Payton Frueh has run herself into the Princeton school records books as just the 10th individual girl to qualify in 46 years of the IHSA State Cross Country Meet.

The PHS junior picked up the seventh of 10 state qualifying spots at the Sherrard Sectional, placing 19th overall with a time of 19 minutes, 32 seconds. Besides recording her 3-mile personal best, she almost got her mile and two mile bests along the way.

“I’m pretty excited. It’s a dream I never thought I’d get to do,” Frueh said. “I started the season thinking it’s just another season in cross country and it turned into being a pretty good year.”

Hodge believes that if Frueh can hit her personal best time or better that will put her close to the top 100 based on last year’s state results.

“I’d like to PR again. I think it’

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