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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Delaware

Gatorade Player of the year

Anna Bockius

Runner
PADUA ACADEMY
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:34.4

Division 1 state meet

9th

Nike Cross Southeast Regional Championships
“Anna is humble, gracious and self-driven to be the best. Her competitive mentality has elevated her to be one of the finest runners in Delaware history.”
Pat Castagno
Head Coach - Tatnall School

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-8 senior won the Division 1 state meet this past season with a time of 17:34.4, breaking the tape 51.8 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Pandas to the team title. Bockius also earned Second Team All-Region honors by taking ninth at the Nike Cross Southeast Regional Championships and finished the 2025 campaign undefeated against in-state competition. The 2024-25 Gatorade Delaware Girls Track & Field Player of the Year, she ran the second-fastest 5K time in state history at the New Castle County Championships, clocking a personal-best 17:00.4.

Academic Achievement

Bockius has maintained a weighted 4.08 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run at the University of Notre Dame this fall.

Exemplary Character

A Padua Academy student ambassador, Bockius is a member of her school’s National Honor Society, Debate Club and Culture Crew. She has volunteered locally as a peer tutor.