2012 Track and Field Roster
Alyssa Frank
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Union, Ky.
- High School:
- Ryle
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Pentathlon: 3,547 (2012)
60-Meter Hurdles: 9.25 (2012)
High Jump: 5-07/1.70m (2010)
Shot Put: 35-04.50/10.78m (2012)
Long Jump: 16-10/5.13m (2010)
800-Meters: 2:27.90 (2012)
60-Meters: 8.39 (2012)
400-Meters: 1:04.29 (2009)
OUTDOOR
Heptathlon: 4,925 (2012)
100-Meter Hurdles: 14.97 (2012)
High Jump: 5-08.50/1.74m (2012)
Shot Put: 36-02.75/11.04m (2012)
200-Meters: 26.78 (2012)
Long Jump: 17-02.75/5.25m (2012)
Javelin: 105-10/32.26m (2012)
800-Meters: 2:23.41 (2012)
ACADEMIC HONORS
MPSF All-Academic (2012)
Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2012)
2013: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2012: Indoor: Frank became the eighth best pentathete in CU history when she recorded 3,547 points at the ISU Classic (2/9). She placed eighth overall at the meet and had all five season bests there, three of which were lifetime bests. Frank raced to a PR of 9.25 in the 60-meter hurdles, 2:27.90 in the 800 and threw the shot put 35-04.50. She did well in the other two pentathlons. Frank placed sixth at the Potts Invite (1/20) with 3,327 points and was 16th at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Championships with 3,468 points. Frank also competed in the high jump at the MPSF Championships; tying for 16th overall (5-04.25).
Outdoor: Frank had a successful junior outing in the heptathlon as she became the ninth best performer in CU history at the Pac-12 Championships with 4,925 points to place 10th at the meet. Frank recorded a then-PR of 5-07.25 in the high jump, as well as three more PRs in the shot put (36-02.75), long jump (17-02.75) and the 800 (2:23.41). Frank came back a week later to compete in the high jump and jumped a life-time best of 5-08.50, tying for fourth overall at the Pac-12 Championship. The mark put her ninth on CU’s performers list in the high jump and was the second best by a Buff during the 2012 season. She went on to compete in the high jump at the NCAA West Prelims and tied for 30th (5-07.25).
2011: Indoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
Outdoor: Redshirt. Did not compete.
2010: Indoor: Frank competed in three pentathlons during the indoor season. She recorded a personal record 3,468 points at the New Mexico Classic (2/5), the third best total in 2010 for a Buff. She had four PRs at the meet in the 60-hurdles (9.36), high jump (5-7), shot put (33-01) and long jump (16-10). Frank’s PR in the high jump was the 10th best jump in combined events history and tied her for eighth on the CU all-time performers list. Frank participated in the high jump and pentathlon for the Buffs at the conference championship. She was 10th in the pentathlon (3,344) and tied for 14th in the high jump (5-03.25).
Outdoor: Frank participated in two heptathlons as a sophomore and recorded a personal best 4,510 points at the Big 12 Championship, placing 10th overall. She tallied personal bests in the 100-hurdles (15.68), high jump (5-06.50), shot put (34-04.75), 200 (27.62) and 800 (2:32.80).
2009: Indoor: Frank only competed in one pentathlon during her freshman campaign but recorded 3,155 points for third place at the Potts Invite (1/23). Frank mainly focused on the high jump. Her best finish came at the Air Force Duals when she passed a height of 5-7 and took third.
Outdoor: Frank competed in three heptathlons during the second half of her season. It all came together for her at the Big 12 Championship when she placed 11th with 4,283 points and earned then-PRs in four events (100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200). Frank tied for first in the high jump (in the heptathlon) with a jump of 5-06.50. She qualified for the USA Junior Championships and notched 3,996 points.
HIGH SCHOOL: Frank was a three-year letterwinner on the Larry A. Ryle High School track and field team. She was named to Kentucky’s First Team for Track and Field and the LARHS Most Valuable Player for track and field twice. Frank was named the Northern Kentucky Female Athlete of the Year and the 2007-08 LARHS Female Athlete of the Year. She owns school records in the long jump (17-07.25), triple jump (36-11.25) and 100-meter hurdles (15.75). Frank won the state championship in the triple jump and was second in the high jump and 100m hurdles as a senior. She also placed third in the long jump that season. As a junior, she earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the high and triple jumps and was also second in the high jump as a sophomore. Frank was a member of the honor roll in high school and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class. Frank was a member of the National, Math and Hispanic Honor Societies.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Long Jump: 17-02.25; Triple Jump: 36-11.25; High Jump: 5-4.5; 100-Meter Hurdles: 15.75; 300-Meter Hurdles: 48.84.
ACADEMICS: Frank graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering major with an impressive 3.756 GPA as well as a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. She was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2010 and in 2012 she was named MPSF All-Academic and Pac-12 All-Academic second team.
PERSONAL: Alyssa Ann Frank was born on February 4, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Mich. to Timothy and Dorothy Frank. Timothy competed in track and field at South Dakota School of Mines. She has one older sibling, Jaime. Frank lists golfing, dancing, bowling and skiing as her hobbies.
