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Pre-Season ... National GIRLS Individual Profiles/Ranks - Cross Country 2014

by Bill Meylan ... July 14, 2014

Below are Performance Profiles for 12 top national high school female runners entering the 2014 cross country season ... I find it interesting to examine profiles of the top national girls and also compare them to the top NY girls (Profiles for the 2014 New York Girls) ... Performance data helps evaluation ... and knowing the performance level of the best national runners is always interesting ..... Opinions will differ on the ranking position of individual runners, but that's a good thing ... It's also a "necessary thing" for serious handicappers ... The order of the runners below is my current pre-season opinion.

How To Read the Table Information: The number following the name is the school grade for the 2014 XC season. The XC data listed below the name are, in order, the race name, race date, place, actual race time, and speed rating (higher is faster). Selected track data are also shown .

#1 - Alexa Efraimson 12 Camas HS Washington

Alexa Efraimson enters the 2014 XC season as the obvious top-rated high school runner in the nation [assuming she doesn't turn professional (see Marc Bloom's Running Times article about Alexa)] ...... Alexa won the exciting NXN National race over Elise Cranny and Sarah Baxter on the frozen Portland Meadows course ... her only loss during XC came in an early season race at the Pier Park Invite in Portland, OR (Ella Donaghu of Grant OR won).

Alexa Efraimson was simply super during track ... ran the 2nd fastest 1500m ever by a high-schooler (4:07.05) ... ran faster than Mary Cain at 3000m indoors (9:00.16) ... set PRs at 1-Mile (4:32.15), 3200m (9:55.92) and 800m (2:03.26).

 NXN Nationals          12/7/2013    1   16:50.1   165
 OR-WA Border-Clash     11/23/2013   1   15:43.0   150
 NXN Northwest          11/16/2013   1   17:27.1   158
 Washington State 4A    11/9/2013    1   17:01.10  155
 Westside Classic       11/2/2013    1   17:40.48  151
 St Helens League Champ 10/23/2013   1   17:52.0   ---
 Dellinger Invitational 10/5/2013    1   16:35.0   159
 Nike Pre-Nationals     9/28/2013    1   17:58.67  150
 Pier Park Invite       9/13/2013    2   17:28.63  150
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 NXN Nationals          12/1/2012    4   19:34.0   154
 NXN Northwest          11/10/2012   3   17:42.9   149
 Washington State 4A    11/3/2012    1   17:34.2   146
 Stanford Invite        9/29/2012    1   17:03.7   151

   Track (selected races):
 USATF JR Nationals    7/6/14    1500m    1   4:16.87
 USATF Champ-Prelim    6/25/14   1500m    16  4:12.89
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   800m     1   2:03.26
 adidas Grand Prix     6/14/14   1500m    10  4:07.05
 WA State Meet         5/31/14   800m     1   2:04.10
 WA State Meet         5/31/14   1600m    1   4:33.29
 WA Districts          5/24/14   800m     1   2:06.03
 WA Districts          5/24/14   1600m    1   4:37.85
 4A GSHL Champion      5/15/14   800m     1   2:08.00
 Nike/Jesuit Relays    5/2/14    1500m    1   4:21.10
 Oregon Relays         4/18/14   1600m R      4:44.6
 Arcadia Invitational  4/11/14   3200m    1   9:55.92
 Evergreen Dual        4/2/14    400m     2   0:58.34
 New Bal Nationals     3/16/14   1 Mile   1   4:38.46
 Millrose Games        2/15/14   1 Mile   6   4:32.15
 UW Invitational       1/31/14   3000m    4   9:00.16
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 IAAF World Youth Chm  7/14/13   1500m    3   4:16.07
 NBON Nationals        6/15/13   800m     2   2:07.04
 Portland Track Fest   6/8/13    1500m    1   4:16.00
 WA 4A State Meet      5/25/13   1600m    1   4:39.25

#2 - Anna Rohrer 12 Mishawaka HS Indiana

Anna Rohrer was the 2012 Footlocker National Champion ... She began the 2013 XC season with an excellent performance in a Michigan invitational ... In early September, Anna Rohrer was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the navicular bone in her foot and she missed the remainder of the season.

That was not her first injury ... As a freshman in 2011, Anna Rohrer ran some early XC races, but was then sidelined by a broken bone and four stress fractures ... was on crutches for 3 months and did not run for 150 days ... Came back from that and won Footlocker 2012.

Anna returned to competitive racing during the outdoor track season and she was really good ... Set a 1600m PR (4:55.66), then won the Indiana State 3200m championship with a PR (10:14.43) ... and capped off track by winning the New Balance National 5000m title in very good time under the warm-humid conditions of North Carolina (16:15.97) ...... If healthy, I think she can challenge any female high school runner at a 5K XC race (and that includes Alexa Efraimson) .... (Aug 21 Update - Unfortunately, Anna has another stress fracture).

