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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Erin Strzelecki

Distance Runner
BISHOP DWENGER HS
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:22.9

State championship

5th

NXN Midwest Regional

11th

NXN Final
“Erin is a hard-working and self-motivated athlete, and she has grown so much over the past four years. She was determined to be one of the best in the state of Indiana and the nation this year and she accomplished both—second fastest girl in state meet history, and the second Midwest runner at the Nike Cross Nationals.”
Thomas Crum
Head Coach - Bishop Dwenger coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 senior raced to the individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:22.9. Strzelecki finished fifth at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional championships and placed 11th nationally at the NXN Final, earning All-American honors. She also broke the tape at the Regional and Semi-State championships, as well as the New Haven Invitational, the Penn Invitational and the Marion Invitational.

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Academic Achievement

Strzelecki has maintained a 3.95 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at the University of Notre Dame this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A devoted member of her church community, Strzelecki has volunteered locally on behalf of a women’s care center and a Vacation Bible School.