No. 5: Trabuco Hills (CA)
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Analysis: It's a strong returning team for the girls from Trabuco Hills, with their top four runners returning from a team that finished 3rd at the CIF State XC Championships in 2023. The Trabuco Hills girls are led by Holly Barker, who transferred from Laguna Hills before the 2023 season and who owned a 12th-place finish at Nike Cross Nationals in 2023. She helped transform the team from a 10th-place finish at State the year before to third last season.
Not far behind Barker, is a strong group of girls which includes Skylar Watts (17:51 PR), Anna Desormeau (18:07 PR), and Millie Bayles (18:20 PR). Expect some more great things out of this talented top-four in 2024.
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PRESEASON GIRLS TEAM RANKINGS
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RANK | Team |
|---|---|
| 25 | Champlain Valley Union (Vt.) |
| 24 | Wayzata (Minn.) |
| 23 | Flower Mound (Tex.) |
| 22 | Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) |
| 21 | Timpview (Utah) |
| 20 | Jesuit Portland (Ore.) |
| 19 | East Aurora (N.Y.) |
| 18 | Brentwood (Tenn.) |
| 17 | Lincoln (Ore.) |
| 16 | Downers Grove North (Ill.) |
| 15 | Webb School (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
| 14 | Union Catholic Reg (N.J.) |
| 13 | Barrington (Ill.) |
| 12 | Romeo (Mich.) |
| 11 | Ventura (Calif.) |
| 10 | Lone Peak (Utah) |
| 9 | Bethlehem (N.Y.) |
| 8 | Santiago Corona (Calif.) |
| 7 | Cardinal Gibbons (N.C.) |
| 6 | JSerra Catholic (Calif.) |
| 5 | Trabuco Hills (Calif.) |
| 4 | Niwot (Colo.) |
| 3 | Buchanan (Calif.) |
| 2 | Mountain Vista (Colo.) |
| 1 | Air Academy (Colo.) |
Honorable Mentions: Oyster River (NH), Prospect (IL), Chaparral (CO), Assumption (KY), & North Allegheny (KY)