The 5-foot freshman won the Division II-A state meet this past season with a time of 17:26.91, breaking the tape 1:31.67 ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Feet to a fourth-place finish as a team. Cheeseman took fourth at the Eastbay South Regional Championships and was the only freshman girl to qualify for the national Eastbay Cross Country Championships, where she finished 31st. She concluded the 2021 campaign ranked as the nation’s No. 19 runner by MileSplit.com.
Cheeseman has maintained an unweighted 4.3 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her sophomore year of high school this fall.
A talented violinist who played at both of her sisters’ weddings, Cheeseman played the lead role in her school’s stage production of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She has volunteered locally at track meets.
