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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Anjali Hocker Singh

Distance Runner
OLATHE NORTH HS
OLATHE, KANSAS
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:45.6

Kansas State HS 6A State Championships (Individual)

2nd

Kansas State HS 6A State Championships (Team)

4th

NXR Heartland Regional Championships
“Anjali is an excellent choice for this award. She had an outstanding season. From an opposing coach’s perspective, I feel one thing that makes her great is she seems so unflappable. She’s always focused and composed, not willing to let the course, conditions or competition dictate any part of her race. When you can do that, you’re going to succeed more often than not.”
Cory Swords
Head Coach - Bishop Carroll Catholic head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-3 sophomore distance talent broke the tape at the Kansas State HS 6A State Championships this past season, clocking an all-class best time of 17:45.60 for 5K and leading the Eagles to second place as a team. Unbeaten against in-state competition during the 2021 campaign, Hocker Singh took fourth at the NXR Heartland Regional Championships and finished 12th at Eastbay Midwest Region Cross Country Championships. Her time at NXR was a personal-best 17:11.50 and ranked as the state’s fastest girls clocking in 2021. A 6A All-State and Milesplit Kansas All-Class Team selection, she was the state’s top finisher (fourth overall) at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota and concluded the season rated No. 62 in Dyestat’s national Top 100 Rankings.

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Academic Achievement

Hocker Singh has maintained a 4.0 cumulative GPA in the classroom, which ranks No. 1 in her class, and her 4.57 weighted GPA ranks second. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s Feminist Club, Black Student Union chapter and DECA, Hocker Singh has also played in the marching band. She has volunteered locally in association with her church congregation and on behalf of the community arboretum in addition to donating her time to area fun runs.