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Alyssa Sauro

Runner
WILLIAMSTOWN HS
WILLIAMSTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:59.62

Class A state meet

12th

Foot Locker South Region championships
“Alyssa Sauro won her second consecutive Class A state title and no prep girl was faster that day. She was the state’s best every time she toed the line.”
Rich Gonzalez
Head Coach - PrepCalTrack Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot junior won the Class A state meet this past season, breaking the tape in an all-class best time of 17:59.62—29 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor—and leading the Yellow Jackets to the state team championship. Sauro was the state’s top runner at the Foot Locker South Region championships, where she finished 12th. She won six races in 2023, took second in two others and was the state’s fastest prep girl in every meet she entered.

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Academic Achievement

Sauro has maintained a 4.14 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An active member of the Cross Roads United Methodist Church youth group, Sauro has volunteered locally writing personal notes throughout the year to the elderly and sick in her community.