The 5-foot-11 senior broke the tape at the Nike Cross Nationals Final this past season, clocking a course-record time of 16:32.7 to win by a meet-record 41-second margin. Hedengren also won the Nike Cross Southwest Regionals with a meet-record time of 15:50.1. She also won the UHSAA Class 5A state meet in 16:21.5, leading the Thunderbirds to the team title. The state’s returning Gatorade Girls Cross Country Player of the Year, she concluded her prep distance career as a three-time state champion.
Hedengren has maintained a 3.75 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a written letter of athletic aid to run cross country and track at Brigham Young University this fall.
Hedengren has volunteered locally on behalf of the Road Runner Junior Club as a coach and race day official. She has also donated her time as part of multiple community service initiatives with her church youth group. She has a summer job assembling engineering kits in association with the BYU Chemical Engineering Department.
