Clinton’s Elle Lonergan wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - After winning a Drake Relays title in high jump clearing a PR 5′8″ Clinton’s Elle Lonergan was voted KWQC’s Spotlight Athlete of the Week.

“It still doesn’t feel real to me like I look back on my posts and stuff and I am just like wow it’s crazy to me that I won Drake I didn’t even think that was a possibility for me the week leading up to that like right until the competition I kind of had it in my brain like wow I really could win this today but it still doesn’t feel real” said Lonergan.

“It really means a lot like it was so surprising to see how many people were reaching out to me saying they voted for me and just reposting it and sharing it. It just made realize how many like supporters I have in Clinton and it just means so much to me” she said.

“I mean she’s the type of kid that you just want to do so well in everything and she does, she works hard, she comes here everyday no matter what if she’s feeling good or not, she’s here to jump and improve and just be a leader for our team” said Clinton head coach Tony Steen.

“You know she puts it out there where you know most meets she stays for the whole meet and high jump’s usually the first thing and she’s usually done and she sits there another three or four hours cheering on her teammates” he said.