COLLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS - HJ - 1.74m (5' 8.5')
Outdoor 2026
Season: Recorded a personal-best clearance of 1.74m (5-8.5) to win the Virginia Challenge...qualified for the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships...posted five meets with clearances of 1.65m (5-5) or higher.
Penn Challenge (3/21): Opened the outdoor season by clearing 1.66m (5-5.25), placing fourth...UCF Knights Invite (3/27-28): Cleared 1.67m (5-5.75) to finish fourth...Bison Outdoor Classic (4/11-13): Finished sixth with a clearance of 1.65m (5-5)...Virginia Challenge (4/17-18): Won the high jump with a personal-best clearance of 1.74m (5-8.5)...Penn Relays (4/23-25): Cleared 1.65m (5-5)...Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2): Cleared 1.63m (5-4.25), placing 16th...Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/15-17): Competed in the high jump...
Indoor 2026
Season: Recorded a season-best clearance of 1.70m (5-7) at the Penn State National Open...posted four meets with clearances of 1.65m (5-5) or higher during the indoor season.
Penn Opener (12/6): Opened the season with a clearance of 1.62m (5-3.75)...Nittany Lion Challenge (1/17): Cleared 1.65m (5-5)...Penn Elite (1/24): Cleared 1.65m (5-5)...Penn State National Open (1/30-31): Recorded a season-best clearance of 1.70m (5-7), placing sixth...PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/7): Cleared 1.69m (5-6.5), finishing sixth...Penn State Tune-Up (2/20): Cleared 1.60m (5-3), placing eighth.
Outdoor 2025
Season: Matched her season-best clearance of 1.70m (5-7) at the Penn Relays...qualified for the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships...recorded four meets with clearances of 1.66m (5-5.25) or higher.
Penn Challenge (3/22): Cleared 1.66m (5-5.25) to finish fourth...Duke Invitational (4/10-12): Placed third with a clearance of 1.61m (5-3.25)...Virginia Challenge (4/18-19): Cleared 1.69m (5-6.5) to finish fourth...Penn Relays (4/24-26): Matched her season-best with a clearance of 1.70m (5-7)...Larry Ellis Invitational (5/2-3): Cleared 1.66m (5-5.25), placing 12th...Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/16-18): Finished 18th after clearing 1.65m (5-5)...
Indoor 2025
Season: Recorded a season-best clearance of 1.66m (5-5.25) in the high jump at the Penn 10 Elite...posted three clearances of 1.65m (5-5) or better during the indoor campaign.
Bison Opener (12/6-7): Opened the season with a fourth-place finish after clearing 1.60m (5-3)...Nittany Lion Challenge (1/18): Cleared 1.60m (5-3)...Penn 10 Elite (1/25): Recorded a season-best clearance of 1.66m (5-5.25), placing eighth...Penn State National Open (1/31-2/1): Cleared 1.65m (5-5) to finish seventh...PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Cleared 1.60m (5-3)...Penn State Tune-Up (2/21): Finished sixth with a clearance of 1.65m (5-5).
2024 Outdoor
Season: Did not compete.
2024 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: HJ – 5-8
Attended high school in Brooklyn, Ohio where she was the state’s high jump champion in 2022…She also earned a state silver medal in the event in 2021…3x District champion in the high jump…In addition to track & field, she played basketball and was on the flag and dance line during her high school tenure…Graduated in the top ten percent of her class at Brooklyn.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jim and Peggy Young…Has one sister, Sarah…Enjoys roller blading and spending time with her friends…Chose Penn State because “it felt the most like home.”