The 5-foot-10 senior won Class 6A state titles in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles this past season—also competing for the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relay quartets—to help the War Eagles capture the team championship. Powell clocked a personal-best time of 13.41 seconds in the 100 hurdles in the prelims at New Balance Nationals, which ranks No. 10 nationally among girls prep competitors in 2023. The effort earned her third place and All-America honors. She also took third at the Brooks PR Invitational five days earlier. Powell ranked No. 8 in the country in the 300 hurdles this spring thanks to a personal-best clocking of 41.07 at the Class 6A sectional, which makes her the state’s No. 2 performer in girls prep history in the event.
Powell has maintained a 4.26 weighted GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete on scholarship at Ohio State University this fall.
Powell has partnered with area businesses to collect donations which provide free toiletry kits for foster care children in association with Bloom, a non-profit foster care organization. She has also volunteered locally on behalf of Bloom Shelter, Midwest Food Bank, Books For Africa, Angel Tree, a children’s church ministry, the Fayette County Retirement Home, the Boys and Girls Club and The Covenant House and a teen shelter for the unhoused. A member of the Girl Scouts of America, Powell has also donated her time on behalf of the NAACP Fayette County Youth Chapter along with the Jack and Jill of America Fayette County Chapter.
