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Mattie Geddes

Distance Runner
TWIN FALLS HS
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:29.49

Class 4A State Championship

5th

NXN Northwest

9th

NXN Final
“Mattie is a great runner. She is able to hold a fast pace throughout the race and in the last 1,000 meters she is able to pick up the pace.”
Sean Schmidt
Head Coach - Head coach of Skyline High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 junior won the Class 4A state meet for a second straight year this past season with a time of 17:29.49, breaking the tape 24.87 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Bruins to a third-place finish as a team. Geddes also finished fifth at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional championships and then earned All-American honors by taking ninth at the NXN Final. She won nine of 12 races and lost only once to an in-state opponent this past fall.

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Academic Achievement

Geddes has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Geddes has volunteered locally as a youth running coach, and has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church youth group.