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6 Days Until the State Girls Cross Country Announcement
Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Delaware

Gatorade Player of the year

Elizabeth Bader

Distance Runner
PADUA ACADEMY
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 19:21.7

Division 1 State Championship

1st

Joe O'Neill Invitational

7th

NXN Southeast
“This was only her second year of cross country and she led the team to its first-ever perfect score at a state meet. She made an immediate impact when she gave up field hockey to run year-round. She learned from her teammates as a junior and became the leader this year as a senior.”
Marnie Giunta
Head Coach - Padua coach

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 senior raced to the Division 1 individual state championship this past season with a time of 19:21.7, leading the Pandas to the state title as a team. Bader also broke the tape at the Joe O’Neill Invitational, the New Castle County championships and the White Clay Creek Classic. She took seventh at the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional championships.

Academic Achievement

Bader has maintained a 4.03 GPA in the classroom. She will attend the University of Pennsylvania this fall, where she will compete in cross country and track and field.

Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s Students in Action club, Bader has volunteered locally on behalf of Sunday Breakfast Mission.