2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Thomas Franklin

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 140
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Ottawa Hills, Ohio
  • High School:
    Ottawa Hills
  • Major:
    Biochemistry

Summary

Biography


2024-25:
  • Second Team All-ODAC
  • Placed 9th in ODAC Championships
  • All-Region 
  • Placed 20th in Regional Championship
  • NCAA National Championship Team At-Large Qualification
  • NCAA National Championship Scoring 7
  • 21st Place Nationals Team Finish
  • Placed 227th overall in National Championship
  • W&L Scholar Athlete (Fall)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

2023-24:
  • Placed 47th at South Region Championships
  • Second Team All-ODAC
  • Placed 13th at ODAC Championships
  • W&L Scholar Athlete (Fall & Winter)
  • Academic All-ODAC
In High School: Earned seven letters in cross country and track... Named All-Conference three times in cross country and track and field... Named All-State for track and field twice.. Named All-State in cross country as a senior... Placed 8th at the state championship meet in the 3200 in 2022... Placed 16th in the state championship's 5k... Earned superior distinction at the Ohio State Science Day in 2022 and 2023... President of the Student Council... member of the Nation Honors Society and on the executive team as the Sergent-at-Arms... State Qualifier for Speech and Debate Extemporaneous Speaking in 2020, 2021 and 2022... State tournament qualifier for Science Olympiad in 2022 and 2023... National Qualifier for the SSNCT Quiz Bowl in 2023... 

Personal: Published in the Horticulture scientific journal for plant science research...Serves on the First Year Orientation Leadership Committee... Spent the summer of 2024 volunteering at Toledo's Food for Thought and worked as a lab technician at the University of Toledo... Summer research assistant focused on how to prevent algal toxins' effects on tomatoes and corn...


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Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'11" 140 lbs
  • 2025Junior

    6'0" 140 lbs