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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Iowa

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Addison Dorenkamp

Runner
VALLEY HS
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:41.5

Class 4A state meet

7th

Nike Cross Heartland Regional

9th

Foot Locker Midwest Region championship

5th

RunningLane XC Championships
“Addison Dorenkamp undertook perhaps the most daunting postseason schedule of any prep in America in 2023, participating in all three national postseason series and emerging as the only runner in America to finish in the Top 10 of two regionals and the top five of a national title meet. She was the clear choice to win her second Gatorade award.”
Rich Gonzalez
Head Coach - PrepCalTrack Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6 senior won the Class 4A state title this past season, breaking the tape in an all-class best 17:41.5 to clock the fourth-fastest state meet time by an Iowa athlete in the history of the Fort Dodge course. It turns out Dorenkamp was just getting started, moving on to become the state’s top finisher at the Nike Cross Heartland Regional (7th), the Foot Locker Midwest Region championship (9th), the national RunningLane XC Championships (5th) and Foot Locker nationals (17th). Also the state’s 2021-22 Gatorade Player of the Year, she crossed the line at NXR Heartland in a personal-best 17:32.70.

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Academic Achievement

Dorenkamp has maintained a weighted 3.88 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to run on scholarship at the University of Alabama this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A participant in Operation Christmas Drive, Dorenkamp has volunteered locally as part of food and clothing drives. She has also donated her time on behalf of the DM Marathon, Ironman competitions, the Valley Youth Track Club and a summer camp, associated with her church community. ”