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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Connor Nisbet

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WILMINGTON FRIENDS SCHOOL
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

4:21.87

1600 Meters

9:42.30

3200 Meters

9:04.73

2 Mile
“There’s not really a secret to Connor’s success, he just puts in the time and the effort and the miles. He’s got a really incredible competitive streak in him and he has great faith that he can be competitive in any race, even at the national level.”
Nora Reynolds
Wilmington Friends Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9, 140-pound junior won the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:21.87 and the 3200-meter run in 9:42.32 at the Division 2 state meet this past season, also finishing second in the 800. The state’s reigning Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Nisbet also won the 3200 at the Meet of Champions (9:42.30) and captured second nationally in the two-mile at June’s New Balance Nationals Outdoor, clocking a 9:04.73.

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Academic Achievement

Nisbet has maintained a 4.01 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Also a talented musician, Nisbet is a member of his school’s student leadership committee.