Maddie Pitts Season 2022-23

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 200m – 24.35, 800m – 2:15.30, 60mH – 8.93, 100mH – 14.56, HJ – 5-3.75 (1.62m), LJ – 19-6.75 (5.96m), SP – 39-2.25 (11.94m), JT – 68-0 (20.73m), PENT – 3645, HEP – 5265
 
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
 
RECORDS: Ranks eighth on Penn State’s heptathlon list with 5265 points.
 
AWARDS:
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
 
2023 Outdoor
Season: She finished fourth place in the Big Ten Championships in the heptathlon, setting PRs in five of seven events for the eighth-best heptathlon total in school history…Was a member of Penn State’s 4x100 squad that finished fourth in the Big Ten conference.
 
Penn Springtime Challenge (3/18): Competed in three of the seven events of the heptathlon, finishing top-six in each of the 200, 100mH and long jump events. Virginia Challenge (4/20-22): Finished her first career heptathlon, setting PRs in the 100mH (14.56) and the javelin throw (68-0 (20.73m)…Amassed a 5075 final score, elevating her into the top ten in school history in her first ever heptathlon. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/12-14): In her career outing, the Nittany Lion freshman set PRs in the 800 (2:15.30, 3^rd place), long jump (19-6.75 (5.96m), 2^nd place), 200 (24.35, 2^nd place), shot put (39-2.25 (11.94m), 5^th place), and high jump (5-3.75 (1.62m), 7^th place)…She threw 57-4 (17.49m) in the javelin and ran 14.32 (+3.5 m/s) in the 100mH to complete her day…Her total reached 5265 points, the eighth-best heptathlon total in Penn State history and a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten…She then went and helped her squad clock a 45.50 in the 4x100 for a sixth-place finish in the conference…To cap off her weekend, she competed in the open long jump, leaping 18-5.75 (5.63m) for 20^th place.
 
2023 Indoor
Season: In her true freshman season, set her pentathlon PR at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25), finishing 12^th in the conference
 
Bison Opener (12/2-3): Set her HJ PR with a 5’2.25 (1.58m) clearance in her first collegiate pentathlon. Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Recorded her best shot put effort of the season, a 34-0.75 (10.38m) effort. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/4):  Ran an 8.93 to finish eighth overall and record her personal-best 60mH time. Music City Challenge (2/10-11): Leapt 19-5.25 (5.92m) to record her long jump PR. Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/24-25): Ran a 2:15.47, her 800m PR, to finish fourth overall in the pentathlon 800m…Capped off her indoor season with a personal-best 3,645 in the pentathlon.
 
PRIOR TO PENN STATE 
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: Indoor: Long Jump: 17-11.5,* Triple Jump: 38-4.75,* 300m: 40.79,* 600m: 1:38.33,* 55m Hurdles: 8.65,* 4X200: 1:49.39.* 4X400: 4:04.86,* Pentathlon: 3,413, High Jump: 5-4
Outdoor: Triple Jump: 38-6.5,* 400m Hurdles: 1:01.66.* 100m Hurdles: 15.04.* 4X100: 48.87,* Pentathlon: 3,244.* High Jump: 5-4, Shot Put: 31-6.75.
*Denotes school record

Competed in multiple events in indoor and outdoor track and field at Victor Senior High School...Name team captain 2020-22..Named MVP field athlete six times between indoor and outdoor track and field seasons...Holds 12 Victor track & field school records...Selected All Greater Rochester Indoor Track Athlete of the Year 2022...Five-time All Greater Rochester First Team selection...Victor Central School Barney Lynaugh Female Athlete of the Year 2021-2022...Section 5 Devin Snyder Outstanding Female Field Athlete 2021...Marion Invitational Outstanding Female Field Athlete 2019...Member of Section 5 Championship winning team at Victor, the first for the school since 1999...Won a total of 15 individual event titles between indoor and outdoor track and field at the county, section, and state levels, including 2022 Indoor New Balance Nationals Pentathlon title.

PERSONAL
Parents are Shannon and Mike Pitts...Has one brother, Max...Majoring in hospitality management.