The 5-foot-5 junior raced to the Division 3 individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:12.5. VanderKooi, the Div. 4 state title-winner in both 2018 and 2019, also captured the Hill and Bale Invitational, the Allendale Falcon Invitational, the GMAA City Championship and the Regional championship. She placed fifth at the High School XC National Invitational.
VanderKooi has maintained a 3.99 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Also a talented musician, VanderKooi has volunteered locally on behalf of her church youth group.
