The 5-foot-8 junior sprinter/jumper set a state record in the long jump at the Hempstead Invitational this past season with a leap of 20 feet, 8.5 inches. Mecklenburg’s top wind-legal leap of 20-5.5 at the Mississippi Valley Conference Divisional meet ranked No. 7 nationally among girls prep competitors this spring. She also won the long jump and took second in the 200-meter dash at the Class 4A state meet. She is the first Iowan to clear 20 feet in the long jump in girls track and she did it at six different meets, including at Nike Outdoor Nationals where she earned All-American status by placing third with a top leap of 20-1.
Mecklenburg has maintained a 3.82 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Mecklenburg has volunteered locally with S.O.D.A (Students Okay without Drugs or Alcohol) and T.R.Y. (Teens Reaching Youth). She has also donated her time as a youth softball coach.
