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<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.