Bradley Franklin
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 July 2006 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Events | Sprint, Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 100m: 10.44 (2025) 110mH: 13.00 (2026) Indoor 60m: 6.63 (2026) 60mH: 7.42 (2026) |
Bradley Franklin (born 25 July 2006) is an American high hurdler. He placed second in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[1]
Biography
From Alabaster, Alabama,[2] Franklin attended Thompson High School. In February 2024, he was ranked first in the 60 metres hurdles in the United States for his age-group.[3]
Franklin competed at the 2025 NCAA Championships both indoors and outdoors for Samford University, eleventh and fifteenth in the hurdles at the respective events. The following winter, he went into the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships as the top seed in the 60 metres hurdles, holding a 0.04 second lead over Malachi Snow, having won the 2026 Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. He had also won the 60 metres dash at the championships.[4][5] In March, Franklin won his semi-final at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 7.42 seconds, before finishing runner-up in the final in 7.43 behind Ja'Kobe Tharp's winning time of 7.32 seconds.[6][7][8] Following this performance, Franklin signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) contract with ON Running.[9][10]
Competing outdoors the following month, Franklin won the 110 m final of the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, running a wind-assisted 13.07 (+2.7) to move to sixth on the collegiate all-conditions all-time list.[11] On 12 June, he placed fifth in the 110 m hurdles final at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships, running 13.19 seconds.[2][12][13] In July, Franklin ran a personal best 13.04 seconds to qualify fastest for the final of the 110 m hurdles at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in New York, before lowering it further in the final, placing second overall by four-thousandths of a second behind World Champion Cordell Tinch 12.993 to 12.997 seconds, with both credited with the same time of 13.00 seconds.[14][15]
References
- ↑ "Bradley Franklin". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Alabaster's Bradley Franklin finishes fifth at NCAA national championship". shelbycountyreporter.com. June 16, 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ Stansell, Jake (28 February 2024). "Thompson track star making leaps on the national stage". wbrc.com. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Thompson alum Bradley Franklin runs fastest 60m hurdles time in D-I with Samford". shelbycountyreporter.com. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "Little Dogs on the Big Stage: The Athletes Representing Small Schools". Flotrack.org. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Alabaster's Bradley Franklin finishes second at NCAA indoor nationals". shelbycountyreporter.com. 17 March 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "JANE HEDENGREN OUTLASTS DORIS LEMNGOLE TO WIN NCAA 5,000 METERS". DyeStat.com. March 14, 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "ARKANSAS MEN SCORE IN 11 EVENTS IN NCAA MEET, WIN TEAM TITLE". Runnerspace. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "On Signs Rising Track Star Bradley Franklin to NIL Partnership". On-Running. April 16, 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "On Running NIL latest signings: Emma Fryga and Bradley Franklin". SGI Europe. 20 April 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ "WEEKEND WRAP: RELAYS, RECORDS, RANKINGS POINTS IN COAST-TO-COAST ACTION". USATF. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ↑ "2026 NCAA Track and Field Championships Day 3 Results: Who Won?". Flotrack. 12 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
- ↑ "NCAA Track And Field Championships 2026 Qualifiers". Flotrack. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ "JEFFERSON-WOODEN DOMINANT ON FINAL DAY OF TOYOTA USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf. 26 July 2026. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Johnson, Robert (26 July 2026). "2026 USAs Day 4: MJW dominates, Lyles pulls up, Ciattei & Mackay move up for 5k titles". Lets Run. Retrieved 26 July 2026.