The 5-foot-9 sophomore raced to the Division 1 individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:13.4. Arizona’s returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, Ping also won the Chandler Invitational and the Phoenix Classic Showdown at Sundown. She took second at the Desert Twilight Festival and sixth at the AAU National Championships.
Ping has maintained a weighted 4.17 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.
Ping has volunteered locally on behalf of a youth running camp.