2008-09 Track and Field
Rob Falchi
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Winmalee, AUSTRALIA
2008-09 Freshman Season
Indoor Track and Field – Owned the team’s top long jump of the season with a 23’-7.50” leap at the MAC Championships where he took third…earned Second-Team All-MAC selection in the triple jump with a distance of 48’-8.00” at the MAC Championships, the team’s second-best leap of season…also took seventh in the high jump at the MAC Championships with a leap of 6’-6.25”.
Outdoor Track and Field – Posted the team’s best long jump of the season at the MAC Championships with a leap of 23’-6.75”, good for third place…also owned the team’s season-best triple jump with his performance at conference championships where he posted a third-place distance of 48’-8.25”…his season personal best in the high jump came at the MAC Championships where he elevated himself 6’-7.00” and placed eighth…member of the 4x100-meter relay team that took fifth at the MAC Championships in 41.97.
Prior to Kent State
Transferred from the Australian College of Physical Education…member of the Australian World Junior Track and Field Team…holds the National Record in the triple jump (14.33 meters)…crowned as a four-time champion in the triple jump…named as the Parramalta Diocese Athlete of the Year in 2007…six-time long jump and triple jump champion at St. Columbus Springwood…personal-bests in the long jump (7.33 meters), high jump (2.03 meters), and triple jump (15.83 meters).
Personal
Born Sept. 28, 1989…son of Robert and Susan Falchi…undecided on a major.
