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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Mattie Geddes

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

Peak Performance

1st - 17:30.09

Class 4A state championship

5th

NXN Northwest Regional

22nd

NXN Final
“We have been competing against Mattie for the last three years and she definitely does not go unnoticed. It’s fun watching her in the larger races where there are competitors that go out and push her, but she will ultimately pull out the win.”
Shannon Whitmer
Head Coach - Head coach of Pocatello High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-5 senior won the Class 4A state meet for a third-straight year this past season with a time of 17:30.09, breaking the tape 47.49 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Bruins to a third-place finish as a team. Geddes finished fifth at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional championships and 22nd at the NXN Final. She won eight of the 11 races she entered this season.

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Academic Achievement

Geddes has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom and ranks No. 1 in her class. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Utah State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An avid outdoor enthusiast, Geddes is a state champion mountain biker. She has volunteered locally as a youth running coach, and she has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church youth group.