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2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

Wyatt French

  • Position Multis
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 164
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Rockwall, Texas
  • Highschool Heritage Christian Academy

Biography

2015 (Freshman): Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Scored 6207 points in the Southland decathlon to place seventh ... Runner-up in the high jump (6-3.25) and was third in the long jump (22-3) ... Set a personal best of 149-4 in the javelin to place third at Texas Tech ... Decathlon runner-up at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational with 6,229 points ... Won the decathlon high jump (6-1.5), long jump (23-1.75) and pole vault (13-9.25) titles in San Marcos in addition to placing second in the 100m (11.08) and 400m (52.27) ... Seventh-place in the Southland heptathlon with 4,689 points ... Highest finish in Birmingham was a second-place high jump of 6-3.25.

High School: Graduated in 2014 from Heritage Christian Academy ... Posted a runner-up decathlon showing at the Great Southwest Classic where he scored 6,389 points at the Albuquerque-based meet and missed winning the event by a mere three points ... Results over the two-day event included PRs in the 100m (11.44), 110H (15.49), 400m (41.61) ... Additional personal bests included a 5:02 1500m, 14-0 pole vault, 22-0.5 long jump, 6-3.5 high jump, 41-6 shot put, and 129-3 discus ... 2014 USATF national qualifier in the long jump and high jump ... Winner of three TAPPS 2A state championships ... Won the first of two high jump titles in 2013 and was the 2014 champion in the pole vault ... Finished as the 2014 TAPPS runner-up in the 400m and 110 hurdles and was third in the long jump, accumulating 42 points all by himself ... Decathlon competitor at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics, and the following year he placed fourth with 6,434 points at the Texas Greatest Athlete Decathlon . Played six-man high school football and in 2013 was voted the District 2A Defensive Player of the Year in addition to receiving both all-state linebacker and punter citations ... Member of his school's national honor society and made the all-state academic teams for track and football.

Personal: Given name is Wyatt Anderson French ... Born 26 August 1995 in Rockwall, Texas ... Son of Don and Angie French ... Business major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Multis
    5'10" 164 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Multis
    5'10" 164 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    Multis
    5'10" 164 lbs