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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Emmanuel Sgouros

Distance runner
ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL
HOUSTON, TEXAS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

10th - 15:29.4

Eastbay Cross Country Championships

1st - 15:06.8

Southwest Preparatory Conference championship

4th

Eastbay South Regional Championships
“Emmanuel is the most disciplined, driven, hardest-working and focused athlete I have coached in 38 years. I have no doubt that he will run for Greece in a future Olympics or World Championships, because that is his goal—and he does everything he can to achieve his goals.”
Richie Mercado
Head Coach - St. John’s coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1, 145-pound senior finished 10th at the national Eastbay Cross Country Championships this past season with a time of 15:29.4, earning All-American honors in the process. Sgouros also broke the tape at the Southwest Preparatory Conference championship in 15:06.8, and won at the McNeil Invitational, the St. John’s Maverick Ramble and the Brenham Hillacious Invitational. He took fourth at the Eastbay South Regional Championships.

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Academic Achievement

Sgouros has maintained an A average in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Texas this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Sgouros has served as a mentor for middle school runners and has volunteered locally on behalf of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church.