Frankie Young

In the simplest of terms, Frankie Young is the best long jumper in Indiana High School Athletic Association history.

While at Kokomo High School, Young won three consecutive IHSAA long jump championships in 1993, ’94 and ’95 and his state record of 24-7 ¾ — which he set as a junior and tied as a senior — still stands.

Young continued his career at Indiana State University where, along with setting ISU records, he won seven of a possible eight Missouri Valley Conference long jump titles and two triple-jump championships. His nine MVC titles are the most for any field athlete in Conference history.

In 1999, Young was runner-up at the NCAA championship meet with a leap of 26-10. He was a four-time NCAA All-American (twice indoors, twice outdoors). In 1999, he finished 10th at the World Games and in 2000 he participated in the Olympic Trials.

Young has been inducted into the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame.