The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 4-foot-10 senior raced to a second straight individual state championship this past season with a time of 17:14.6. Cridge also broke the tape at the Sectional, Regional and Semi-state championships, repeating her junior year performances. She took fourth at the Nike Midwest Regional Championships and finished 28th at Nike Cross Nationals.
Cridge has maintained a 3.81 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Oregon this fall.
A leader at the Circle City Conference Leadership Summit, Cridge has also been an active member of St. Simon the Apostle Church, where she also serves as a bible camp volunteer. She has also volunteered locally on behalf of Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana by providing meals for the homeless.
