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Girls Cross Country - Arizona

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Allie Schadler

Distance
RIO RICO HS
RIO RICO, ARIZONA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

17:03

Division 3 State Champion

7th Place

Nike Cross Nationals Final

1st Place

Desert Twilight Festival
“Allie Schadler is a tenacious and ferocious competitor. She's a phenomenal athlete and she's also a wonderful young lady and teammate. She competed against the finest female distance runners in the country and she always challenged them throughout every step of every race.”
Jeff Messer
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 senior raced to the Division 3 individual state championship this past season with a course-record time of 17:03. The state's returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, Schadler finished seventh nationally at the Nike Cross Nationals Final in 17:48.6, earning All-American honors in the process. She won the Desert Twilight Festival, the Rio Rico Rattler Invitational and the rated varsity race at the Woodbridge Classic, while finishing second at the NXN Southwest Regional championships.

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Academic Achievement

Schadler has maintained a 4.50 weighted GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at the University of Washington this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A devoted member of her church community, Schadler has volunteered locally on behalf of the Interact Club and youth sports programs. "Allie Schadler is a tenacious and ferocious competitor," said Jeff Messer, head coach at Desert Vista High. "She's a phenomenal athlete and she's also a wonderful young lady and teammate. She competed against the finest female distance runners in the country and she always challenged them throughout every step of every race."