University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Maddy O'Brien
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Paola HS
- Hometown:
- Paola, Kan.
2020 INDOOR: Competed in the weight throw at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10).
2019 OUTDOOR: Placed third in the hammer throw at the Jim Duncan Invite (March 30)... Competed in the hammer throw at the Husker Spring Invite (April 6), the Musco Twilight (April 13), and the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)... Competed in the hammer throw at the Drake Relays (April 27)... Finished eighth in the hammer throw at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3)... Took ninth in the hammer throw at the MVC Championship (May 12).
2018-19 INDOOR: Finished second at the Jack Jennett Open in the WT with a distance of 16.73m, finished fifth in the shot put with a distance of 12.54m… Finished fourth at the Iowa State Classic in the WT with a distance of 16.79m.
2018 OUTDOOR: Threw in several meets, including the Musco Twilight (4/12), Drake Relays (4/25) and Wisconsin Twilight (5/4) … Earned a personal best score of 13.68m in the shot put at the MVC Championships (5/11).
2018 INDOOR: Opened the season at the Cyclone Duals (12/8) and Panther Open (1/13) … Also competed in the Jack Jennett Open (1/25), Mark Messersmith Invite (1/27) and SDSU Indoor Classic (2/9) … Threw for a personal best 17.98m in the weight throw at the MVC Championships (2/24).
2017 INDOOR: Participated in the Hawkeye Invitational (1/13) placing 7th in the weight throw with 51’5.5” and placing 11th in the shot put with a 40’4.75” throw...Placed 2nd in the weight throw at the Jack Jennett Open (1/26) with a throw of 52’2.75” and a 4th place finish in the shot put with 40’1.5”...Finished 6th in both the shot put with a throw of 42’0” and the weight throw with a throw of 53’4.5” at the Mark Messersmith Invitational (1/28)...Threw 53’7.75” in the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/25) finishing 12th2017 OUTDOOR: Had a throw of 163’6” in the hammer throw to place 3rd and a javelin throw of 86’8” for 9th place at the Wartburg Outdoor Select (3/31)...Placed 3rd in the hammer throw at the Tom Botts Invitational (4/14) with a throw of 176’9”...Threw for 173’3” in the hammer throw for 8th place at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/12) and also threw the javelin 98’1” to finish 19th.
2016: INDOOR: Did not compete.
2016: OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
High School: Lettered in track and field at Paola High School … earned second place in the shot put (42-5.00) at the 2015 Kansas state 4A track and field championships … also notched a fourth place finish in the discus.
Personal: Daughter of Syndi O’Brien … majoring in business.
