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Girls Track & Field - Kentucky

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Sophie Galloway

Jumps/Hurdles
GRAVES COUNTY HS
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY
SOPHOMORE
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

40-7

Triple jump
“Sophie is a phenomenally gifted athlete. Sophie was the top jumper and hurdler in the state this spring pretty much from Day 1. She just gets in there and gets after it.”
Cory Westerfield
Head Coach - Head coach of Marshall County High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 6-foot sophomore won the 100-meter hurdles, the long jump and the triple jump at the Class AAA state meet this past season, leading the Eagles to a fifth-place finish as a team. Galloway’s winning triple jump of 40 feet, 7 inches shattered her own state record by more than a foot.

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Academic Achievement

Galloway has maintained an A average in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Galloway has volunteered locally as a youth track coach, and she had donated her time on behalf of multiple fundraising campaigns to benefit special-needs children and a women’s shelter.