PSU's Maddie Holmberg claims All-America honors in heptathlon
Maddie Holmberg did not ask for an extra year of college track and field, but she took advantage of the one she was afforded.
And she capped her decorated college career with more accolades.
A grad student at Penn State and a Hempfield alum, Holmberg finished sixth in the heptathlon on Saturday at the NCAA Division I Championships in Eugene, Ore., to earn All-America first-team honors.
Holmberg, who recently was named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after winning her second Big Ten championship, took second place in the long jump (6.28 meters), ninth in the javelin (37.63), sixth in the 800-meter run (2:15.39), and also posted season-best marks in the high jump (1.63) and shot put (13.55) on the way to a season-best score of 5,864.
Finishing her tremendous Penn State career with a season best 5864 in the women’s heptathlon!
Maddie Holmberg is a First Team All-American #WeAre pic.twitter.com/V9JfYVQ6Hj
— Penn State Track & Field/Cross Country (@PennStateTFXC) June 12, 2021
Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.
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