Connellsville grad Madison Wiltrout captures first ACC javelin title
North Carolina redshirt freshman Madison Wiltrout captured the ACC women’s javelin title Thursday with a personal collegiate best throw of 182 feet, 5 inches.
Madison Wiltrout's mark of 55.60m (182-5) landed her a personal best and a ? at her first #ACCOTF Championships! @UNCTrack_Field pic.twitter.com/oU9UjguWyC
— ACC Track & Field (@ACCTrackField) May 10, 2019
The 2017 Connellsville graduate, a four-time WPIAL and PIAA Class AAA champion, has been recovering from right elbow surgery in the PIAA finals in 2015 when she burst on the scene with a National Federation of High Schools record throw at Norwin in a WPIAL qualifier.
She tore her ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in her right elbow on her second throw in the state finals, which was against a stiff wind.
Wiltrout said the injury occurred because a series of breakdowns in her technique (dropping the elbow, rushing and a bad plant).
First season in Carolina blue, and Madison Wiltrout is already an ACC Champion ?
? 182-5 (55.60 meters)#GoHeels? | #ACCOTF pic.twitter.com/zHRh1f8v7F
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) May 10, 2019
She owns the NHSF record of 185-8 and PIAA championship record of 182-8.
She was a two-time Pennsylvania Gatorade Girls Track Athlete of the Year.
Wiltrout was shut down by the North Carolina coaches and medical staff in 2017-18 season after she competed in the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in 2017.
Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.
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