The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 5-foot-6 sophomore won the state meet this past season with a time of 18:03, breaking the tape 36 seconds ahead of her next-closest competitor and leading the Na Menehune to a seventh-place finish as a team. Krueger, who missed the first month of the season with an injury to her IT band, earned First Team All-Region honors by taking sixth at the Brooks West Regional Championships, qualifying for the Brooks Cross Country Championships for a second straight year. She finished 31st at nationals.
Krueger has maintained a 3.93 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her junior year of high school this fall.
Krueger has volunteered locally in the concession stand at Moanalua High football games and as a marshal at middle school cross country meets.
