NCHSAA 4A Preseason Team Rankings

There are a few surprises on the boys' side, plus the teams from one girls' conference go 2-3-4 in the rankings.

 

These rankings are drawn exclusively from returning best times from the 2011 cross country season; they are PURELY STATISTICAL and are not adjusted for any factors like performance during spring track.  If a school does not have 5 returning runners in the database, they will not appear in the rankings.  Also, if runners do not have graduation years entered, they will not be counted in returning rankings, and that can cause teams to not show in the rankings.  Coaches can fix this by A) submitting regular-season results so that all team members have marks, and B) entering grad years for each athlete.