 Penn Hokum-Karem Inv   8/31/2013    -   XC Relay  ---
 Viking Stampede MI     8/21/2013    1   16:52.25  160
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 Footlocker Finals      12/8/2012    1   17:24.8   159
 Footlocker Midwest     11/24/2012   1   16:54.0   156
 Indiana States-D1      10/27/2012   1   17:13.2   154
 Indiana Semi-State     10/20/2012   1   17:03.96  ---
 Indiana Regional       10/13/2012   1   17:24.0   ---
 IHSAA Sectional 9      10/9/2012    1   17:33.2   ---
 Northern Conference    9/29/2012    1   17:38.0   ---
 Culver Invitational    9/22/2012    2   17:32.1   144
 New Praire Invite      9/15/2012    1   17:14.1   147
 Nothridge Co Clash     9/8/2012     1   17:56.9   ---
 Viking Stampede MI     8/18/2012    1   17:46.0   ---

   Track (selected races):
 New Bal Nationals     6/13/14   5000m    1   16:15.97
 IHSAA State Champ     6/6/14    3200m    1   10:14.43
 IHSAA Regional 7      5/27/14   1600m    1   4:55.66
 IHSAA Regional 7      5/27/14   3200m    1   10:41.98
 IHSAA Sectional 5     5/29/14   1600m    1   5:04.81
 IHSAA Sectional 5     5/29/14   3200m    1   10:47.97
 Conference Champ      5/13/14   1600m    1   5:02.83
 Conference Champ      5/13/14   3200m    1   10:37.74
 Princess Relays       5/2/14    3200m    1   10:37.02
 Lady Kingsman Invite  4/26/14   3200m    1   10:40.44
  ----------            -----     ---
 Nike Elite Camp 5K-Rd 7/27/13   5000m    -   16:57.0
 Indiana St Champ      6/1/13    3200m    1   10:20.68
 IHSAA Warsaw Region   5/21/13   1600m    4   5:02.06
 West Lafayette Indiv  3/2/13    3200m    1   10:26.59

#3 - Hannah DeBalsi 11 Staples HS Connecticut

Hannah DeBalsi ran very well at Footlocker Nationals last year as she closed the gap on Tessa Barrett to make it a race and then held on nicely to finish 2nd ... she was consistent at a high performance level throughout XC ... (see Marc Bloom's Running Times article about Hannah).

Her elite performance level continued throughout both indoor and outdoor track ... At indoor Nationals, she split 4:46.16 on the 1600m leg of the DMR, and two days later, finished 4th in the 2-Mile (may have finished higher, but was tripped and fell during the race) ... Won the New Balance Outdoor National 2-Mile race with PR (10:09.08) ... then lowered that PR by a lot at the Brooks PR Invitational with an excellent 2nd-place finish to Bethan Knights (9:55.05).

 Footlocker National    12/14/2013   2   17:26.0   158
 Footlocker Northeast   11/30/2013   3   17:39.4   153
 New England Champ      11/9/2013    1   17:15.8   151
 CIAC State Open Champ  11/1/2013    1   17:44.0   148
 CIAC Divisional Champ  10/26/2013   1   17:41.0   150
 FCIAC Championship 4K  10/17/2013   1   13:29.0   ---
 Wickham Park Invite    10/12/2013   1   17:44.0   148
 Stratton Brook Invite  9/21/2013    1   17:35.99  ---
  ----------              ------
 New England Champ      11/10/2012   11  19:32.37  125
 CIAC State Open Champ  11/2/2012    16  19:49.0   ---

   Track (selected races):
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   2-Mile   2   9:55.05
 New Bal Nationals     6/13/14   2-Mile   1   10:09.08
 CT CIAC Open Champ    6/9/14    1600m    2   4:47.50
 CT CIAC Open Champ    6/9/14    3200m    1   10:24.06
 CIAC Class LL Champ   6/5/14    1600m    1   4:53.29
 CIAC Class LL Champ   6/5/14    3200m    1   10:27.59
 FCIAC Championship    5/27/14   1600m    2   4:49.27
 FCIAC Championship    5/27/14   3200m    2   10:39.19
 Loucks Games NY       5/8/14    1600m R      4:54.71
 New Bal Nationals     3/16/14   2-Mile   4   10:17.36
 New Bal Nationals     3/14/14   1600m R      4:46.16
 New England Champ     3/1/14    2-Mile   1   10:12.95
 CT Indoor Champ       2/17/14   3200m    1   10:41.39
 CIAC Class LL Champ   2/8/14    3200m    1   10:19.26
 FCIAC Championship    1/29/14   3200m    2   10:30.79
 FCIAC West Champ      1/25/14   3200m    1   10:26.76
  ----------            -----     ---
 NBON Nationals        6/16/13   2-Mile   3   10:16.20
 New England Champ     6/8/13    3200m    1   10:10.26
 CT CIAC State Champ   6/3/13    1600m    2   4:54.55
 CT CIAC State Champ   6/3/13    3200m    2   10:21.86

