The 5-foot-10, 140-pound senior raced to an individual state championship this past season with a time of 15:22.2.2, leading the Warriors to a second-place finish as a team. The state's returning Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Kruse was a
Kruse has maintained a 3.89 GPA in the classroom.
A two-time winner of his age group at the Nautica United States Lifesaving Association's National Junior Lifeguard Championships, he has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special Olympics as well as multiple community clean-up initiatives.
