2016-17 Men's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

Jonathan Gonzalez
Jonathan Gonzalez
Jonathan Gonzalez
Jonathan Gonzalez
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

Zodani Francois

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Ht./Wt.:
    - /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    1
  • Hometown:
    Lauderhill, Fla.
  • High School:
    Boyd Anderson HS / Barton CC

Summary

Biography

2016 Third Team All-Sun Belt Outdoors (110h)
2016 NCAA West Regional Qualifier (110h)

2017 Outdoor Season:
Came in 12th at the Sun Belt Championship (May 12) in the 110 hurdles in a time of 14.77 seconds...Won the 110 hurdles at the Memphis Invitational (April 28) in 14.54 seconds...Part of the fourth-place 4x400 team at that meet as well with a time of 3:16.85...Came in ninth in the 100 at the ASU Red Wolf Open (April 21) with a time of 11.36 seconds...At the Beach Invitational (April 15), took 17th in the 110 hurdles in 14.69 seconds...Ran the 110 hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14) and came in 16th place in 14.84 seconds...At the Pacific Beach Intercollegiate (April 13), took 16th in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.44 seconds...Won the 110 hurdles at the Little Rock Open in 14.39 seconds...Began his season with a fourth-place showing in the Bobby Lane Invitational in the 110 hurdles in 14.52 seconds.

2016-17 Indoor Season: Placed sixth at the Sun Belt Championship in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.29 seconds, scoring three points for Little Rock (Feb. 20)...Also was part of the Trojans' 4x400 relay team that came in fourth at that meet with a time of 3:16.76...Won the 4x400 at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 2) with a time of 3:19.51...Came in third in the 60-meter hurdles at the USA Invitational (Feb. 5) with a time of 8.41 seconds...At the Samford Open (Feb. 10), placed sixth in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.36 seconds.

2016 Outdoor Season: Represented Little Rock at the NCAA West Regional, taking 34th place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.37 seconds...Set a season best in the 110 hurdles at the Beach Invitational (April 15) with a time of 14.18 (w), now the second-fastest time in program history...Came in third place in the Sun Belt Championship (May 13) and was named Third Team All-Sun Belt with a time of 14.32 seconds in the 110 hurdles...Ran on the 4x400 relay team at that meet as well, helping Little Rock to a seventh-place showing in 3:18.00...At the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14), came in 12th in the 110 hurdles in 14.48 seconds...At the Little Rock Invitational (April 8), won the 110 and 400 hurdles with times of 14.56 and 53.60 seconds, respectively...Came in fourth in the 110 hurdles at the Louisiana Classic (March 25) with a time of 14.30, and he also ran fourth in the 4x400 at that meet with a time of 3:18.54...Opened the outdoor season by running in the 4x400 relays at UCA (March 12), helping the Trojans take second in 3:19.54.

2015-16 Indoor Season: Began his Trojan career with a victory in the 4x400 relay, helping the Trojans to a time of 3:19.87 at the ASU Kickoff Klassic...Also came in second in the 55-meter hurdle finals at that meet with a time of 7.62 seconds...Took second in the 55 hurdles again at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 22) with a time of 7.56 seconds...Also helped the Trojans to an eighth-place finish in the 4x400 relay at that meet with a time of 3:26.75...Ran the 60-meter hurdles at the Jaguar Invite, putting up a time of 8.15 seconds in the final...At the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 22), helped score points for the Trojans in all three events he ran...Came in fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.06 seconds, finished fifth in the DMR with a time of 10:18.01 and took seventh in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:21.55.

Before Little Rock: Ran track for two years at Barton CC, winning the Jayhawk Conference Championship in the 60-meter hurdles...Also an NJCAA Region VI runner up in the 110 and 400 hurdles...A three-time national qualifier...At Boyd Anderson High School, was an All-Broward County Honorable Mention selection.

Personal: Born August 20, 1994...Son of Filise Francois...Has a brother, Melkiore and a sister, Santia Saintilus...Majoring in health promotion.

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  • 2015-16Junior

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