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Girls Cross Country - South Carolina

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Ava Dobson

Distance Runner
ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC HS
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 18:35

2A State Championship

16th - 17:57

FL South
“Ava had never run a timed race until our first cross country meet this past August. She had no experience or strategy, other than to run hard, and she won that first race with the fastest time in the state at that point in the seaason. She’s a coach’s dream student-athlete.”
Marie Kernell
St. Joseph’s Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 sophomore raced to the Class 2A individual state championship this past season with a time of 18:35, leading the Knights to the state title as a team. Dobson also won the Wendy’s Invitational, the Eye Opener Invitational and the Starlight Reservation Run. She took 16th at the Foot Locker South Regional championships.

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Academic Achievement

Dobson has maintained an A average in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Dobson has volunteered locally on behalf of Triune Mercy Center, Meals on Wheels and a summer camp for special needs children.