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Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Colorado

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Riley Stewart

Distance Runner
CHERRY CREEK HS
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:33.8

Class 5A individual state championship

2nd - 17:18

XC Town USA Meet of Champions

3rd - 17:02.04

AAU National Championships with a time of
“ Her toughness and hard work, combined with her natural abilities, make Riley a force to be reckoned with. Over three years of coaching, I can count on one hand the number of times that I’ve given her a workout that was too hard or that she couldn’t complete, and even then I had to pull her out, because she would never pull herself out of a workout.”
Ethan Dusto
Head Coach head coach at Cherry Creek High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11 junior raced to the Class 5A individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:33.8, leading the Bruins to the state title as a team. Colorado’s returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, Stewart also won the Colorado Classic and the Region 1 championship. She took second at the XC Town USA Meet of Champions in 17:18 and finished third at the AAU National Championships with a time of 17:02.04

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Academic Achievement

Stewart has maintained a 4.04 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s student-athlete leadership council, Stewart has volunteered locally on behalf of park clean-up initiatives.