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Girls Cross Country - Illinois

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Katelynne Hart

Distance Runner
GLENBARD WEST HS
GLEN ELLYN, ILLINOIS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 16:05.8

Class 3A state championship

4th - 17:14.4

Foot Locker Championships

2nd

NXN Midwest Regional
“What Katelynne has been able to do is really unprecedented. Four-time state champion, seven-time All-American, all the records—it’s just been incredible.”
Paul Hass
Head Coach - Glenbard West coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-4 senior raced to her fourth consecutive Class 3A individual state championship this past season with a time of 16:05.8. The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, Hart placed fourth at the national Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in 17:14.4, earning All-American honors. She took second at the Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional championships and fourth at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional championships.

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Academic Achievement

Hart has maintained a 4.78 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at the University of Michigan this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Hart has volunteered locally on behalf of the Mawi Learning leadership group and her school’s Medical and Global Giving club.