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Tess Drury

Runner
MOUNT MANSFIELD UNION HS
JERICHO, VERMONT
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

9th

Nike Northeast Regional Championships

1st

Woods Trail Run
“Tess Drury demonstrated her maturity and experience by rebounding from a narrow setback at the state final to produce her top two performances of the season against elite fields at the New England Championships and Nike Northeast Regionals. She showed substantial improvement at both events from last year in order to make her debut at a national final.”
Erik Boal
editor at DyeStat.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-4 senior raced to a third-place individual finish at the New England Championships this past season with a time of 18:46.9, making her the state’s fastest runner at the event. Drury also took third at the Division 1 state final, helping the Cougars finish fourth as a team. She won the Woods Trail Run and NVAC Chittenden Championships, finished second at the Essex Invitational and placed third at the Manchester Invitational. She crossed the line ninth at the Nike Northeast Regional Championships in New York, advancing to the Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon for the first time in her prep career.

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Academic Achievement

Drury has maintained a 3.93 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run at St. Michael’s College this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An avid reader who finished more than 80 books this past year, Drury has volunteered locally at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. She has also donated her time coaching the Mount Mansfield middle school and elementary school summer cross country and track programs.