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Reese Fahys

Distance Runner
EAST GREENWICH HS
EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st

Class B Championships
“When my team faced East Greenwich, it became so clear not even 1,000 meters into the race that Reese was an elite-level runner. I took a shortcut to run to the 1000-meter mark to give my team splits, and she almost beat me to it.”
Carlton Bradshaw
Head Coach - head coach of Coventry High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 sophomore won the state meet this past season with a time of 17:43.51, breaking the tape 15.02 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Avengers to a second place finish as a team. Fahys was undefeated on the season and also won the Class B Championships by 44.7 seconds. She was the 2019 New Jersey Group 3 state champion as a freshman while attending Middletown South High, and qualified for the 2019 Nike Cross Nationals Final where she finished 64th.

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Academic Achievement

Fahys has maintained a weighted 3.75 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Fahys has volunteered as a lifeguard and as a member of her school’s Key Club.