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Girls Track & Field - Rhode Island

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Sophia Gorriaran

Middle Distance/Distance
MOSES BROWN SCHOOL
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 2:04.09

New Balance Nationals Outdoor - 800m

1st

State Title - 800m

1st

State Title - 1500m
“Sophia Gorriaran is not only one of the most versatile athletes in Rhode Island prep history, but also the state’s most decorated competitor on the track. Gorriaran graduates with 13 state records and constitutes one of the best high school middle-distance runners in history.”
Erik Boal
editor at DyeStat.com
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s three-time returning Gatorade Girls Track & Field Player of the Year, the 5-foot-7 senior won the New Balance Nationals Outdoor title in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:04.09 and ranked No. 4 nationally among girls prep competitors in 2023. The owner of 13 state records (six outdoors, seven indoors), she also won state titles in the 800 and 1500 this spring. Gorriaran also clocked all-time top 10 indoor performances in the 500, 600, 800 and 1000 meters as well as the mile in 2023 and was the No. 1 prep girl nationally in all five events. 

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Academic Achievement

Gorriaran has maintained a 3.99 weighted GPA in the classroom. She will attend Harvard University this fall, where she will compete in cross country and track and field.

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Exemplary Character

Also an All-American lacrosse player who competes in both sports during the spring season, Gorriaran has volunteered locally as a youth track coach as well as for both her church and a metropolitan elementary school in a high-need area. She has also donated her time feeding people in need at a food bank.