National Roll Call: The Best Girls XC Runners In Each State


How do runners compare to each other state-to-state and across regions? In the chart below, we list the top overall girls runner in each state from their 2016 performances. Will these returning runners stay on top throughout the fall? We'll have to see. 

While some names won't surprise you, others may. Learn about some of the nation's top talent below. 

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State-By-State Leaders




Washington

Taylor Roe

Lake Stevens

17:21.60

Oregon

Ember Stratton

Sunset

17:07.90

California

Claudia Lane

Malibu

16:16.70 (3-mile)

Arizona

Samantha Schadler

Rio Rico

17:27:10

Utah 

Desert Hills

17:14:10 (3-mile)

Idaho

Eve Jensen

Boise

 17:15.90

Hawaii

Jordan Jones

Pac-Five

19:41:05

Montana

Annie Hill

Glacier 

16:40:30 (3-mile)

Wyoming

Aubrey Frentheway

Cheyenne Central

18:02.93

New Mexico

Amanda Mayoral

Sue Cleveland

18:20:55

North Dakota

Mattie Shirley-Fairbairn

Bismarck

17:24:30

South Dakota

Ella Byers

Chamberlain

18:14.74

Nebraska

Rylee Rice

Ainsworth

18:06:34

Oklahoma

Elysia Burgos

Deer Creek

18:18.60

Texas

London Culbreath

McKinney North

16:48:59

Minnesota

Anna Fenske

Farmington

17:00:40

Iowa

Anna Hostetler

Mid-Prairie

17:42:02

Missouri

Victoria Findley

Blue Springs South

17:33:09

Arkansas

Tori Willis

Bentonville

18:55:36

Louisiana

Adrianna Wilder

Parkway

19:52:05

Mississippi

Morgan Claire Rose

Kirk Academy

18:15.60

Tennessee

Rebecca Story

Christian Academy

17:12:03

Kentucky

Kaitlyn Lacy

Male

17:56:10

Indiana

Tyler Schwartz

Dekalb

17:29:00

Illinois

Katelynne Hart

Glenbard West

17:05:00

Wisconsin

Meghan Scott

DSHA

17:31:20

Michigan 

Ann Arbor Pioneer

17:09:10

Ohio

Leah Roter

Beachwood

 17:09.70

West Virginia

Tashala Turner

University

18:05:20

Florida

Bailey Hertenstein

Riverview

17:32:14

Georgia 

Colquitt County

 17:47.98

South Carolina

Mari Cagle Lockhart

Daniel

18:07:00

North Carolina

Natalie Tyner

Laney

17:58:29

Virginia

Heather Holt

George C. Marshall

16:56:00

Delaware

Lydia Olivere

Padua Academy

17:22:00

Pennsylvania

Clara Savchik

North Allegheny

17:46:00

Massachussets

Grace Connolly

Natick

17:01:00

New Hampshire

Jacqueline Gaughan

Exeter

17:12:56

Maine

Malaika Pasch

Falmouth

18:22:02

Colorado

Quinn McConnell

Peak to Peak Charter

17:12:90

Kansas

Molly Born

Shawnee Mission NW

16:49:00

Alaska

Sadie Tuckwood

Juneau-Douglas

18:12:41

Alabama

Lainey Phelps

Homewood

17:42.61

Connecticut

Morgan McCormick

Wilton

18:33.68

New Jersey

Alyssa Aldridge

Mainland Regional

17:25:27

New York

Katherine Lee

Shoreham-Wading

16:45:45

Rhode Island

Eleanor Lawler

South Kingstown

18:00.67

Vermont

Delaney Bullock

Brattleboro Union

18:23.69

DC

Page Lester

National Cathedral

17:59:00

Maryland

Abigail Green

Walter Johnson

17:14:00