#4 - Stephanie Jenks 11 Linn-Mar HS Iowa

Stephanie Jenks is a remarkable athlete who runs, swims and does triathlons (see Marc Bloom's article about Jenks in Running Times) ... Last fall, Stephanie competed for the Linn-Mar HS swim team (not the XC team) ... she ran only a few XC races, but qualified easily for Footlocker ... at Footlocker Nationals, she stayed with Tessa Barrett for a decent time in mid-race when Barrett was pressing the pace, but tired a bit near the end and finished 9th.

Stephanie qualified for the Youth Olympic Games triathlon this summer in Nanjing, China (to be held in late August) ... She also qualified in track to compete in the 3000 meters at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon (late July) ..... She ran very well during track setting PRs at all distances including the Mile (4:42.68), 2-Mile (10:06.54), 3000m (9:24.67) ... Set the National Sophomore Record for 5000m indoors at Nationals (16:37.50).

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   9   17:43.0   153
 Footlocker Midwest     11/30/2013   2   17:39.0   145
 Dellinger Invitational 10/5/2013    7   16:57.0   151
 Roy Griak CollegeD2 6K 9/28/2013    4   22:06.6   ---
 adidas Challenge NC    9/21/2013    3   17:31.0   141
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 NXN Nationals          12 /1/2012   41  20:35.0   133
 Footlocker Midwest     11/24/2012   23  18:14.0   129
 NXN Heartland Reg      11/11/2012   3   17:58.59  142
 Iowa State Champ 4K    10/27/2012   1   13:42.0   140

   Track (selected races):
 World Junior Champ    7/24/14   3000m    15  9:31.47
 USATF JR Nationals    7/5/14    3000m    2   9:28.00
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   2 Mile   3   10:06.54
 adidas Grand Prix     6/14/14   1 Mile   2   4:42.68
 New Bal Nationals     6/13/14   800m     10  2:09.18
 Festival of Miles     6/5/14    1 Mile   1   4:46.67
 Iowa State Champ      5/22/14   800m     2   2:10.20
 Iowa State Champ      5/22/14   3000m    1   9:24.67
 Drake Relays          4/26/14   1500m    1   4:28.72
 Drake Relays          4/25/14   800m     2   2:11.65
 Drake Relays          4/24/14   3000m    1   9:26.87
 Kansas Relays         4/16/14   800m     1   2:12.38
 New Bal Nationals     3/16/14   1 Mile   5   4:49.28
 New Bal Nationals     3/14/14   5000m    2   16:37.50
 IA Dickinson          3/10/14   3000m    1   9:58.21
 Big River Running     2/22/14   1 Mile   1   4:58.84
 Big River Running     2/08/14   3200m    1   10:30.19
  ----------            -----     ---
 NBON Nationals        6/16/13   1-Mile   3   4:50.72
 NBON Nationals        6/16/13   2-Mile   7   10:24.30
 Festival of Miles     5/30/13   1-Mile   1   4:47.43
 adidas Grand Prix     5/25/13   1-Mile   5   4:44.50

#5 - Audrey Belf 12 Birmingham Seaholm HS Michigan

Audrey Belf showed major improvement from her sophomore to junior XC seasons ... Prior to Footlocker last year, she was undefeated in XC which included a win in her Michigan State Championship race ... Audrey was a big favorite to qualify for Footlocker Nationals, but an unfortunate physical anomaly occurred at the two mile mark of the mid-west qualifier (see Marc Bloom's article about Audrey in Running Times).

Audrey ran very well during track ... she finished 2nd to Tessa Barrett at Indoor Nationals in the 2-Mile (10:10.90) ... she was 5th at the adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile (4:45.37) and 4th at the Brooks PR Invitational 2-Mile (10:11.24) ... and then won the USATF Junior National 5000m ..... Audrey Belf is continuing to improve and is definitely one of the top runners in the nation.

