The 5-foot-7 junior took fourth at the national Eastbay Cross Country Championships this past season with a time of 17:29.1, earning All-American honors in the process. Baloga also won the New York Federation Championship in 17:54.7, and broke the tape at the Section 9 championships, the Six Flags Wild Safari Invitational and the Eastern States Championship race at the Manhattan College Invitational. She took third at the Class A state meet and was fifth at the Eastbay Northeast Regional Championships.
Baloga has maintained an A average in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
Baloga has volunteered locally on behalf of her school’s Environmental Club and youth running programs.
