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Girls Track & Field - District Of Columbia

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Cymia Yourish

Sprints/Hurdles
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE HS
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st

Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championships - 400m

1st

Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championships - 300m intermediate hurdles

1st

Arcadia Invitational - 300m intermediate hurdles
“Cymia is a very talented young lady. She has been very consistent this spring and her times have been phenomenal. She makes it look easy.”
Omar Wilkins
Head Coach - head coach of Elizabeth Seton High
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Athletic Excellence

The District’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-6 junior sprinter/hurdler won the 400-meter dash and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in addition to running the third leg of the winning 4x400-meter relay at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championships this past season, leading the Cadets to the team title. Yourish’s winning time in the 400 of 54.18 seconds ranked No. 50 nationally among girls prep competitors this spring. She also broke the tape in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at the Arcadia Invitational and her best 400 hurdles time of 1:01.85 ranked No. 59 nationally.

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Academic Achievement

Yourish has maintained a B average in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Yourish is completing an internship this summer with the Capital Hoops Summer League, where she will follow her passion for videography and photography. She has volunteered locally with the Washington National Cathedral’s Outreach and Social Justice Committee and has donated her time as a photographer for the school track team’s media days.