Franklin Dashman '23 Recruiting Profile

Hello Coaches, I'm Franklin! I'm currently a Junior attending Livingston High School, NJ graduating class of 2023. I started running Cross Country in my sophomore year of high school because I wanted to get in shape, however, by the end of the season, I found a deep passion for the sport and a desire to improve.  Over this past season of Cross Country, I took it upon myself to run outside of mandatory practices, and push my training farther than what I had previously thought possible. I balanced this with playing in marching band, taking honors and ap classes in school, and extracurricular activities after school. It was a long and arduous span of three months, but it paid off and my times dropped dramatically. Last year I could barely run in the high 20s for 5k and this year I managed to crack into the high 18s by the end of this season. I am still hungry for more improvement and will continue to push myself every day to obtain my personal goals and dream of one day competing at the collegiate level.