Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2021 / 17:01 pm
Students and staff at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey cheered on Tuesday night as alumna sprinter Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record at the Tokyo Olympics en route to a gold medal.
“The energy that filled the room when she crossed the finish line was electric,” the school’s English teacher Kathleen Sagendorf told CNA on Wednesday. “It just made you so proud to be a part of the UC community and to be an American.”
McLaughlin graduated Union Catholic in 2017, and her three siblings have also attended the school.
📹VIDEO: This was the scene at Union Catholic Regional High School after Sydney McLaughlin won gold in the Women's 400-Meter Hurdle race at the #TokyoOlympics and set a new world record. pic.twitter.com/hSMPDt0b7g
— Catholic News Agency (@cnalive) August 4, 2021