Kobe Franklin

position Sprints, Jumps
class Senior
Hometown Woodbridge, Va.
High school Covenant Classical

position Sprints, Jumps
class Senior
Hometown Woodbridge, Va.
High school Covenant Classical

Season and Career Results

2023

Indoor

Appeared in seven indoor competitions, competing in the high jump … Kicked off his season with a new personal best, clearing 2.15m (7-0.5) to win the Gamecock Opener with the fifth highest jump in Gamecock indoor history … Finished runner up in the South Carolina Invitational (2.03m) and the USC Indoor Open (2.00m) … Scored at the SEC Indoor Championship, finishing seventh overall when he cleared 2.10m (6-10.75).

Outdoor

Competed in nine outdoor meets, primarily competing in the high jump … Began his outdoor season at the Island Relays Bahamas where he competed in the 200m, long jump and the high jump … Posted personal bests in both the 200m (23.48) and the long jump (6.28m) while in the Bahamas, also finishing second overall in the high jump with a height of 2.00m (6-6.75) … Set a new outdoor personal best in the high jump at the Tom Jones Memorial in Florida, clearing 2.09m (6-10.25) to finish seventh … Scored at the SEC Outdoor Championship when he finished sixth with a height of 2.09m (6-10.25) … Finished 34^th overall at the NCAA East Regional, jumping 1.99m (6-6.25).

2022

Indoor

Competed in seven indoor meets, scoring in the high jump in five of those events … Finished fifth in back-to-back home meets with marks of 2.03m (6-8) and 2.02m (6-7.50) … Turned in his best indoor result of the season on Feb. 18 when he placed second in the high jump at the UofSC Indoor Open with a height of 2.00m (6-6.75) … Set a season best in the SEC Indoor Championship with a mark of 2.06m (6-9), placing sixth to score for the Gamecocks.

Outdoor

Appeared in six outdoor meets on the season, posting marks in five of the six high jump events … Started the outdoor campaign with a T-7^th finish in the high jump following a height of 1.95m (6-4.75) … Registered a season best with a height of 2.07m (6-9.5) at the SEC Outdoor Championship, placing eighth to score for Carolina.

2021

Indoor

Competed in the high jump five times for Carolina … Took 10^th at the SEC Championships, clearing his season-best height of 2.03m/6-8 … Cleared two meters or higher at three meets … Placed in the top five at the Carolina Challenge … Also jumped at the Gamecock Opener, South Carolina Invitational and the USC Indoor Open.

Outdoor

Competed in the high jump at five meets for the Gamecocks … Came in 13^th at the SEC Championships, clearing a season-best height of 2.02m/6-7.50 … Earned top-five finishes at the Weems Baskin, USC Open and Charlotte Invitational … Cleared two meters or higher at all but one meet.

2020

Indoor

Jumped at five events for the Gamecocks during the indoor campaign… Competed at the SEC Championships in the high jump… Set a then-personal-record of 2.03m (6-7 3/4) at the South Carolina Invite to take fifth.

Outdoor

Cancelled.

2019

Indoor

Competed four times, all in the high jump, in his first indoor campaign… set a season-best in his first meet, when he finished second at the Orange & Purple Elite by clearing 2.01m (6-7).

Outdoor

Jumped at three meets, finishing in the top five at each one…. Finished second at the Black & Gold Challenge and the Buccaneer Invitational, with a season-best 2.00m (6-6 3/4) in Orlando… Placed fourth at the USC Outdoor Open… Was on the 4x400m relay at the Black & Gold Challenge, where he was part of a third-place finish.

Pre-South Carolina

High School

Competed in the high jump, long jump, triple jump, 200m and 400m at Covenant Classical Christian School … Set the SCISA high jump state championship in the high jump en route to the 2018 state title … Participated on Covenant’s cross country state championship team … Also lettered in basketball.

Personal

Son of James and Tina Franklin … Has two brothers, Kaleb and Walter … Also has a sister, Laila … Wants to be a pilot after graduation.

Personal Records
Indoor