Established senior stars like Grace Sullivan will square off with each other and with newcomer Maddie McHugh.

For the next four Tuesdays, NCRunners will spotlight each of the four class years of current runners, starting with this year's seniors.  Remember that athletes will not show in any rankings that are sorted by grade unless they have graduation years entered on their profiles.

Girls Class of 2015

A senior class that already included 5 sub-18 runners got even stronger when Maddie McHugh moved to the state from Connecticut.  With her, the potential exists for North Carolina to have 8 senior girls break through that barrier this season!  Grace Sullivan enters the fray in two weekends at the Seahawk Invitational, and Ryen Frazier will most likely start her season at the adidas XC Challenge on the 20th (as she did last fall).  At that point, we should have seen all of these outstanding seniors run in major competition at least once, and we'll also see how they stack up against the younger runners in the All-Classes rankings.

Top Seniors So Far in 2014 (Full Rankings)

	1.	18:19.00	Maddie McHugh	Hough, William A	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
*** MILESPLIT US FIRST TEAM ELITE 18:45.00 ***
	2.	19:01.00	Malia Ellington	Community School of Davidson	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	3.	19:05.80	Lily Anderson	T.C. Roberson	2015	08/23/2014	WNC Carnival
	4.	19:06.40	Kathleen Mansure	Watauga	2015	08/23/2014	WNC Carnival
	5.	19:12.11	Arden Vessie	Corinth Holders	2015	08/23/2014	5th Annual Wendell Park Early Bird Invitational

Top Returning Seniors from 2013 (Full Rankings)

	1.	17:38.00	Grace Sullivan	Providence	2015	11/30/2013	Foot Locker South Regional
	2.	17:50.00	Lily Anderson	T.C. Roberson	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A West Regional
	3.	17:50.50	Ryen Frazier	Unattached (NC)	2015	09/20/2013	adidas Cross Country Challenge
	4.	17:53.70	Eliza Dekker	Durham Academy	2015	09/20/2013	adidas Cross Country Challenge
	5.	17:56.18	Rebekah Greengrass	Panther Creek	2015	09/28/2013	30th Annual Greensboro Cross Country Invitational
	6.	18:02.00	Mary Prouty	Myers Park	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A West Regional
	7.	18:03.66	Maysa Araba	Carrboro	2015	11/02/2013	NCHSAA State Championships
	8.	18:20.70	Malia Ellington	Unattached (NC)	2015	10/12/2013	Frosh/Soph Invitational
	9.	18:25.09	Theresa Enright	Green Hope	2015	11/02/2013	NCHSAA State Championships
	10.	18:25.22	Helen Morken	Carrboro	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 2A Mideast Regional
	11.	18:32.00	Emma Brown	Providence Day School	2015	10/18/2013	CISAA Championship

Boys Class of 2015

The list of senior boys below doesn't include a new transfer from out of state; instead, it mostly shows familiar returning faces with just a few fast-risers.  Philip Hall and Tanis Baldwin ended the 2013 season on top of the rankings, and they started the 2014 season in the same place.  Returning seniors like Nick Linder, Ryan Speer, and Peter Millsaps are pretty much right where you would expect them to be at this point in the year.  The only two surprises both run for Cardinal Gibbons: David Edwards and JT Klimek are already under 15:55 this season, both significant PR's that have helped boost the Crusaders to the top of the team rankings in this early season.

Top Seniors So Far in 2014 (Full Rankings)

	1.	15:19.00	Philip Hall	South View	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	2.	15:49.60	Tanis Baldwin	East Henderson	2015	08/23/2014	WNC Carnival
	3.	15:53.00	David Edwards	Cardinal Gibbons	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	4.	15:54.00	Jt Klimek	Cardinal Gibbons	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	5.	15:55.50	Nick Linder	Providence Day School	2015	08/23/2014	WNC Carnival
	6.	16:03.00	Ryan Speer	North Raleigh Christian Academy	2015	08/15/2014	Cary Academy Home Meet
	7.	16:05.00	Peter Millsaps	Broughton	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	8.	16:06.00	Colton Lawson	Northern Durham	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	9.	16:08.00	Jose Rosas	Sanderson	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	10.	16:08.00	Tim Coffey	Mooresville	2015	08/23/2014	Providence Invitational
	11.	16:08.70	Zach Boone	Mitchell	2015	08/23/2014	WNC Carnival

Top Returning Seniors from 2013 (Full Rankings)

	1.	15:07.55	Philip Hall	Terry Sanford	2015	11/02/2013	NCHSAA State Championships
	2.	15:08.02	Tanis Baldwin	East Henderson	2015	11/02/2013	NCHSAA State Championships
	3.	15:24.30	Ryan Speer	North Raleigh Christian Academy	2015	10/05/2013	Great American Cross Country Festival
	4.	15:28.60	Peter Millsaps	Broughton	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regional
	5.	15:34.92	Nick Linder	Providence Day School	2015	10/25/2013	NCISAA State Championships
	6.	15:37.47	Zach Boone	Mitchell	2015	09/21/2013	Beeson Park Invitational
	7.	15:38.45	Dean Abushouk	Cary	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regional
	8.	15:41.00	Corbin Boyles	Maiden High	2015	11/30/2013	Foot Locker South Regional
	9.	15:41.61	Michael Staples	South View	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A East Regional
	10.	15:41.74	Robert Anderson	Pinecrest	2015	09/21/2013	Beeson Park Invitational
	11.	15:42.00	Parker Lee	Fuquay-Varina	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 4A Mideast Regional
	12.	15:44.00	Jake Blizzard	Marvin Ridge	2015	10/26/2013	NCHSAA 3A Midwest Regional
	13.	15:45.00	Jack Paddison	Providence Day School	2015	10/18/2013	CISAA Championship