Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Pennsylvania

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Drew Griffith

Runner
BUTLER AREA SENIOR HS
BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:20.9

Champs Sports Northeast Regional Championship

8th

Champs Sports Nationals

2nd

State Championship (Individual)
“Drew Griffith scorched his way to a sub-14:50 effort for 5K at the Carlisle Invite to stamp himself as one of the state’s all-time junior class greats, then won the Champs Sports Northeast Regionals. He put an exclamation point on his season by crossing the line eighth at Champs Sports Nationals to earn Second Team All-America honors.”
Rich Gonzalez
PrepCalTrack editor
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 135-pound junior won the Champs Sports Northeast Regional Championship this past season with a time of 15:20.9, qualifying for nationals, where he took 8th. Griffith crossed the line second at the Class AAA state meet and won five of the seven meets he entered last fall. He clocked a personal-best 14:49.3 at the Carlisle Invitational.

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Academic Achievement

Griffith has maintained a weighted 4.18 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Griffith has volunteered locally in the school district’s Backpack Program, which provides at-home food for students in need.