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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>
Paige McKinney took a big leap forward during track season, just as Hough may be poised to do as a team this fall.
| Hough, William A (NC) | ||||
| 1) Malea Smith | 19:48.00 | 113 | ||
| 2) Paige McKinney | 19:53.00 | 124 | ||
| 3) Heloise Hedlund | 20:08.00 | 154 | ||
| 4) Breana Jenkins | 20:39.00 | 253 | ||
| 5) Sara Lackey | 20:53.00 | 293 | ||
| Average Time: 20:16.20 Total Time: 1:41:21.00 1-5 Split: 1:05.00 | ||||
| 6) Grace Riley | 20:55.00 | 301 | ||
| 7) Lexi Powers | 21:10.00 | 343 | ||