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Cortney Dowling

SPR
T.F. RIGGS HS
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

11.97 seconds

100-meter dash

24.27 seconds

200-meter dash

54.19

400-meter dash
“Cortney Dowling is an amazing athlete. She is humble, a hard worker and great competitor. She is a wonderful young lady.”
James Appl
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 senior sprinter won a pair of individual state championships this spring, leading the Governors to a seventh-place finish as a team at the Class AA state meet. Dowling won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.97 seconds and set a state meet r

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Academic Achievement

Dowling has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom.

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Exemplary Character

An accomplished pianist, she has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special Olympics, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as a youth track & field coach.