Gatorade 2015 - 2016: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - North Dakota

Karly Ackley

DIS

GRAND FORKS CENTRAL HS

GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA

JUNIOR

Height: 5-FOOT-5

Press Release

Peak Performance

4:53.76

1,600-meter run

10:32.86

3,200-meter run

“Karly Ackley is an exceptional track & field athlete. She is also an academic leader in the classroom, always striving to do her best in anything she does.”

Eric Polries

Head Coach

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 junior distance talent won a pair of individual state championships this spring, leading the Knights to a sixth-place finish as a team at the Class A state meet. Also the state's Gatorade North Dakota Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, A

Academic Achievement

Ackley has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom.

Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society, she has volunteered as part of the Wild Hog Half Marathon in Grand Forks.