Northwood’s Benjamin Altenburg earns athlete of the week honors for the week of May 12.
Altenburg, a sophomore, won the boys’ 2A state title in pole vault at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association outdoor track and field championships Saturday. He was the only jumper in the competition to clear 15 feet, and he set a new personal-best mark of 15 feet, 1 inch.
Altenburg set a new Northwood pole vault record as a freshman. After winning his first state title as a sophomore, Altenburg said the goal is to keep breaking his own personal best and possibly break a state record.