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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 60mH – 8.49, 100mh – 13.70 (0.6), 200m – 24.08 (0.1), 600m – 1:42.26, 800m – 2:15.11, High Jump – 1.66m, Long Jump – 6.37m, Shot Put – 14.58m, Javelin – 43.35m, Pentathlon – 4,274, Heptathlon – 5,976
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
CAREER: Three-time first team All-American...Big Ten Champion in the pentathlon and heptathlon...Named an Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
RECORDS: Holds Penn State heptathlon school record (5,976 points)…Ranks second all-time in the pentathlon (4,274 points).
ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/9-12/21): Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 5864. Earned First Tea All-America honors.
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Competed in the long jump event.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/13/20): Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in pentathlon...Was unable to compete cancellation due to COVID-19 pandemic.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/8-9/19): Finished ninth at the NCAA Finals…Earned second-team All-America honors…Set then-personal best in pentathlon (4,227 points)…Second on Penn State chart in that event.
NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9/18): Finished third in heptathlon (5,833 points)…Had second-best mark in shot put (44-10.75, 13.68m)…Recorded a personal-best time of 2:19.16 in the 800-meter run.
NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10/18): Finished seventh in pentathlon with personal-best score for No. 2 score in school history (4,216 points)…Had top mark in shot put with her distance of 45-0.5 (13.73m) in pentathlon.
AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Won the heptathlon championship with a score of 5839. Earned wins in both the hept. 200m and hept. long jump en route to the championship.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Won Big Ten championship in pentathlon...Scored 4,274 points to become only Penn State’s second-ever Big Ten champion in event.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/11-13/18): Finished second in heptathlon with school record (5,976 points)…Won 200-meter dash (23.79w) and the long jump (20-10.75/6.37m) in heptathlon…Placed eighth in the long jump with her mark of 20-1.75 (6.14m)…Posted personal-best distance of 142-3 (43.35m) in the javelin throw…Tied her distance of 20-10.75 (6.37m) in long jump for the No. 3 mark in school history.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/23-24/18): Placed second in long jump with indoor personal-best (20-3.5, 6.18m)…Finished second in pentathlon (4,168 points)…Posted top mark in shot put with personal-best distance (46-0.5, 14.03m) and top distance in long jump with her mark of 19-1.25 (5.82m)…Tallied an indoor personal-best time of 2:20.13 in 800-meter run…Recorded a personal-best time of 8.49 in 60-meter hurdles…Achieved a 46-0.5 (14.03m) in shot put for her personal-best performance.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/13-15/16): Competed in heptathlon and took seventh with two-day score of 5,118 - a career best...Recorded marks of 35.61m (Javelin), 24.98w (200m), 14.39w (100mH), 11.45m (Shot Put), 2:30.32 (800m), 1.53m (high jump) and 5.68mw (long jump).
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/26-27/16): Competed in pentathlon (3,747 points)... Recorded marks of 5.65m (long jump), 8.71 (60mH), 11.79m (shot put), 1.49m (high jump) and 2:23.59 (800m).
2021 Outdoor
Maryland B1G Invite (3/26-27): Earned wins in both the long jump and 4x400m relay.
2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor
Season: Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships in pentathlon...Captured Big Ten Championships in pentathlon...Won three pentathlon events during season.
Bison Opener (12/6-7): Scored 4,075 points in season-opening performance...Won all five events. Dr. Sander Invitational (1/23-25): Won pentathlon event (4,171 points)...Claimed three of five events.
2019 Outdoor
Season: Did not compete.
2019 Indoor
Season: Finished ninth at NCAA Finals…Earned second-team All-America honors…Set personal best in pentathlon (4,227 points)…Ranks second all-time at Penn State...Tallied 13 top-10 finishes.
Bison Opener (11/30-12/1): Won 60mH (8.81) and long jump (6.21m). Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12): Won 60mH (8.61) and long jump (6.22m)...Placed fourth in shot put and was a member of 4x400m relay which also took fourth . Penn State National (1/25-26): Scored 4,219 points to win pentathlon...Won four of five events. Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational (2/8-9): Finished third in long jump (6.18) and ran 8.52 in 60mH.
2018 Outdoor
Season: Earned first-team All-America honors with third-place finish in heptathlon at NCAA Championships...Finished second in heptathlon with school-record score of 5,976 points at Big Ten Championships. Recorded a wind-legal personal-best time of 24.08 in 200m dash at Virginia Challenge.
Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invitational (3/23-24): Posted three top-10 finishes in long jump (6.09m), 4x400m (3:44.59) and 200m (24.36). Virginia Challenge (4/20-21): Won the heptathlon with a score of 5,736...Won four of the helpathlon events. USATF Championships: Placed ninth overall in the heptathlon (5,780 points)…Posted a season-best time of 13.93 in the 100-meter hurdles…Had third-best mark in the shot put field (45-9, 13.94m).
2018 Indoor
Season: Earned first team All-America honors in pentathlon…Finished second at Big Ten Championships in the pentathlon.
Penn State National (1/26-27): Won pentathlon event with a score of 4,133 points...Won three events. Spire NCAA D1 Indoor Track & Field Classic (2/9-10): Placed in top-10 in the 60mH, high jump and as a member of the 4x400m relay.
2017 Outdoor
Season: Posted No. 1 mark in Big Ten with her total of 5,636, also the No. 3 total in program history...Set the heptathlon school record in the shot put with her mark of 42’-0”(12.80m).
Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational (3/24-25): Won long jump (6.04m)...Placed ninth in 100mH (14.65). Virginia Challenge (4/21-22): Posted 5,636 points in heptathlon...Won two events to set No. 3 mark in Penn State program history.
2017 Indoor
Did not compete
2016 Outdoor
Season: Recorded a second-place finish in heptathlon at prestigious Penn Relays with score of 5,053 points...Recorded 14 top-10 finishes in regular season...Finished seventh at Big Ten Championships in heptathlon.
Pepsi Invitational (4/9): Placed in top-10 in 200m, 100mH, 4x400m and long jump. Penn Relays (4/26-27): Recorded a second-place finish in heptathlon with a score of 5,053 points.
2016 Indoor
Season: Recorded 24 top-10 finishes in regular season including four first-place finishes.
Penn State Relays (1/9): Won long jump event (5.85m) and placed third in 60mH. Nittany Lion Challenge (1/16): Set personal-best in 600m. Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/5-6): Placed second in pentathlon and second in long jump. Fastrack National Invite (2/12): Set a then-personal best in long jump to win event (5.91m).
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 100mH: 14.34, 300mH: 42.72, Long Jump: 20-1
Won 12 Westmoreland County championships and earned four varsity letters at Hempfield Area High School...Named Westmoreland MVP three times...Won nine WPIAL championships...Set all-time WPIAL record in long jump and as a member of 4x100-meter relay...Was a PIAA place winner nine times...Won four PIAA state championships (2013: 4x100m, 2014: long jump, 300-meter hurdles, 4x100m)…Earned 2014 New Balance Nationals All-America status- sixth-place (4x1)...Named 2014 PIAA Women’s Track Athlete of the Year...Recognized as 2014 Tribune Review Athlete of the Year...Named 2014 Post Gazette Athlete of the Year...Owns the school record in the long jump, 300-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay.
PERSONAL
Full name is Madeline Mae Holmberg...Daughter of Rob and Deidre Holmberg…Father, Rob, played football at Penn State and in the NFL...Majoring in kinesiology…Born on October 26, 1996, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.