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Taylor Ewert

Distance Runner
BEAVERCREEK HS
BEAVERCREEK, OHIO
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

3rd

NXN Final

4th - 17:41.8

FLCCC

1st - 17:38.7

Division 1 State Championship
“Taylor dominated every race I watched her. No one ever dared go out with her at the state meet as she led from wire-to-wire.”
Kevin Alexander
Head Coach - Head coach of Troy High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 junior earned dual All-American honors this past season by finishing third at the Nike Cross Nationals Final and fourth at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Ewert also won the Division I state meet with a time of 17:38.7, breaking the tape 25.8 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Beavers to a first-place finish as a team. In addition, she captured the Greater Western Ohio Conference Championship in 16:57.90, only the third Ohio girls runner in history to break 17 minutes in a five-kilometer race.

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Academic Achievement

Ewert has maintained a weighted 3.52 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A talented artist, Ewert has volunteered locally as a teacher’s assistant at Beavercreek High, and she has donated her time to multiple community service initiatives through her church.