Girls XC Preseason Rankings: Honorable Mention

2014 Girls XC Preseason Countdown

Jul 10, 2014

<p> <span style="font-size:14px;">NCRunners is counting down the top 25 girls teams heading into the fall season.  The full rankings will be released on the first day of official practice: Friday, August 1st.  These are subjective rankings (not computer generated); they take into account returning team rankings, returning team averages, team rankings in the 1600 and 3200 from indoor and outdoor track, and a school's "Improvement Rating."  Improvement Rating is a custom metric developed by researching the improvement in a team's 5-person average from year to year, in comparison to that same team's ranking.  Improvement Rating numbers and methodology will be released on the weekend of August 2nd.</span></p>

Track improvement pushed one of these two teams all the way into the top 25, and another into the honorable mention category.

Reagan, Ronald W (NC)
1) Emmie Costen	19:15.56	60
2) Erin Jameson	19:16.52	65
3) Payton Kilby	20:25.02	204
4) Julia Beauchamp	20:36.78	249
5) Allie Orgnon	21:00.90	313
Average Time: 20:06.96 Total Time: 1:40:34.78 1-5 Split: 1:45.34
6) Ashlyn Steelman	21:11.68	350
7) Sallie Cook	22:31.63	640

A program that has a record for strong improvement season-to-season, but they lost 3 of their top 5 from 2013. Would not be surprising to see them in the top 25 at season's end.

Sanderson (NC)
1) Catherine Allen	19:57.04	132
2) Elizabeth McSoley	20:16.17	165
3) Holly Livingston	20:20.69	182
4) Kelsey Sheehan	20:23.56	194
5) Erin Mares	20:42.67	265
Average Time: 20:20.03 Total Time: 1:41:40.13 1-5 Split: 45.63
6) Reilly Roberts	21:01.70	315
7) Connor Mccaffrey	21:40.84	449

Young but improving last year, they still have 4 of this year's projected top 5 back for 2015 and could be a year away from cracking the top 15.

East Chapel Hill (NC)
1) Clare McNamara	19:06.46	53
2) Lilly Price	19:29.37	84
3) Maddie Fowler	20:24.68	202
4) Kate Cubrilovic	20:37.00	251
5) Anne Mcdonald	21:18.50	377
Average Time: 20:11.20 Total Time: 1:40:56.01 1-5 Split: 2:12.04
6) Sara Owre	21:48.00	473
7) Emily Juel	22:40.60	682

With the development of some depth, this could be a very solid team.

South View (NC)
1) Taylor Delaney	19:07.77	55
2) Yasmin Ayala-Johnson	20:33.00	230
3) Keana Wells	20:44.59	276
4) Ashley Damron	20:47.32	284
5) Kaila Ramos	21:02.00	317
Average Time: 20:26.94 Total Time: 1:42:14.68 1-5 Split: 1:54.23
6) Morgan Gaither	21:20.70	385
7) Abigail Moonga	22:25.00	616

Showed strong improvement during indoor and outdoor track, but needs that 2-4 pack to close on Delaney to be successful as a team.

New Hanover (NC)
1) Charlotte Jones	20:22.84	190
2) Jane Moody	20:24.67	201
3) Natalie Foley	20:44.05	275
4) Paige Pottle	20:48.56	286
5) Clara Seifert	21:12.97	358
Average Time: 20:42.62 Total Time: 1:43:33.09 1-5 Split: 50.13
6) Waverly Leonard	21:48.20	474
7) Bella Idol	21:56.30	498

Impressive track times (and solid depth in both the 1600 and 3200) indicate a possible leap forward. Close packing of 1-4 runners could be an asset, if they can drop under 20.

Track improvement pushed one of these two teams all the way into the top 25, and another into the honorable mention category.

Reagan, Ronald W (NC)
1) Emmie Costen	19:15.56	60
2) Erin Jameson	19:16.52	65
3) Payton Kilby	20:25.02	204
4) Julia Beauchamp	20:36.78	249
5) Allie Orgnon	21:00.90	313
Average Time: 20:06.96 Total Time: 1:40:34.78 1-5 Split: 1:45.34
6) Ashlyn Steelman	21:11.68	350
7) Sallie Cook	22:31.63	640

A program that has a record for strong improvement season-to-season, but they lost 3 of their top 5 from 2013. Would not be surprising to see them in the top 25 at season's end.