The 5-foot-3 senior won the state title this past season, breaking the tape with a time of 17:10.2 to clinch her third Gatorade Player of the Year award in cross country. Dowty also took fifth at the Brooks XC Midwest Regional Championships and 17th at the NXN Midwest Regional Championships to earn All-Region honors at both meets, marking the sixth time she’s received such recognition from the nation’s two premier postseason events. At Brooks nationals, she crossed the line 16th, missing Third Team All-American status by less than four seconds. She finished the season ranked No. 31 in the national DyeStat 100.
Dowty has maintained a weighted 4.44 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run at the University of Louisville this fall.
A devoted member of her church community, Dowty has volunteered locally as part of multiple community service initiatives in association with her parish. She has also donated her time as an assistant to her school’s athletic director, as a youth running and wrestling coach and with a student group that delivers uplifting messaging to her school community.
