Major:Â UndeclaredÂ
Falco’s TFRRS page:Â HERE
2018 Outdoor Season:Â Falco put together a strong freshman outdoor campaign, finishing the year with one school record…Â SEC Championships:Â Falco enjoyed her best meet of the season at the conference competition, setting a school record in the long jump with a leap of 19-10.75 (6.06 meters), a collegiate personal record in the triple jump of 40-9.75 (12.43m) and a collegiate-best in the 200 meters (24.55)…Â Lyles-Wood Invitational:Â Posted a triple jump best of 40-2 (12.24m) and 24.62 clocking in the 200…Â Tennessee Relays:Â Set a season best of 11.92 in the 100-meter dash, and produced a long jump of 18-7.75 (5.68m)…Â Spec Towns Invitational:Â Best effort was a long jump of 18-10.75 (5.76m)…Â Black and Gold Invitational:Opened the outdoor campaign with a 25.52 (200 meters) and long jump of 17-11.25 (5.48m).Â
2018 Indoor Season: SEC Championships: Became the team’s fourth all-time triple jumper with 39’0.50″ effort (11.90 meters) at finals of conference meet… Also matched season best in the 60-meter dash with 7.65 effort and posted a collegiate best of 5.82m (19’1.25″) in the long jump… Music City Challenge: Ran second fastest 60-meter dash in team history with 7.65 effort… Also posted long jump best of with 18’10.25″ effort… Power 5 Invitational: Posted sprint times of 7.71 (60 meters) and 25.74 (200 meters)… Also leaped 18’7″ in the long jump and 38’2″ in triple jump… Vanderbilt Invitational: Ran fastest collegiate 200 meters (25.56) and 7.73 in 60 meters… In field events, went 18’0.25″ in long jump and 38’1.25″ in triple jump…. Commodore Invitational: Ran 7.84 (60 meters) and 25.93 (200 meters)… Also posted 17’10.75″ long jump effort… VU Opener: Falco started the campaign impressively, running the third fastest 60 meters ever by a Commodore (7.70) and posting the sixth best long jump in program history (18’4.25″).
Personal:Â Native of Bradenton, Fla. … Daughter of Marc and Jeanne Falco … Has two siblings, Gabriell and Talia … Sister is a senior pentathlon/heptathlon athlete at Kent State … Mom also ran track at Kent State … Helped Lakewood Ranch to Florida 4A state team title… Also played soccer in high school.
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Prior to Vanderbilt:
  – 2016 Florida 4A long jump champion – 20’4.75″
  – New Balance Outdoor “Emerging Elite triple jump champion – 40’0.50”
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| Sophia Falco | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Event | Mark/Time | VU Rank | Year |
| Indoor | 60 | 7.65 | 2nd | 2018 |
| Indoor | Long Jump | 19’1.25″ | 3rd | |
| Indoor | Triple Jump | 39’0.50″ | 4th |