GLOCESTER – Julia Dowling keeps doing her thing.

For the second year in a row, the North Smithfield High junior capped off a terrific season with an All-State showing at the state cross country meet on Ponaganset High’s 3.1-mile course. Dowling finished 16th in the girls’ championship race last Saturday afternoon, earning Third-Team All-State honors.

“I took it as a consistent race,” Dowling said. “I placed right around the same spot as last year, just a little better. My time was a little bit slower, but overall, I think my season has been pretty consistent, and that’s always what you look for in cross country.”

That consistency has helped Dowling emerge as one of the school’s best ever cross country runners in her career. After qualifying for the state meet as a freshman in 2023 and f

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