2026 Cross Country Roster
Madelyn McFadden
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Franklin HS
- Hometown:
- Franklin, Texas
2025-2026
Indoors – competed in 5 meets. Opened the season placing 2nd in the Texas A&M McFerrin 12-Degree Invitational in the 600. Finished the season placing 5th in the 400 at the WAC Championship with an indoor personal best time of 56.17. She also ran the leadoff leg on the 2nd place 4x400 relay.
Outdoors – competed in 5 meets outdoors, opening the season by placing 2nd in the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational 400 in a personal best time of 55.72. At the Texas Relays, Madelyn ran on 3 ACU relays – running the leadoff leg on the 5th place 4x800 relay, the leadoff 200 meter leg on the 7th place sprint medley relay, and the 2nd leg on the 14th place 4x400 relay. She finished 3rd in Tarleton State's Joe Gillespie Invitational 800 with a season best time of 2:15.12. Then, completed her first season at ACU placing 12th in the WAC Championship 400 and running the anchor leg on the champion 4x400 relay.
Before ACU: Madelyn enjoyed an outstanding career at Franklin HS. She qualified for the 3A state track meet in Austin in all 4 of her HS years. She placed 7th in the 800 as a freshman, 7th again in the 800 as a sophomore, then moved up to 5th as a junior in the 800. After her junior season, she also finished 11th in the AAU National Junior Olympic 17-18 year old 800 held at North Carolina A&T University. But, it was her senior year that was her best in HS. In the fall, she qualified for the 3A State XC meet for the first time. Moving indoors, she placed 4th in the Nike Indoor Nationals in the Emerging Elite division with a time of 2:16.74, which was the 9th fastest time indoors for a Texas HS student. At the 3A state track meet, she finished 2nd in both the 400 and the 800. Her times as a senior both placed her in the top-100 in the state – a 55.80 in the 400 put her at #43 and a 2:13.36 placed her as the #23 best time Texas. After the state meet, she finished 4th in the TTFCA Meet of Champions 400. She left Franklin HS as the school record holder in the 200 (25.55), plus the 400 and 800. She was also named a Texas Track and Field Coaches Association All-Star.
Personal: A 2025 graduate of Franklin HS, she graduated 4th in her class and a National Honor Society member. Her parents are Rodney and Stephanie McFadden. She has a brother, Kohen, and a sister, Jentri. Her uncle, Daniel Martin, was an SEC All-Conference decathlete for Texas A&M, where he also finished 3rd in the Texas Relays decathlon in 2016. At ACU, she is majoring in Animal Science. Her nickname is Maddie.
Indoors – competed in 5 meets. Opened the season placing 2nd in the Texas A&M McFerrin 12-Degree Invitational in the 600. Finished the season placing 5th in the 400 at the WAC Championship with an indoor personal best time of 56.17. She also ran the leadoff leg on the 2nd place 4x400 relay.
Outdoors – competed in 5 meets outdoors, opening the season by placing 2nd in the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational 400 in a personal best time of 55.72. At the Texas Relays, Madelyn ran on 3 ACU relays – running the leadoff leg on the 5th place 4x800 relay, the leadoff 200 meter leg on the 7th place sprint medley relay, and the 2nd leg on the 14th place 4x400 relay. She finished 3rd in Tarleton State's Joe Gillespie Invitational 800 with a season best time of 2:15.12. Then, completed her first season at ACU placing 12th in the WAC Championship 400 and running the anchor leg on the champion 4x400 relay.
Before ACU: Madelyn enjoyed an outstanding career at Franklin HS. She qualified for the 3A state track meet in Austin in all 4 of her HS years. She placed 7th in the 800 as a freshman, 7th again in the 800 as a sophomore, then moved up to 5th as a junior in the 800. After her junior season, she also finished 11th in the AAU National Junior Olympic 17-18 year old 800 held at North Carolina A&T University. But, it was her senior year that was her best in HS. In the fall, she qualified for the 3A State XC meet for the first time. Moving indoors, she placed 4th in the Nike Indoor Nationals in the Emerging Elite division with a time of 2:16.74, which was the 9th fastest time indoors for a Texas HS student. At the 3A state track meet, she finished 2nd in both the 400 and the 800. Her times as a senior both placed her in the top-100 in the state – a 55.80 in the 400 put her at #43 and a 2:13.36 placed her as the #23 best time Texas. After the state meet, she finished 4th in the TTFCA Meet of Champions 400. She left Franklin HS as the school record holder in the 200 (25.55), plus the 400 and 800. She was also named a Texas Track and Field Coaches Association All-Star.
Personal: A 2025 graduate of Franklin HS, she graduated 4th in her class and a National Honor Society member. Her parents are Rodney and Stephanie McFadden. She has a brother, Kohen, and a sister, Jentri. Her uncle, Daniel Martin, was an SEC All-Conference decathlete for Texas A&M, where he also finished 3rd in the Texas Relays decathlon in 2016. At ACU, she is majoring in Animal Science. Her nickname is Maddie.
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