North Carolina 5A Girls XC: Who's Back in 2026 – State Preview

MileSplit Team Scores: See How Returning Teams Stack Up

With cross country season in its early stages, MileSplit is giving you a new way to see how returning teams stack up heading into the fall.

Team Scores use performances from returning athletes to create a snapshot of each program entering the season, making it easy to see which teams bring back the strongest lineups and where the competition stands.

Explore The Teams

The new Team Scores experience goes beyond the final ranking. Each team is displayed with its score, average time and scoring spread, along with a visual showing how its returning runners compare.

Want to take a closer look? Click the X to show the athletes contributing to a team's score, then click the dots to see the individual returners behind the team's ranking.

Use the interactive Team Scores below to explore the returning talent, compare teams and get a closer look at the programs to watch this cross country season.


What if every Girls 5A team in North Carolina raced head-to-head? We scored the top 25 full squads using last season's returners' best times to see who comes out on top in our 2026 virtual meet.


Team Scores Virtual Meet
NCHSAA 5A Girls XC: The Virtual Meet -- Returners
Every full squad raced head-to-head on 2025 season bests · top 25 of 39 teams · 264 runners · top 5 count, 6--7 displace · 15 incomplete excluded
Front runner Scorers 2--5 1--5 pack spread
25PTS
1
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00 28:00
Bella Jaworsky · 18:32 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30 Elan Eurey · 18:39 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30 Finley Evans · 18:53 adidas XC Challenge · Sep 18 Ella Myers · 18:54 Kernersville Cross Country In… · Oct 10 Kate Evonuk · 18:58 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30
Breakdown
Avg 18:47.71 · Spread 26.61
130PTS
2
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00 28:00
Ambrin Saft · 19:29 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30 Adley Taylor · 20:37 NCHSAA 5A West Regional · Oct 24 Sawyer Manuel · 20:44 NCHSAA 5A West Regional · Oct 24 Pherson Jordan · 20:45 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30 Morgan English · 21:13 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30
Breakdown
Avg 20:33.90 · Spread 1:43.97 · Behind #1 +1:46.2 per runner
143PTS
3
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00 28:00
Ila Diaz · 19:54 Great American XC Festival · Oct 2 Isabella Taylor-Hall · 20:00 NCHSAA 5A Central Regional · Oct 24 Kate Finnegan · 20:54 NCHSAA State Champs · Oct 30 Gracie Whitaker · 20:58 NCHSAA 5A Central Regional · Oct 24 Ayla Henry · 21:20 NCHSAA 5A Central Regional · Oct 24
Breakdown
Avg 20:37.82 · Spread 1:26.79 · Behind #1 +1:50.1 per runner
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