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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Will Sheets

Middle distance/Distance
COVINGTON CATHOLIC HS
PARK HILLS, KENTUCKY
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

2nd

Penn Relays Carnival - 3000m

1st

Class AA state meet - 1600m

1st

Class AA state meet - 3200m
“Will has had an amazing season. He has a great racing IQ and executes the fast races perfectly. He has great things to come.”
Bernie Dugan
Head Coach - Lexington Catholic High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound senior distance talent finished second in the 3000-meter run at the Penn Relays Carnival this past season, setting a state record with his time of 8:11.60, which ranked No. 8 nationally among boys prep competitors this spring. The 2024-25 Gatorade Kentucky Boys Cross Country Player of the Year, Sheets also set a state record in the mile at the HOKA Festival of Miles, clocking a 4:03.35—No. 18 nationally in 2025. He won the 800-meter run and took second in the 1600 and 3200 events at the Class AA state meet, leading the Colonels to the state title. In the final home meet of his prep career, he won the 2-mile in 8:48.67, setting a third state record with a time that ranked No. 2 nationally this spring.

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Academic Achievement

Sheets has maintained a 4.65 weighted GPA in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to compete at the University of Virginia this fall.

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Exemplary Character

The student body president at Covington Catholic, Sheets has volunteered locally with Family Promise of Northern Kentucky and with the DCCH Center for Children and Families. He has also donated his time as part of youth toy drives and on behalf of multiple community service initiatives through his church.