School: Exeter

Class: Senior

She's qualified because: Her time of 18:02 for third place in the Championship Division of the Clovis Invitational was the Central Section's second best mark of the season at Woodward Park, where runners are best gauged in the section and state.

And it was at the Clovis Invitational that she actually beat Buchanan's Macy Bricks, The Bee's two-time Runner of the Year.

Fry also placed fifth in the CIF State Championship Division IV race (18:03) after coasting to the Central Section D-IV title (18:47) by 1 minute and 12 seconds.

He said it: "It's hard to say what would have happened if she was pushed every week like girls from the Fresno area and Southern California. No telling what would have happened if she was exposed to high competition more often. But for a girl who didn't like cross country in the beginning, it was kind of a breakthrough year for her." – Monarchs coach Isaac Gonzales.