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Gabriella Karas

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MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS HS
SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

17:57.0

Won a fourth consecutive Class 2A individual state championship

16:53

Placed third at the NXN Southeast Regional championships
“Gabriella Karas is an incredibly talented runner who is rewriting the Kentucky record books while still only being a sophomore.”
Lowery Stallings
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-4 sophomore raced to her fourth consecutive Class 2A individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:57.7, leading the Titans to a fourth-place finish as a team. Also the 2014 Kentucky Track and Cross County Coaches Association

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Academic Achievement

Karas has maintained a 3.05 GPA in the classroom.

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Exemplary Character

An accomplished pianist and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, she has volunteered locally as a CCD teacher in association with her church and on behalf of a soup kitchen.