The 5-foot-4 senior raced to the Class 6A individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:28.3. Bruening also won the Region 3 championship, the Pre-State meet and the Timpanogos Invitational. She placed seventh at the Nike Cross Southwest Regional Championships and took 13th at the Eastbay West Regional Championships.
Bruening has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Brigham Young University this fall.
Bruening has volunteered locally on behalf of youth running programs and the Hearts of Gold annual charity drive.
