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Girls Cross Country - Arizona

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Lauren Ping

Distance Runner
DESERT VISTA HS
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
SOPHOMORE
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:13.4

Division 1 individual state championship

1st

Chandler Invitational

2nd

Desert Twilight Festival
“Lauren is a very hard worker and very detailed. She’s also very encouraging to her teammates and an awesome role model.”
Megan Ping
Head Coach - Desert Vista head coach
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Athletic Excellence

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.

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Academic Achievement

Ping has maintained a weighted 4.17 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.

first place ribbon

Exemplary Character

Ping has volunteered locally on behalf of a youth running camp.