| Height: | 5-11 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Encino, Calif. |
| High School: | Notre Dame HS - Sherman Oaks |
| Position: | Throws |
UC Santa Barbara
2010
Took second at the Big West Challenge Cup with a hammer throw mark
of 164'6" and places her seventh on the UCSB all-time list...Threw
11.29m in the shot put at the UW Invitational Indoor meet.
2009
Took eighth in the hammer at the Big West Championships, with her
best throw measuring 147'8" (45.02m)...Won the hammer at the Cal
Poly dual meet with a heave of 145'3" (44.28m)...Achieved her best
shot put mark of the season at the USC Invitational, where she
threw 40'4" (12.29m).
High School
Competed in the Mission League of the CIF-SS Div. III...League
champion in the shot put in 2008, and was also runner-up in the
discus...Qualified for the Masters Meet in 2008...Achieved her best
mark in the shot put of 41'4.5" at the 2008 Arcadia Invitational,
and achieved her best mark in the discus of 118'6.5" at the 2007
Arcadia Invitational...Was a three-sport athlete, competing in
track, volleyball and basketball, earning 11 varsity
letters...All-league in volleyball in 2008...Was a scholar-athlete
from 2005-2008 and a National Merit Commended Scholar...Graduated
maxima cum laude.
Personal
Francis is a member of the UCSB slackline club...Almost
Famous and The Shawkshank Redemption are her favorite
movies...Her favorite bands are Thrice, John Mayer, Death Cab for
Cutie, and Jimmy Eat World...Likes to knit.
Collegiate Career Bests Shot Put - 40-4 (12.29m) (USC Trojan Invitational, 3/21/2009) Hammer - 164-6 (50.15m) (Big West Challenge Cup, 4/9/2010)