Maddie Harris
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| Born | Madelyn Harris 2 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Javelin: 60.73 m (Eugene, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Maddie Harris (born 2 November 2000) is an American javelin thrower. She was American national champion in 2023 and a bronze medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games.[1]
Early life
[edit]From Missouri, she attended Lee's Summit West High School. As well as track and field, she competed in Softball in high school.[2]
Career
[edit]Harris won the javelin throw at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in July 2023 in Eugene, Oregon, with a personal best throw of 60.73 metres.[3][4] Later that year, she won the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile with a distance of 60.06 m, behind Colombian Flor Ruiz and Rhema Otabor of the Bahamas.[5][6]
Competing for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, she won the Big Ten Championships in Eugene in May 2025 with a throw of 58.38 metres.[7] The following month, she finished in fifth place at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, with a throw of 58.36 metres.[8][9] She then also placed fifth overall in the javelin throw at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene with a throw of 55.17 metres.[10]
On 28 March 2026, she placed second behind Madison Wiltrout in the javelin throw at the USATF Winter Long Throws National Championship in Arizona with a throw of 55.74 metres.[11] On 23 July 2026, competing in the women's javelin at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in New York, she finished third overall behind eventual winner Madison Wiltrout and defending champion Evelyn Bliss.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Maddie Harris". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ Banta, Ryan (14 February 2017). "Making History One Throw at a Time: Athlete Spotlight Maddie Harris of Lee Summit West". Milesplit. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ Hollobaugh, Jeff (August 2023). "USATF Women's Javelin — Harris PRs At Perfect Time". Track and Field News. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ Jacks, Bradley (4 November 2023). "Rhema Otabor takes javelin silver at 2023 Pan American Games". SportsMax. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ "Pan American Games". World Athletics. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "MADDIE HARRIS 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S JAVELIN THROW - BIG TEN OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Runnerspace. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ↑ Hof-Mahoney, Paul (30 July 2025). "USATF Outdoor Championships: Event-By-Event Throws & Heptathlon Preview". Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ↑ "Women's Javelin Throw Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ↑ "SIX CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT FIRST USATF WINTER LONG THROWS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP". usatf.org. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ "KINCAID'S KICK HIGHLIGHTS OPENING DAY OF TOYOTA USATF OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- American women javelin throwers
- American women track and field athletes
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Missouri
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 21st-century American sportswomen