Girls National XC Rankings

Rank Team Last Result Comments
1
Defending champions have won 9 of the past 10 years; return 3 scorers including defending NY state champion Claire Walters
2
return everyone from squad that placed 4th at NXN in 2015; No. 2 returners by 5K time, No. 1 returners by 3K time
3
return 5 runners from squad that placed 3rd at NXN in 2015
4
return 5 runners from squad that placed 3rd in 2015; returning runners rank No. 1 nationally for 5K, 3 mile XC and 3200m/1600m track times
5
return 5 from squad that placed 8th in 2015, including leader Sarah Leinheiser who was 7th at NXN and 8th at Foot Locker; Christina Geisler stepped up to become Carmel's top distance runner this track season (10:35 3200m, 17:08 5K PRs); No. 4 returners by 5K time
6
return entire top 7 from squad that was 3rd at 2015 California D1 state meet behind NXN podium teams Great Oak, Davis; No. 3 returners by 5K time, No. 2 returners by 3 mile time, No. 4 by 1600m time, No. 9 by 3200m time
7
return entire top 7 from squad that placed 9th in 2015 with 28-second spread; No. 13 returners by 5K time
8
return entire top 7 from squad that placed 16th in 2015; No. 2 returners by 1600m time, No. 2 returners by 3200m time, No. 7 returners by 5K time
9
return top 5 scorers from 10th place team including a strong top three of Katelyn Tuohy, Alex Harris, Haleigh Morales
10
six return from squad that placed 13th in 2015 including Kate Murphy; No. 10 returners by 3200m time, No. 3 returners by 1600m time
11
No. 9 returners by 5K time, return 5 from team that placed 12th last year
12
return entire squad from team that placed 19th last year; No. 5 returners by 3200m time; No. 10 returners by 1600 time
13
No. 11 returners by 5K time, return 5 from team that placed 11th last year
14
No. 15 returners by 5K time, five returners from squad that placed 6th in 2015 including top runner Sara Musselman
15
Illinois Class 3A state champions ahead of Naperville North last year, didn't run at NXN regionals; rank No. 8 by 3 mile times
16
return top 7 from squad that placed 3rd at NXN NW regional; two runners (Hannah Tobiason, Olivia Brooks) advanced individually to NXN last year
17
return top 5 from team that placed 4th at NXN NW; freshman Makenna Schumacher much-improved; No. 2 returners by 3K; No. 6 returners by 5K time
18
No. 5 returners by 1600m times, No. 3 by 3200m, No. 21 by 3 miles, No. 20 by 5K; 4th at CIF D1 state meet behind Great Oak, Davis, Arcadia
19
No. 3 returners by 3 mile time, return six runners including top two; finished 5th at NXN MW regional last year behind NXN at large picks Naperville North and Carmel; move up to Illinois Class 3A this year
20
return four from squad that placed 20th at NXN plus add back top runner Aubrey Argyle, who was injured last year; No. 13 ranked returners based on 3200m time; No. 8 returners by 1600m
21
No. 16 returners by 5K time; return six runners including top two
22
CIF DII state champions; return four scorers including top 2; No. 7 returners by 3200m; No. 25 returners by 5K; No. 11 returners by 1600m
23
return entire top 7 that finished 4th at NXN South last year and third at Texas state meet
24
return 6 from 2015; rank No. 7 by three mile times; 4th at Illinois state meet
25
return five runners including top 2 from squad that placed 3rd at NXN SE last year; Florida Class 2A state champions; rank No. 6 by 1600m times