Skyler Franklin’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)
1x USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 5: Outdoor 400 Meter (50.83, 2026 NCAA East First Round)
No. 5: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:26.51, 2026 Battle on the Bayou)
No. 7: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:26.89, 2026 LSU Invitational)
No. 9: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:27.50, 2026 NCAA East First Round)
No. 10: Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay (3:27.64, 2026 SEC Outdoor Championship)
2026 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Was part of four of the top-10 fastest 4x400-meter relay teams in LSU history her freshman season, with a top-10 time in LSU history for the 400 meter… finished 15th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400m with a time of 51.62 seconds… qualified for the NCAA East First Round in the 400m and 4x400… clocked a personal-best time of 50.83 seconds in the 400m at the NCAA East First Round, which ranks No. 5 in LSU history and was the fastest U20 time in the world for 2026… at the first round, helped the 4x400 to the No. 9 performance in LSU history of 3:27.50… helped the 4x400 to seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships with the No. 10 performance in LSU history of 3:27.64… at the LSU Battle on the Bayou she finished first with the 4x400 in an LSU No. 5 all-time performance of 3:26.51… also finished seventh at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 52.12 seconds in the 400m… recorded a personal-best time of 22.99 seconds in the 200 meter at the Baylor Invitational to finish third… took second at the LSU Invitational with the 4x400 in their LSU No. 7 performance of 3:26.89… recorded a 300-meter PR of 37.23 seconds to finish third at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational… opened the season clocking a time of 52.92 seconds in the 400m to finish third… helped the 4x400 to a win at the LSU Alumni Gold with their time of 3:29.89… USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (400m).
2026 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
Finished her first season with an 18th-place finish in the 400 meter at the SEC Indoor Championship with the time of 53.03 seconds… opened the season with a first-place finish and a time of 24.19 seconds in the 200 meter at LSU Purple Tiger… took first in the 200m at LSU Bayou Bengal with a time of 24.17 seconds… took second in the 200m and sixth in the 400m at the UNM Collegiate Classic.
PRIOR TO LSU – Rise Preparatory Academy
Was ranked as the No. 1 recruit for the Class of 2026 according to MileSplit, before reclassifying to the Class of 2025… has dual-citizenship between the USA and Jamaica, and chose to represent Jamaica last season as she heads forward with her career on the track… the 400-meter star made waves across the world this in 2024, notably clocking the top-U18 time in the world of 51.01 seconds… her time made her the fastest sophomore in US history and the third-fastest 400m runner in US history… forty-four times an All-American prior to her junior season of high school… clocked a time of 51.99 seconds to win the Jamaican U20 Championship title across 400m, and also took silver in the 200 meter with a time of 23.16 seconds… keeping it the realm of Jamaica, Franklin sits at second all-time in Jamaican U20 history with her 400m PR of 51.01 seconds, just behind Sandie Richards who clocked 50.92 seconds in 1987… Franklin was crowned the National Champion at the 2024 Nike Indoor Nationals where she ran 53.44 seconds in the 400m… she also claimed the 4×400-meter relay title at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals with Montverde Academy with their time of 3:31.68… Franklin holds a stellar list of personal-best times of 7.46 seconds (60m), 11.44 seconds (100m), 23.00 seconds (200m), 37.56 seconds (300m), and 51.01 seconds (400m) at the age of 17.
PERSONAL
Born on July 24, 2007, in Miramar, Fla… has 10 siblings… plans to pursue a degree in forensic anthropology at LSU.