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Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - West Virginia

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Josh Edwards

Distance runner
UNIVERSITY HS
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:51.68

Class AAA state meet (individual)

1st

Class AAA state meet (team)
“Josh pushes himself very hard in his own training. His work ethic has been rewarded as he has set records in the state of West Virginia that will not be equaled for quite some time.”
Ed Frohnapfel
Head Coach - head coach of University High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s two-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year in boys cross country, the 5-foot-7, 125-pound senior won his third-straight Class AAA state meet this past season with a time of 15:51.68, breaking the tape 28.56 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Hawks to the team title. Also the state’s 2020-21 Gatorade Boys Track & Field Player of the Year, Edwards won all five races he entered this season and ran a season-best 15:04.7 at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational in Pennsylvania. He concluded the 2021 campaign ranked No. 19 in the country in the MileSplit50.

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Academic Achievement

Edwards has maintained a weighted 4.02 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Oregon this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Edwards has volunteered locally with the Special Olympics and as a youth running coach.