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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>
East Lincoln has come from so far off the radar screen over the past three years that it makes it hard to project the defending 2A champs.
| East Lincoln (NC) | ||||
| 1) Frances Massey | 18:35.37 | 22 | ||
| 2) Magdalyn Foley | 19:54.04 | 127 | ||
| 3) Megan Rowles | 20:19.27 | 174 | ||
| 4) Madison Rowles | 20:20.06 | 180 | ||
| 5) Elizabeth Sisk | 20:43.37 | 270 | ||
| Average Time: 19:58.42 Total Time: 1:39:52.11 1-5 Split: 2:08.00 | ||||
| 6) Shelbee Knopf | 21:52.77 | 488 | ||
| 7) Caitlin Mason | 23:32.98 | 835 | ||