Year: Freshman, Class of 2021
School: Winona Cotter, MN
Analysis: Ping finished sixth at NXN and fourth at the NXN Southwest Regional a year ago while she was still in Utah, which meant she wasn't allowed to compete within the varsity season in the state as an 8th grader. But Ping, who has finished in the top 15 at NXN for the last two seasons, still found races, winning the UHSTCA Pre-Foot Locker Invite in 17:56. She later raced in the spring at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, where she set a world age group record in the 5K in 16:26.83, and then broke that mark at the Portland Track Festival, going 16:25.63.
| Flo50 Rankings Timetable | |||
| Aug. 11 | 25 -- Hertenstein | Aug. 12 | 20 -- Theis |
| Aug. 11 | 24 -- Roe | Aug. 13 | 19 -- Aldridge |
| Aug. 11 | 23 -- Green | Aug. 14 | 18 -- Gaughan |
| Aug. 11 | 22 -- Olivere | Aug. 15 | 17 -- McConnell |
| Aug. 11 | 21 -- Sleenhof | Aug. 16 | 16 -- Fenske |
| Aug. 17 | 15 -- Connolly | Aug. 22 | 10 -- Halladay |
| Aug. 18 | 14 -- Hill | Aug. 23 | 9 -- Tuohy |
| Aug. 19 | 13 -- Vladic | Aug. 24 | 8 -- Forysth |
| Aug. 20 | 12 -- Born | Aug. 25 | 7 -- Lee |
| Aug. 21 | 11 -- Hart | Aug. 26 | 6 -- Culbreath |
| Aug. 27 | 5 -- Ping | Sept. 1 | Final Rankings |
| Aug. 28 | 4 -- Stratton | ||
| Aug. 29 | 3 -- Story | ||
| Aug. 30 | 2 -- Chmiel | ||
| Aug. 31 | 1 -- Lane | ||