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Gabby McGinn

Distance Runner
MILLARD WEST HS
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 18:49.6

1A State Meet

9th - 17:30.47

NXN Heartland
“Gabby’s consistency week to week with very few off days really stands out in my mind. She was highly competitive and demonstrated that against neighboring states as well.”
Brian Kabourek
Lincoln East High Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 senior won the Class A state meet this past season with a time of 18:49.6, breaking the tape 6.1 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Wildcats to their second straight state title as a team. McGinn also finished ninth at the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional championships, the top Nebraska runner in the race by more than 39 seconds. A three-time All-State selection, she owns the second-fastest 5K time in state history with her 17:30.47 clocking at NXN Heartland.

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Academic Achievement

McGinn has maintained a weighted 4.21 GPA in the classroom. She will attend Washington University in St. Louis, where she will run for the cross country and track teams, beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, McGinn has volunteered locally at the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha and as a middle-school math tutor.