 Footlocker Midwest      11/30/2013  22  18:19.0   132
 MI State LP Champ       11/2/2013   1   17:31.1   146
 MI Regional 7           10/26/2013  1   17:41.0   ---
 OAA Red Championship    10/17/2013  1   17:23.8   ---
 Oakland Co Champ        10/5/2013   1   17:58.0   148
 Coaching Legends Cl     9/27/2013   1   17:02.8   ---
 Centerville Stampede    9/21/2013   1   17:53.9   ---
 MSU Spartan Invite      9/13/2013   1   17:14.0   145
 W Bloomfield/Rice Inv   9/7/2013    1   18:08.6   ---
 Red Hawk Invitational   8/23/2013   1   17:42.0   ---
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 MI State LP Champ       11/3/2012   33  18:32.8   122
 MSU Spartan Invite      9/14/2012   11  18:18.0   129

   Track (selected races):
 USATF JR Nationals    7/6/14    5000m    1   17:01.75
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   2-Mile   4   10:11.24
 adidas Grand Prix     6/14/14   1 Mile   5   4:45.37
 MI State Champ LP1    5/31/14   3200m    1   10:17.08
 Oakland Co Champ      5/23/14   1600m    1   4:45.97
 MHSAA Regional 5      5/16/14   3200m    1   10:16.06
 Harold Arft Sterling  5/2/14    3200m    1   10:19.67
 Huron Relays          3/21/14   1600m    1   4:54.11
 New Bal Nationals     3/15/14   2-Mile   2   10:10.90
 MITS State Champ      2/22/14   3200m    1   10:31.78
 SPIRE Showcase        2/15/14   3200m    1   10:26.95
 New Bal Grand Prix    2/8/14    1-Mile   5   4:58.97
 MITS - U of M #3      1/16/14   800m     1   2:17.90
 MITS - GVSU #2        1/11/14   1-Mile   1   4:59.43
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 USATF JR Champ        6/19/13   3000m    5   9:59.63
 New Bal Nationals     6/14/13   5000m    7   16:54.83
 MI State Champ LP1    6/1/13    3200m    6   10:56.47
 Oakland Co Champ      5/24/13   1600m    1   4:58.89
 New Bal Nationals     3/9/13    2-Mile   3   10:22.46

#6 - Anoush Shehadeh 12 Phillips Andover Academy Massachusetts

Anoush Shehadeh's Footlocker race was an impressive performance in a National race ... she fell and did a "face-plant" early in the race and dropped back to next-to-last place (she was gapped behind the field in next-to-last place in the opening 800 meters) ... she then steadily moved through the field and finish strongly to take 4th-place with a super effort.

Anoush set five course records during XC (noted in the table below) ..... I could not find any track performances this year ... She was not listed on the Phillips Andover outdoor track roster ... Not sure what to make of that.

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   4   17:35.0   155
 Footlocker Northeast   11/30/2013   2   17:37.3   154
 NEPSTA D1 Champ        11/9/2013    1   17:38.0   CR
 Exeter Home Dual       11/2/2013    1   won by 2:00+
 Deerfield Away Dual    10/26/2013   1   17:30     CR
 NHM Home Dual          10/19/2013   1   17:18.0   CR
 Tri-Team Away Meet     10/9/2013    1   18:04.0   CR
 Choate Home Dual       10/5/2013    1   17:37.0   CR
 Codfish Bowl Races     9/28/2013    1   18:14.0   ---
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 Footlocker Nationals   12/8/2012    -     DNF     ---
 Footlocker Northeast   11/24/2012   5   18:15.0   147

   Track (selected races):
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 NEPSTA D1 Champ       5/18/13   1500m    1   4:51.44
 NEPSTA D1 Champ       5/18/13   3000m    1   10:18.41
 New Balance Twilght   5/11/13   3000m    3   10:08.76
 NEPSTA D1 Champ       5/21/12   1500m    1   4:46.58

#7 - Makena Morley 12 Bigfork HS Montana

Makena Morley won the Footlocker West qualifier and finished 8th at Footlocker Nationals ... She finished 2nd at the NXN Northwest Regional where she forced Alexa Efraimson to expend some effort in winning the race.

Makena ran very well during track and set PRs at all distances ... Finished 2nd to Hannah DeBalsi at New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 2-Mile and then set a PR at the Brooks PR Invitational 2-Mile when finishing 6th (10:15.37) ... showed improved speed with an 800m PR (2:12.62).

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   8   17:43.0   153
 Footlocker West        12/7/2013    1   18:05.7   154
 NXN Northwest          11/16/2013   2   17:36.0   155
 Montana State Champ    10/26/2013   1   16:35.31  159
 Capital City 7 on 7    10/6/2013    1   17:00.6   147
 Mountain West Classic  9/28/2013    1   16:43.42  149
 Mike Reynolds Time Tr  9/6/2013     1   17:20.0   ---
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 Footlocker Nationals   12/8/2012    24  18:11.7   143
 Footlocker West        12/1/2012    3   18:17.0   142
 Montana State Champ    10/20/2012   1   18:13.1   132
 Mountain West Classic  9/29/2012    1   17:07.40  141

