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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>
Apex faces an uphill task: trying to get into the top 4 in the powerful Mideast 4A region to make a trip to the state meet.
| Apex (NC) | ||||
| 1) Cara Gaudioso | 19:52.36 | 123 | ||
| 2) Samantha Malone | 20:08.61 | 155 | ||
| 3) Allison Rosen | 20:12.43 | 160 | ||
| 4) Elie Rivera | 20:20.50 | 181 | ||
| 5) Savannah Dupree | 20:40.64 | 259 | ||
| Average Time: 20:14.91 Total Time: 1:41:14.54 1-5 Split: 48.28 | ||||
| 6) Sarah Hajnos | 21:22.00 | 389 | ||
| 7) Allison Farrell | 21:32.50 | 421 | ||