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19 Days Until the State Girls Basketball Announcement
Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - Connecticut

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Tess Sherry

Distance
CONARD HS
WEST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 4:48.77

State Open - 1600m

1st

Class LL State Meet - 1600m

1st

Class LL State Meet - 3200m

15th - 4:49.20

New Balance Nationals Outdoor - 1-mile
“Tess Sherry is one of the most improved distance runners in the country, enjoying significant breakthroughs this season from the 800 to the 3200. Sherry captured her first Open Meet state title in the 1600, continuing the legacy of family success achieved the previous four years by brothers Gavin, a former Gatorade Player of the Year in cross country and track, and Callum.”
Erik Boal
editor at DyeStat.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 sophomore won the State Open 1600-meter run in a personal-best time of 4:48.77 this past season, leading the Red Wolves to a seventh-place finish as a team. Sherry’s winning time ranked No. 40 nationally among girls prep competitors at the time of her selection. She broke the tape in the 1600 and 3200 at the Class LL state meet, and her 15th-place finish in the mile run (4:49.20) at New Balance Nationals Outdoor ranked No. 51 nationally among girls prep competitors in 2023.

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Academic Achievement

Sherry has maintained a 4.37 weighted GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Spanish National Honor Society, Sherry has volunteered locally at an elementary school and has also donated her time as a lifeguard at Hartford Country Club.