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Owen McArdle

Distance runner
YORKTOWN HS
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:45.78

Class 6 state meet (individual)

2nd

Class 6 state meet (team)

5th

Eastbay South Regional Championships
“When things really click for an athlete, it’s cool to watch. For two years now, Owen has just gotten better and better and better. It seems like from one race to the next, he launches himself to the next level.”
Jacob Dumford
Head Coach - head coach of Yorktown High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8, 130-pound senior won the Class 6 state meet this past season with a time of 15:45, breaking the tape 12 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Patriots to a second-place finish as a team. McArdle finished fifth at the Eastbay South Regional Championships. At the national Eastbay Cross Country Championships, he crossed the line in 28th.

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Academic Achievement

McArdle has maintained a weighted 4.17 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Virginia this fall.

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Exemplary Character

McArdle has volunteered locally with the Special Olympics and as a youth swim coach. He has also donated his time on behalf of community beautification projects and as a reporter for his school newspaper.