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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Rory Sullivan

Runner
SAINT RAPHAEL ACADEMY
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 18:08.79

Class C state meet

6th - 16:53.8

Nike Cross Northeast Regional Championships
“Rory is a very talented runner and has a strong work ethic. “Watching her during the championship meets, you could see that she always remained confident and in control at all times. She had a mission each race and it was always well executed out on the trails.”
Amy Noecker
Head Coach - Head coach of Mount St. Charles High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 senior won the state meet with a time of 18:08.79, breaking the tape 9.51 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Saints to a seventh-place finish as a team. Sullivan also won the Class C State Meet by more than a minute and she was the only Rhode Islander to qualify for a national championship race after her sixth-place finish at the Nike Cross Northeast Regional Championships.

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Academic Achievement

Sullivan has maintained an A-minus average in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Furman University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A Moore College of Art & Design Admissions Scholarship winner, Sullivan designed and produced a 3D-printed object to assist disabled children when getting into a vehicle. She is the vice president of her school’s Climate Club and has volunteered locally at a soup kitchen and as a mentor for youth runners.