   Track (selected races):
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   2-Mile   6   10:15.37
 New Bal Nationals     6/14/14   2-Mile   2   10:22.17
 New Bal Nationals     6/13/14   5000m    5   16:49.74
 Montana Class A & B   5/30/14   1600m    1   4:53.83
 Montana Class A & B   5/30/14   3200m    1   10:58.85
 Montana Class A & B   5/30/14   800m     1   2:12.62
 MT Western Division   5/23/14   1600m    1   4:50.19
 MT Western Division   5/23/14   3200m    1   10:27.74
 MT Western Division   5/23/14   800m     1   2:12.86
 Archie Roe Invite     5/10/14   800m     1   2:16.20
 Top Temn Meet         4/29/14   800m     1   2:12.99
 Seeley-Swam Invite    4/26/14   1600m    1   4:57.94
 Arcadia Invitational  4/11/14   3200m    7   10:17.38
 Ronan Meet            3/29/14   800m     1   2:16.00
 New Bal Nationals     3/16/14   2-Mile   5   10:21.85
 Simplot Games         2/13/14   3200m    1   10:34.03
 Vandal Open           2/8/14    1 Mile   1   5:05.18
 Vandal Open           2/8/14    3000m    1   10:00.21
   ----------           -----     ---
 Montana State Meet    5/25/13   1600m    2   5:06.46
 Montana State Meet    5/25/13   800m     2   2:17.04
 Whitefish ARM         4/27/13   1600m    1   5:03.28
 Arcadia Invitational  4/6/13    3200m    8   10:30.02

#8 - Brianna Schwartz 12 Shaler Area HS Pennsylvania

Last summer, Brianna Schwartz missed some summer training due to an injury ... Improved nicely during XC to pop a season-best performance at Footlocker Northeast which was bettered slightly at Nationals in a 6th-place finish ... At Footlocker Nationals, Brianna was in about 20th-place with a mile to go and finished 6th.

Brianna won Pennsylvania indoor State Meet 1-Mile with a fast PR (4:42.58, and that included a fall just before the finish-line) ... she finished 7th at the adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile ... set PRs at 3200m (10:10.03) and 800m (2:10.77).

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   6   17:43.0   153
 Footlocker Northeast   11/30/2013   4   17:42.8   152
 PA State Champ AAA     11/2/2013    5   18:36.0   136
 PIAA District 7        10/24/2013   1   17:52.0   149
 Tri-State Coaches      10/17/2013   1   18:31.0   ---
 Pittsburg Cen Catholic 10/5/2013    1   17:54.2   145
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 PA State Champ AAA     11/3/2012    3   18:39.0   135
 PIAA District 7        10/25/2012   1   18:32.0   ---
 Tri-State Coaches      10/18/2013   1   18:10.0   ---
 Pittsburg Cen Catholic 10/6/2012    1   18:30.5   ---

   Track (selected races):
 Brooks PR Invite      6/21/14   2 Mile   9   10:31.48
 adidas Grand Prix     6/14/14   1 Mile   7   4:50.16
 PIAA State Champ      5/23/14   1600m    1   4:46.95
 PIAA District 7       5/15/14   1600m    1   4:45.19
 Baldwin Invite        5/2/14    3200m    1   10:10.03
 Butler Invite         4/11/14   1600m    1   4:45.43
 Butler Invite         4/11/14   800m     1   2:10.15
 PTFCA State Champ     3/1/14    1 Mile   1   4:42.58
 TSTCA Champ           2/22/14   1 Mile   1   4:48.15
 SPIRE Showcase        2/15/14   1600m    1   4:42.10
 SPIRE Showcase        2/15/14   800m     1   2:10.77
   ----------           -----     ---
 PA State Champ AAA    5/25/13   1600m    1   4:50.05
 PA District 7 AAA     5/18/13   1600m    1   4:47.07
 Baldwin Invitational  5/3/13    1 Mile   1   4:50.83
 Baldwin Invitational  5/3/13    800m     1   2:13.67
 PA State Indoor Champ 2/23/13   3000m    5   10:01.52

#9 - Fiona O'Keeffe 11 Davis Senior HS California

Fiona O'Keeffe is the California D1 State XC Champion ... she finished a very good 4th at NXN Nationals ... In 2012, Fiona qualified for Footlocker Nationals, but was unable to finish the race due to a hip-flexor injury.

Set a very good track PR when finishing 5th in the 3200m at the Arcadia Invitational (10:14.60) ... Set a Mile PR the week before Arcadia (4:49.04).

