The 5-foot-8 sophomore won the Class AAAAA state meet this past season, breaking the tape in an all-class best time of 18:17.24 and leading her team to the state title. Cleveland was also the state’s top finisher at the prestigious Great American Cross Country Festival meet, where she crossed the line in 23rd.
Cleveland has maintained a 4.56 weighted GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.
Cleveland has volunteered locally preparing and donating care bags for an elderly group home as well as making and donating blankets for Gold Project, an initiative focused on suicide prevention. She has also donated her time preparing sandwiches for the community food truck in Fort Mill.
