2014: USTFCCCA All-Region ... First Team All-RMAC ... Jan Wilson-Hetzler Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year ... Team MVP ... Named Student-Athlete of the Week on
Oct. 20,
Nov. 24, and
Nov. 10 after
breaking the Fort Lewis College 5K record of 17:53 at the Fort Hays State University Tiger Open, held at Sand Plum Park in Victoria, Kan. ... Competed in five races for the Skyhawks ... Ran a season best 6K time of 23:16 at the RMAC Championship race on Nov. 8 in Gunnison, Colo.2013: Kruger was selected as the Team MVP ... Competed in all five races for the Skyhawks ... Ran a career best 6K race on Nov. 9 in Canyon, Texas at the NCAA South Central Regional meet ... Recorded a time of 22:25 and finished 26th overall at the regional.
2012: Chosen as FLC Student-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 1, 2012, for finishing as FLC’s top runner at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in Boulder, Colo., with a time of 23:55 in 6k race, helping Skyhawks to third place finish among non-Division I teams … Returned to Skyhawks after sitting out 2011 season.
2010: Set personal-best time in 6k at the RMAC Championships in Las Vegas, N.M., on Nov. 6, 2010 with time of 23:49 (37th place) ... Set personal-best time at 5k distance at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., on Oct. 16, 2010 with time of 19:22.84 (236th place) ... Finished 88th at 6k NCAA Division II Central Regionals in Wayne, Neb., on Nov. 20, 2010 with time of 24:43.50 ... Was the Skyhawks’ top finisher at fifth place with time of 21:13.41 at FLC’s 5k Tom Strandt Memorial Run on Sept. 17, 2010 ... Finished 94th with time of 24:45 at 5.8k Rocky Mountain Shootout in Boulder, Colo., on Oct. 2, 2010.
CAREER BEST 5K: 17:53.3, Fort Hays State Open, Victoria, Kan., Oct. 18, 2014
CAREER BEST 5.8K: 24:45, Rocky Mountain Shootout, Boulder, Colo., Oct. 2, 2010
CAREER BEST 6K: 22:25, NCAA South Central Regional, Canyon, Texas, Nov. 9, 2013
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School in 2010 … Competed in cross country and track & field for the Rangers … First place in regionals as a junior … Team’s Most Valuable Runner all four years … Lettered all four years.
MAJOR: Exercise Specialist
FAVORITE PROFESSOR: Assistant Professor of Biology Erin Lehmer HOBBIES: Tubing down the river, snowboard, skiing, sports
FAVORITE FOOD: Salad
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Texas Roadhouse
FAVORITE TV SHOW: CSI
FAVORITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Kate Hudson
FAVORITE SINGER/BAND: Imagine Dragons
FAVORITE BOOK: Tina Fey & Chelsea Handler books
FAVORITE PRO TEAM: U.S. women’s soccer team
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Hope Solo
PARENTS: Kendall and Dawn Kruger
Maddie Kruger's career cross country results
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DATE | MEET | SITE | DIST | TIME | PLACE |
| 11-22-14 | NCAA South Central Regionals | Denver, Colo. | 6K | 23:31 | 18th |
| 11-8-14 | RMAC Championships | Gunnison, Colo. | 6K | 23:16 | 10th |
| 10-18-14 | Fort Hays State Tiger Open | Victoria, Kan. | 5K | 17:53.30 | 10th |
| 9-27-14 | Roy Griak Invite | Minneapolis, Minn. | 6K | 24:21.9 | 68th |
| 9-6-14 | ASU Joe Vigil Open | Alamosa, Colo. | 5K | 19:19.58 | 15th |
| 11-9-13 | NCAA South Central Regional | Canyon, Texas | 6K | 22:25 | 26th |
| 10-26-13 | RMAC Championships | Silver City, N.M. | 6K | 23:10.2 | 29th |
| 10-5-13 | WSCU Mountaineer Open | Gunnison, Colo. | 6K | 23:54 | 5th |
| 9-28-13 | Stanford Invite | Palo Alto, Calif. | 6K | 23:50 | 33rd |
| 9-7-13 | PUMA/Joe I. Vigil Open | Alamosa, Colo. | 5K | 19:48.3 | 18th |
| 11-3-12 | NCAA South Central Regional | Joplin, Mo. | 6K | 23:30 | 30th |
| 10-20-12 | RMAC Championships | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 6K | 24:34.2 | 32nd |
| 9-29-12 | UC Rocky Mountain Shootout | Boulder, Colo. | 5.8K | 23:55 | 43rd |
| 9-14-12 | Southwest Cross Country Challenge (Unattached) | Durango, Colo. | 5K | 20:19.3 | 1st |
| 9-8-12 | PUMA/Joe I. Vigil Open | Alamosa, Colo. | 5K | 19:31 | 17th |
11-20-10 | NCAA Central Regionals | Wayne, Neb. | 6K | 24:43.50 | 88th |
10-6-10 | RMAC Championships | Las Vegas, N.M. | 6K | 23:49 | 37th |
10-16-10 | Chile Pepper Invitational | Fayetteville, Ark. | 5K | 19:22.84 | 236th |
10-2-10 | Rocky Mountain Shootout | Boulder, Colo. | 5.8K | 24:45 | 94th |
9-17-10 | Tom Strandt Memorial Run | Durango, Colo. | 5K | 21:13.41 | 5th |