 NXN Nationals          12/7/2013    4   17:31.1   152
 CA State Champ D1      11/30/2013   1   16:58.8   153
 Sac-Joaquin Sectional  11/16/2013   1   17:20.0   151
 Sac-Joaquin Sub-Sect   11/9/2013    11  20:19.0   ---
 Delta Valley Lg Champ  11/2/2013    1   17:36.0   ---
 Mt Sac Inv Sweeps Ind  10/26/2013   1   16:54.0   149
 Clovis Invitational    10/12/2031   2   17:17.0   149
 Stanford Inv Merge     9/28/2013    2   17:38.0   140
 Hornet Jamboree        9/14/2013    1   17:36.0   ---
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 Footlocker Nationals   12/8/2012    -   DNF -- injury
 Footlocker West        12/1/2012    5   18:33.0   137
 CA State Champ D1      11/24/2012   6   17:48.4   139
 Mt Sac Inv Sweeps Ind  10/20/2012   1   17:27.0   135
 Clovis Invitational    10/6/2012    6   17:42.0   136

   Track (selected races):
 CIF-SJS Masters Mt    5/30/14   3200m    2   10:45.09
 Sac Joaquin Div 1     5/21/14   1600m    2   5:02.54
 Sac Joaquin Div 1     5/21/14   3200m    1   10:39.11
 Delta Valley Conf     5/14/14   1600m    1   5:02.64
 Delta Valley Conf     5/14/14   3200m    1   10:30.16
 Sacramento MOC        5/3/14    800m     6   2:17.65
 Sacramento MOC        5/3/14    3200m    1   10:36.79
 Delta Valley Meet 2   4/23/14   800m     1   2:17.93
 Arcadia Invitational  4/11/14   3200m    5   10:14.60
 Stanford Invite       4/4/14    1 Mile   3   4:49.04
 Delta Valley Meet 1   3/19/14   1600m    1   4:58.93
 Delta Valley Meet 1   3/19/14   3200m    13  10:53.11
 Sacramento St Classic 3/8/14    3000m    1   9:59.12
   ----------           -----     ---
 CIF-SJS Masters Meet  5/24/13   3200m    3   10:40.17
 CIF-SJS Div 1 Final   5/17/13   1600m    6   5:03.75

#10 - Taylor Werner 11 Ste. Genevieve HS Missouri

Taylor Werner qualified and competed in both the Footlocker and NXN National races in both 2013 and 2012 ... Last year, she finished a very good 5th at NXN and 10th at Footlocker Nationals ... (see Marc Bloom's Running Times article about Taylor).

Taylor set track PRs at 3200m (10:19.15) and 1600m (4:44.26) when winning those races at the Missouri State Championships ... Expect her to have another outstanding XC season.

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   10  17:44.0   152
 NXN Nationals          12/7/2013    5   17:34.0   151
 Footlocker Midwest     11/30/2013   4   17:46.0   143
 NXN Midwest Region     11/17/2013   1   18:36.2   145
 Missouri State Champ   11/9/2013    1   17:31.3   149
 MO Class 3 District 1  11/2/2013    1   17:56.35  ---
 Borgia Invitational    10/19/2013   1   17:39.1   ---
 Potosi-MAAA Conf Mt    10/12/2013   1   17:14.0   ---
 Capital City Challenge 10/4/2013    1   17:25.01  ---
 Hancock Invitational   9/28/2013    1   17:43.19  ---
 Forest Park Festival   9/14/2013    1   16:47.2   155
 Lutheran Southern Inv  9/6/2013     1   18:10.37  ---
 USA Jr Women Champ 6K  2/2/2013     9   21:33.8   ---
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 Footlocker Nationals   12/8/2012    13  17:52.4   150
 NXN Nationals          12/1/2012    40  20:34.0   134
 Footlocker Midwest     11/24/2012   2   17:06.0   152
 NXN Midwest Region     11/11/2012   3   18:08.6   143

   Track (selected races):
 Festival of Miles     6/5/14    1 Mile   4   4:57.05
 MO State Champ Cl-3   5/31/14   1600m    1   4:44.26
 MO State Champ Cl-3   5/30/14   3200m    1   10:19.15
 MO State Champ Cl-3   5/30/14   800m     1   2:15.18
 MO Class 3-Section 1  5/24/14   1600m    1   4:56.60
 MO Class 3-Section 1  5/24/14   800m     1   2:14.41
 MO Class 3-District   5/17/14   1600m    1   4:46.58
 MO Class 3-District   5/17/14   3200m    1   10:34.55
 Conference Champ      5/2/14    1600m    1   5:00.23
 Farmington Simpson    4/16/14   800m     1   2:16.82
 Ste Genevieve Invite  4/11/14   3200m    1   10:39.61
 Festus Early Bird     3/28/14   1600m    2   4:54.75
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 Festival of Miles     5/30/13   1 Mile   3   4:49.32
 MO State Champ Cl-3   5/25/13   1600m    1   4:52.52
 MO State Champ Cl-3   5/25/13   800m     1   2:13.12
 Festus Tiger Town     4/2/13    3200m    1   10:25.88

#11 - Lucy Biles 12 Herriman HS Utah

Lucy Biles finished 7th at Footlocker Nationals ... she had already qualified for NXN Nationals by finishing 2nd at the NXN Southwest Regional, but decided to run Footlocker West rather than NXN Nationals ... was the Utah State XC champ.

