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Julia David-Smith

Distance Runner
ISSAQUAH HS
ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:26.2

Class 4A state championship

1st

Bellevue Invitational

7th

NXN Northwest Regional

18th

NXN Final
“Julia enthusiastically embraces challenges and learns from every one of her races. She’s an athlete who will give it her best effort every time the gun goes off.”
Gwen Robertson
Head Coach - Issaquah coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 junior raced to the Class 4A individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:26.2. David-Smith also won the Bellevue Invitational, the Curtis Invitational and the Kingco championships. She took seventh at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional championships and finished 18th nationally at the NXN Final, earning All-American honors.

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Academic Achievement

David-Smith has maintained a 3.25 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

David-Smith has volunteered locally on behalf of a food and clothing bank for the needy, a pet adoption center and a youth basketball team.