McCloskey makes her mark

Germantown Academy grad jumped to All-American status at Penn State

FORT WASHINGTON » It was a happy homecoming for Megan McCloskey, returning to Germantown Academy Tuesday evening as a College All-American.

A chorus of “congratulations” followed her as she made her way over — quite fittingly — to the high jump.

“It was a really cool way to wrap up my career,” the GA grad said of her senior year at Penn State. “I hadn’t been to Nationals before and to not only go, succeed and do well but to get All-American was super special. It was kind of a bitter-sweet end to my track and field career but I couldn’t be sad when I walked away as an AllAmerican.”

McCloskey (Lower Gwynedd) closed out her Nittany Lion career in style earlier this month, clearing 5-feet-10 to tie for fourth-place in the women’s high jump at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, held at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

On Tuesday night, McCloskey was helping out at GA’s All-Comers Meet, overseeing the high jump event for the evening.

“I’m a super sentimental person so it’s kind of really sad that it’s over,” she said with a smile. “But I’m here at GA’s track, which is cool — four years later I’m back. It was a great career.

“I was so happy to be at Penn State. I couldn’t have picked a better place to be for four years, with my teammates, the coaches — all of it was a really positive experience. And I was really happy to be on a team that won Big 10’s — we won my junior year indoors, which was really cool. And just to be part of a really strong culture, which supported the athletes, and it was just a really good place to be.” McCloskey

Megan McCloskey