In track, Lucy won the Arcadia Invitational Mile (4:50.68) the day after running the Arcadia 3200m ... she finished 10th at the adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile.

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   7   17:43.0   153
 Footlocker West        12/7/2013    3   18:55.5   138
 NXN Southwest Reg      11/23/2013   2   17:36.7   148
 Utah State Champ       10/23/2013   1   17:41.9   142
 Utah Region 4 Champ    10/16/2013   1   16:53.3   144
 Park City Invite       10/4/2013    1   17:25.8   142
 Nebo Invitational      9/28/2013    1   17:08.4   142
 Bob Firman Invite ID   9/21/2013    1   17:54.4   141
 Utah State Aggie Inv   9/7/2013     1   19:21.85  ---
 Region 4 Pre-Region    9/4/2013     1   17:25.0   ---
 Highland Invite        8/22/2013    2   17:33.1   126
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 NXN Nationals          12/1/2012    52  20:50.0   128
 NXN Southwest          11/17/2012   4   17:23.54  141
 Utah State Champ       10/17/2012   1   17:49.6   138

   Track (selected races):
 adidas Grand Prix     6/14/14   1 Mile   10  4:56.36
 Great Southwest Cl    6/5/14    1 Mile   3   4:58.65
 Golden South Classic  5/24/14   1 Mile   2   4:50.54
 Utah State 5A Champ   5/17/14   1600m    1   4:57.05
 Utah State 5A Champ   5/16/14   3200m    1   10:43.93
 Utah State 5A Champ   5/16/14   800m     1   2:11.61
 Utah Region 4         5/7/14    800m     1   2:14.53
 Davis Invitational    4/26/14   800m     2   2:15.74
 Arcadia Invitational  4/12/14   1 Mile   1   4:50.68
 Arcadia Invitational  4/11/14   3200m    19  10:34.88
 Pine View Invite      3/28/14   1600m    1   4:54.16
 Pine View Invite      3/28/14   3200m    1   10:37.98
 Davis Super Meet      3/18/14   3200m    1   10:56.78
 UHSTCA Invite         2/7/14    1600m    1   4:57.94
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 NBON Nationals        6/16/13   2-Mile   15  10:44.96
 UT 4A State Champ     5/18/13   1600m    1   4:56.62
 UT 4A State Champ     5/18/13   800m     1   2:13.98
 UT 4A State Champ     5/18/13   3200m    1   10:32.18

#12 - Briana Gess 10 Haddonfield HS New Jersey

Briana Gess finished 13th at Footlocker Nationals ... she was the best finisher amongst three outstanding freshmen at Footlocker (Gabriella Karas and New York's top-rated Jessica Lawson are the other two) ... Briana won the New Jersey Meet of Champions in excellent time at Holmdel Park (5th fastest female all-time at Holmdel) and she won a division of the Manhattan Invitational.

According to a Marc Bloom Runner Times article, Briana (who is 5' 7" tall) plays point guard on the Haddonfield basketball team in the winter (she did run a 4:48.64 1600m-split in the DMR at indoor Nationals) ... This spring, Briana had a ferritin deficiency (anemia), but she bounced back nicely to win the 1600m at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in fast time (4:45.97 which is almost equal to Mary Cain's best freshmen 1-Mile time of 4:46.91).

 Footlocker Nationals   12/14/2013   13  17:52.0   150
 Footlocker Northeast   11/30/2013   5   17:43.2   152
 New Jersey Mt of Champ 11/23/2013   1   17:45.0   151
 New Jersey Group Champ 11/16/2013   1   18:16.0   140
 NJ South Sectional     11/9/2013    1   18:05.0   ---
 Colonial Conf All-Star 10/24/2013   1   16:57.0   ---
 Manhattan Inv Var E 4K 10/12/2013   1   14:28.9   142
 NJ Shore Coach Invite  10/5/2013    1   18:36.0   135
 Cherokee Chall 3200m   9/21/2013    1   10:54.97  ---

