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NAME: Viktoriya Emelianova
SCHOOL: Ryle High School
SPORT(S): Track & Field-Wrestling
GRADUATING YEAR: 2024
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT: 3-time state champion
BIRTHDATE: 10/7/2006
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6'0"-190 lbs.
RESIDENCE: Walton, Ky.
PARENT: Vladislav & Irina
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: “Parents”
FUTURE GOAL: Go to the Olympics; successful business career
Graduating this year from Ryle High School is an elite athlete — Viktoriya Emelianova, a state champion in three different sports: outdoor track & field, indoor track & field and wrestling.
In outdoor track & field, Viktoriya unfortunately recently suffered broken bones in her foot and, showing her toughness, had to wear a medical wrap in state competition this year. Nevertheless, she managed to win the state championship yet again (her second straight) in the shot put at the Kentucky Class 3A states track & field championships. Her heave of 40-2.5 was three feet further than the second-place finisher.
Viktoriya her junior year won the regional track & field meet in both shot put and discus, and at the Kentucky state championship she was state champion in the shot put (42-10.5) and was state runner-up in the discus (124-10). She holds the school record in both events and also is the school record-holder for the indoor shot put, which she won at state two weeks after winning a state wrestling championship at 185 pounds. And, she was named a finalist by the Cincinnati Enquirer's High School Sports Awards for Wrestler of the Year honors.
In wrestling her senior season, she went 10-0 with five pins and won the state title, the first time girls' wrestling was officially sanctioned as a state-competition sport by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.
A great student who is active in community service, Viktoriya will compete in track & field at the next level, at Dartmouth University. Her favorite athlete and most-like-to-meet is Ryan Crouser, her favorite entertainer is Bruno Mars, her favorite book is Atomic Habits and her favorite movie is Spider Man: No Way Home.
COACH'S QUOTE
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“Viktoriya is an outstanding athlete, however she is much more than that. She's an exceptional student and an outstanding teammate. She's everything that you want in a student-athlete. To put it simply, she checks all the boxes.”
—Ryan Ware, Varsity Shot Put Coach
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