2023 Track & Field Roster
John Franco
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Richboro, Pa.
- High School:
- Council Rock High School South
2023: Outdoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2022: Outdoor – Competed in the pole vault at the Florida Relays.
Indoor – Cleared 4.47 meters/14 feet, 8 inches for ninth in the pole vault at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2021: Outdoor – Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
Indoor – Was third in the pole vault at the Razorback Invitational after reaching a height of 16-0.75.
High School: Placed third in the pole vault at the NYRR Millrose Games…Took top honors in the vault at the indoor Pennsylvania state meet and was first at the Last Chance meet as a senior…Won the Lavino Relays and Meet of Champions as a junior…Finished first at the outdoor district championship with a clearance of 16 feet that year…Placed second at the state meet as a junior and was named his team’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete…Broke the Rochester Rockback Beach Vault with a personal-best mark of 16-2 to win as a junior…Varsity performer as a freshman and also was the outdoor league pole vault champion his first two years…Placed eighth in the district meet his first year…Also played football as a freshman…Member of the Honor Roll from sophomore through senior year.
Personal: Born October 1, 2001…Son of Bethanne and John Franco…Father played football at Wagner College…Sister, Dominique, went to Villanova and was a pole vaulter…Also has three cousins that either play collegiate golf or soccer…Majoring in Psychology and Biology.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
2022: Outdoor – Competed in the pole vault at the Florida Relays.
Indoor – Cleared 4.47 meters/14 feet, 8 inches for ninth in the pole vault at the Tiger Paw Invite.
2021: Outdoor – Redshirted for the Bulldogs.
Indoor – Was third in the pole vault at the Razorback Invitational after reaching a height of 16-0.75.
High School: Placed third in the pole vault at the NYRR Millrose Games…Took top honors in the vault at the indoor Pennsylvania state meet and was first at the Last Chance meet as a senior…Won the Lavino Relays and Meet of Champions as a junior…Finished first at the outdoor district championship with a clearance of 16 feet that year…Placed second at the state meet as a junior and was named his team’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete…Broke the Rochester Rockback Beach Vault with a personal-best mark of 16-2 to win as a junior…Varsity performer as a freshman and also was the outdoor league pole vault champion his first two years…Placed eighth in the district meet his first year…Also played football as a freshman…Member of the Honor Roll from sophomore through senior year.
Personal: Born October 1, 2001…Son of Bethanne and John Franco…Father played football at Wagner College…Sister, Dominique, went to Villanova and was a pole vaulter…Also has three cousins that either play collegiate golf or soccer…Majoring in Psychology and Biology.
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