   Track (selected races):
 NJSIAA State MOC      6/4/14    1600m    1   4:45.97
 NJSIAA Groups 2,4     5/30/14   1600m    1   4:51.09
 NJSIAA Groups 2,4     5/30/14   3200m    1   10:45.12
 NJSIAA Groups 2,4     5/30/14   800m     2   2:14.50
 NJSIAA Sectionals     5/23/14   1600m    1   4:58.72
 NJSIAA Sectionals     5/23/14   3200m    1   11:06.10
 NJSIAA Sectionals     5/23/14   800m     1   2:13.56
 Haddonfield Invite    5/15/14   1600m    1   4:58.32
 Camden County Champ   5/10/14   1600m    1   4:59.36
 Camden County Champ   5/10/14   800m     1   2:16.88
 Rowan U. Open         5/2/14    1 Mile   1   5:00.16
 New Bal Nationals     3/14/14   1600m R      4:48.64
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 NBIN Nationals-EmEl   3/9/12    1 Mile   4   4:59.72

Some other top runners to consider:

Rank	Runner	Grade	School	State
13	Allie Ostrander	12	Kenai Central	Alsaka	3200m (10:03.66, 2nd at Arcadia) ... 1st at George Fox XC Classic in Oregon (149 speed rating, beat Ella Donaghu) ... Did not profile her because she has never competed in any national XC qualifier (NXN or Footlocker) ... plays varsity basketball (which starts early in Alsaka) ... was playing soccer in the Alaska State tournament on May 30th of this spring.
14	Ella Donaghu	11	Grant	Oregon	Beat Alexa Efraimson in an XC invitational last year (Ella had a 150 speed rating) ... 9th at NXN Nationals (145 speed rating), 3rd at NXN Northwest (147 speed rating), 2nd to Allie Ostrander at George Fox Classic (147 speed rating) ...... 3000m (9:24.86) ... 1500m (4:21.35)
15	Katie Rainsberger	11	Air Academy	Colorado	6th at NXN Nationals (149 speed rating), 3rd at NXN Southwest (145 speed rating) ... 2nd at Brooks PR Invite Mile (4:41.07)
16	Lauren Gregory	10	Fort Collins	Colorado	7th at NXN Nationals (148 speed rating), 6th at NXN Southwest (144 speed rating), 2nd to Elise Cranny at Colorado States (145 speed rating (Cranny's was 154)) ..... 3200m (10:15.34, 6th at Arcadia)
17	Devin Clark	12	Smithson Valley	Texas	12th at Footlocker (152 speed rating), 27th at NXN (140 speed rating), 7th at Footlocker South (143 speed rating), 6th at NXN South (137 speed rating) ...... Mile (4:49.01, 6th at Brooks PR Invite), 3200m (10:20.30) ..... High Jumped 5-04 (talk about raising-the-bar:).
18	Marissa Williams	12	Palisades Charter	California	24th at NXN (142 speed rating), 2nd at California State Champ-D1 (152 speed rating), 3rd to Sarah Baxter and Fiona O'Keeffe at the Ascis Clovis Invite (149 speed rating)
19	Jessica Lawson	10	Corning	New York	NY State Profile of Jessica
20	Anna French	12	Wayzata	Minnesota	8th at NXN (148 speed rating) which really helped Wayzata beat Fayetteville-Manlius ... 1600m (4:56.33 PR in outdoor track)
21	Bethany Hasz	11	Alexandria	Minnesota	13th at NXN (144 speed rating), 1st at NXN Heartland (152 speed rating), 1st at MN States (144 speed rating) .... 1600m (4:53.83, 3rd at MN State Meet), 3200m (10:31.32, 3rd at MN State Meet)
22	Destiny Collins	11	Great Oak	California	34th at NXN (138 speed rating), 3rd at California States-D1 (150 speed rating), 1st at CA SS Finals (143 speed rating), 4th at Mt SAC (140 speed rating) .... 3200m (10:14.23, 2nd at CIF SS Masters), 2-Mile (10:19.26, 7th at Brooks PR Invite), 1600m (4:45.26, CIF SS Masters)
23	Samantha Ortega	12	Saugus	California	15th at Footlocker (149 speed rating), 3rd at California States-D2 (144 speed rating), 3rd at CA SS Finals (144 speed rating), 1st at Mt SAC (150 speed rating) ..... 3200m (10:26.39, 12th at Arcadia)
24	Gabriella Karas	10	Collins	Kentucky	25th at Footlocker (142 speed rating), 4th at Footlocker South (147 speed rating), Kentucky State 2A Champ (152 speed rating) ..... 1600m (4:53.73, 1st at KY State 2A Meet), 800m (2:14.66, 1st at KY State 2A Meet)
25	Hannah Long	11	Eureka	Missouri	23rd at Footlocker (143 speed rating), 5th at Footlocker Midwest (143 speed rating), 1st at MO State Class 4 Champ (143 speed rating) ...... Mile (4:44.01, 4th at adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile), 3200m (10:20.65, 8th at Arcadia), 800m (2:09.03, 1st at Nike Festival of Miles).

Note - Lots of closely rated runners ... some could easily fit in the table above.