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Girls Track & Field - Minnesota

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Claire Kohler

Hurdles/Sprints
MINNETONKA HS
MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st

Class AAA State Meet - 100m Hurdles

1st

Class AAA State Meet - 300m Hurdles

1st

Nike Outdoor Nationals - Skippers’ Sprint Medley Relay
“Already unbeaten against in-state hurdlers throughout each of the last two seasons, Claire Kohler stamped an exclamation point on her superb prep career by breaking four state records across the last two weekends of the season. She followed historic marks in 100 and 300 hurdles by breaking the state 400-meter hurdles record at Nike Outdoor Nationals in her first try at the event.”
Rich Gonzalez
editor of PrepCalTrack.com
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11 senior hurdler/sprinter swept the 100- and 300-meter hurdles at the Class AAA state meet, leading the Skippers to the state team title. Kohler’s clockings of 13.86 and 42.16 seconds, respectively, in those events both ranked No. 2 in state history and among the nation’s top 40 times by a prep girl this spring. She also shared in the Skippers’ Sprint Medley Relay national championship at Nike Outdoor Nationals—a state record clocking of 3.56.23—earning All-American honors in the process. 

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Academic Achievement

Kohler has maintained a weighted 3.85 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on scholarship at the University of Iowa this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Kohler has volunteered locally with Feed My Starving Children, a non-profit organization that packs meals for the malnourished worldwide. She has also donated her time as a daycare provider at St. Therese Catholic Church.