...Finished second in the long jump at both the Alabama Relays and the Bill Cornell Spring Classic...Scored team points in both the long jump and triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships, finishing seventh in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump.
Indoor: Competed in the long and triple jumps at seven meets...Finished sixth in the long jump at the MVC Championships...Won the triple jump at the EIU Friday Night Special with a personal-best jump of 47'-4.50” (14.44m).
2014-15
MVC Outdoor Champion for Long Jump (7.66m)
All-MVC, Long Jump (Outdoor)
MVC Outdoor Champion for Long Jump (7.66m)...All-MVC, Long Jump (Outoor)...Finished first in long jump at the A-State Red Wolves Open with a then personal-best mark of 7.41m...Placed first in long jump at the Bill Cornell SC with a 7.10m mark...Finished ninth in the triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships..Jumped 7.36m to place fourth in the long jump at the MVC Indoor Championships...Took first place in long jump at both the Saluki Fast Start Meet and the SIU Invitational...Competed in long jump in seven indoor meets...Participated in 60m, long jump and triple jump during indoor season.
MVC Indoor Champion for Long Jump (7.36m)
All-MVC, Long Jump (Indoor)
MVC Indoor Champion for Long Jump (7.36m)...All-MVC, Long Jump (Indoor)...Finished first in long jump at the Saluki Open with a 7.06 mark...Placed seventh in triple jump at the MVC Indoor Championships with a 13.95 mark...Held SIU's highest mark of the season in outdoor long jump at 7.27m...Finished eighth in long jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a 6.96m mark...Jumped 13.84m to place eighth in triple jump at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Ran a leg of the 4x100m to place sixth at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Took first place of 18 in long jump at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic with a 7.27m mark...Competed in long jump and triple jump in eight indoor meets...Participated in three events (long jump, triple jump, 4x100m) in seven outdoor meets.
High School
Participated in both baseball and basketball in addition to track and field...Competed in the 100 meter dash, high jump, long jump, triple jump, discus and shot put in high school...Two-time first-team all-conference selection and one-time second-team selection in the long jump.
Personal
Born May 29, 1995, to James and Geniece Adams in Newark, N.J....Father is a civil engineer and his mother is a zoning officer...Has two siblings, James and Barden...Father was a five-time Big East champion in track at Villanova...Brother, James, is currently a track athlete at the University of South Carolina...Majoring in mechanical engineering.
