Franklin’s triple jump record earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Tori Franklin (Oak Park, Illinois) broke the American indoor record in the women’s triple jump to earn USATF Athlete of the Week.
 
Franklin, who went into the USATF Indoor Championships at Albuquerque as the holder of the indoor and outdoor American records, saw her indoor record snatched away in round two of the competition by Keturah Orji, who went 14.60m/47-10.5 to take the lead. Franklin came through on her final attempt to reclaim the AR and grab the gold with a 14.64m/48-0.5 effort, winning her third USATF indoor title.
 
Full results are here.
 
Other notable performances from the past week:
 

• Shelby Houlihan — Houlihan again won the distance double, this time the 1500/3000, at the USATF Indoors, running 4:06.41 and 8:52.03 in Albuquerque. It was her third such career double at indoor nationals.
• Ryan Crouser — Crouser came within six centimeters of the world indoor record in the men’s shot put at Albuquerque, breaking the meet record with his 22.60m/74-1.75 blast. It was the second-farthest indoor throw in history.
• Christian Coleman — Coleman was only .03 off his own world indoor record in the 60m at USATF Indoors, clocking 6.37 to equal the second-fastest time in history.
• Conor McCullough — McCullough moved to No. 4 on the all-time world performer list in the men’s weight throw with a 25.31m/83-0.5 effort at USATF Indoors.
• Kathy Bergen — Bergen set three world W80 masters records at the SW Masters Indoor Championships in Houston in the high jump, 60m and 200m.
• Robyn Stevens — Stevens won her first indoor national title, taking the 3,000m race walk in a PR 13:12.54 at Albuquerque three weeks after winning the women’s 50K walk gold.

 
Now in its 19th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
 
2020 Winners: January 9, Miranda Melville; January 16, Paul Perry; January 23, Natosha Rogers; January 30, Tyler Day, February 6, Devin Dixon; February 13, Elle Purrier; February 20, Tori Franklin.
 
We welcome your nominations!
 
To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org.
 
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