The Lobos continued the dynasty in cross country, with the women winning their 12th-straight Mountain West Championship and producing the Mountain West individual champion for the fourth consecutive year. Franklin delivered two national championships in cross country, the first individual national championship in cross country in Ednah Kurgat and eight individual track and field champions. Since the start of the 2009-10 school year, the Franklin-led Lobos have claimed the most conference titles of any Mountain West member, with 23 total (11 women’s cross-country six men’s cross-country three men’s indoor track & field one men’s outdoor track & field two women’s indoor track & field). Since the awards inception New Mexico has made the list six times on the men’s side and five times on the women’s side.įranklin has also assembled a considerable collection of championship hardware while leading UNM. In 2008 the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Association created a “Program of the Year” award to honor those teams who succeeded in all three sports - cross country, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field - on a yearly basis at the NCAA Championships. Since that time Franklin has wasted little time making his mark at New Mexico and achieved many of the goals he laid out in his hiring, which culminated with UNM’s most successful season for the women in 2018-19. We want to have athletes in the sprints, throws, jumps, vaults and distance events qualifying for the NCAAs consistently and then see if we can build on that and start moving up in the team standings.” Let’s see if we can get to be a top-25 team in track and field. Let’s see if we can get to be a top-10 team in cross country. “The goals for the program are always to see where we can max out in every event,” he said. I think the University of New Mexico and city of Albuquerque are tremendous settings for competition and training and places that provide unique opportunities for student-athletes.”įranklin said he has lofty expectations for the future of the UNM track and cross country programs. Franklin is the seventh men’s and fifth women’s head track and field coach at UNM.Īt the time of his hiring Franklin said, “I’m excited and thrilled. This is a very unique opportunity, especially when you look at the great tradition and history that New Mexico has had in cross country and track and field. He replaced Matt Henry who retired after seven years at New Mexico. Franklin took over the program on Jafter 13 years in the same role at Butler University. Joe Franklin enters his 14th year as the head track and field/cross country coach at The University of New Mexico. UNM Institutional Spot: Unexpected on Purpose.Lobo Radio Network Broadcasts Live via TuneIn Radio.
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