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Juliette Whittaker

Distance Runner
MOUNT DE SALES ACADEMY
CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 19:08.58

State championship

1st - 18:59

Maryland/DC private school championship

7th

Foot Locker Northeast Regional
“Juliette is such a special talent, unlike anything I have ever seen before. Running to her is effortless—even at the end of a race she looks calm and relaxed. She is just on another level.”
Marshall Edrington
Head Coach - Head coach of Notre Dame Preparatory School
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7 sophomore won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland state meet this past season with a time of 19:08.58, breaking the tape 1:29.78 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Sailors to a third-place finish as a team. Whittaker also won the Maryland/DC Private School Championships in 18:59. After finishing seventh at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships, she earned All-American status by taking 13th at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships.

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Academic Achievement

Whittaker has maintained a weighted 4.29 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

The president of the Mount de Sales sophomore class, Whittaker has volunteered locally at a soup kitchen and as a peer tutor.