Sarah Ray To Run Cross Country For Olivet Nazarene
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Warsaw Community High School senior Sarah Ray has signed a letter of intent to run cross country at Olivet Nazarene next season. Ray has been a steady three-sport athlete for the Tigers, finishing 33rd in the state at this year’s cross country state finals in her first season competing in the sport. The speedy senior was also a major factor in this year’s girls basketball team’s trek to the Final Four, and on the track this year she has turned in the second-fastest 3,200-meter run in school history in her first-ever attempt on the track. After the cross country season – in which she was the Northern Lakes Conference runner-up, third-place at sectional and regional, and 10th at the semi state – Ray not only earned All-NLC recognition, she was named to the 3rd team All-State team in cross country by the IATCCC. The statewide recognition continued after this past basketball season, as she was selected as Academic All-State. Ray has not only been a steady force on the track, courses and courts, she has made a significant impact in areas of servant leadership throughout the school and community as she has been involved with the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Tiger Student Athletic Board, the IHSAA Student Leadership Academy and WCHS student council. While Ray mastered the challenges on the courses and courts, she has done remarkably well with the challenges faced in the classroom – earning a 12.68 GPA and stands ranked 18th in her class of 493 students. While running for coach Mike McDowell and the Olivet Nazarene Tigers, Ray intends to major in Dietetics.
