The 5-foot-10 senior won the 1600-meter run with a time of 4:41.00 and the 3200-meter run in 10:24.57 at the Division 1 state meet this past season. VanderLende also placed second in the 800. Her season-best time of 9:57.01 in the 3200 is fastest in state history and she won the two-mile at the Brooks PR Invitational in 9:53.00, which ranked as the nation’s No. 1 performance among prep competitors in 2019 at the time of her selection.
VanderLende has maintained a 4.07 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at the University of Michigan beginning this fall.
VanderLende has participated in service-mission trips with her church to aid the underprivileged.
