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'Let's try everything.' Heritage Christian's Kya Crooke City Female Athlete of the Year

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Heritage Christian's Kya Crooke named Indiana 's City Female Athlete of the Year.

Crooke owns state titles in the long jump and high jump with her final high school meet still to come.

She broke her mother’s high jump school record the first meet of her freshman year .

The honor dates to 1950 and grew to include female athletes in 1979 .

Kya Crooke could already long jump 13 feet , 4 inches by age 10 .

She surpassed her mother’s high jump record in seventh grade.

Kya has become a role model to younger athletes at Heritage Christian and within the Soca Speed Track Club, which Val and Julie started when Kya was in elementary school.

She scored 35 goals as a freshman, helping the Eagles to a Class A state championship.

Kya Crooke has goals of competing in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and competing at a high level in college at Arizona .

She would love to work as a broadcaster covering professional football, basketball or baseball.

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