National Roll Call: The Best Girls XC Runners In Each State

How do runners compare to each other state-to-state and across regions? In the chart below, we list the top overall girls runner in each state from their 2016 performances. Will these returning runners stay on top throughout the fall? We'll have to see.

While some names won't surprise you, others may. Learn about some of the nation's top talent below.

State-By-State Leaders
Washington	Taylor Roe	Lake Stevens	17:21.60
Oregon	Ember Stratton	Sunset	17:07.90
California	Claudia Lane	Malibu	16:16.70 (3-mile)
Arizona	Samantha Schadler	Rio Rico	17:27:10
Utah	Bailey Brinkerhoff	Desert Hills	17:14:10 (3-mile)
Idaho	Eve Jensen	Boise	17:15.90
Hawaii	Jordan Jones	Pac-Five	19:41:05
Montana	Annie Hill	Glacier	16:40:30 (3-mile)
Wyoming	Aubrey Frentheway	Cheyenne Central	18:02.93
New Mexico	Amanda Mayoral	Sue Cleveland	18:20:55
North Dakota	Mattie Shirley-Fairbairn	Bismarck	17:24:30
South Dakota	Ella Byers	Chamberlain	18:14.74
Nebraska	Rylee Rice	Ainsworth	18:06:34
Oklahoma	Elysia Burgos	Deer Creek	18:18.60
Texas	London Culbreath	McKinney North	16:48:59
Minnesota	Anna Fenske	Farmington	17:00:40
Iowa	Anna Hostetler	Mid-Prairie	17:42:02
Missouri	Victoria Findley	Blue Springs South	17:33:09
Arkansas	Tori Willis	Bentonville	18:55:36
Louisiana	Adrianna Wilder	Parkway	19:52:05
Mississippi	Morgan Claire Rose	Kirk Academy	18:15.60
Tennessee	Rebecca Story	Christian Academy	17:12:03
Kentucky	Kaitlyn Lacy	Male	17:56:10
Indiana	Tyler Schwartz	Dekalb	17:29:00
Illinois	Katelynne Hart	Glenbard West	17:05:00
Wisconsin	Meghan Scott	DSHA	17:31:20
Michigan	Anne Forsyth	Ann Arbor Pioneer	17:09:10
Ohio	Leah Roter	Beachwood	17:09.70
West Virginia	Tashala Turner	University	18:05:20
Florida	Bailey Hertenstein	Riverview	17:32:14
Georgia	Elizabeth Funderburk	Colquitt County	17:47.98
South Carolina	Mari Cagle Lockhart	Daniel	18:07:00
North Carolina	Natalie Tyner	Laney	17:58:29
Virginia	Heather Holt	George C. Marshall	16:56:00
Delaware	Lydia Olivere	Padua Academy	17:22:00
Pennsylvania	Clara Savchik	North Allegheny	17:46:00
Massachussets	Grace Connolly	Natick	17:01:00
New Hampshire	Jacqueline Gaughan	Exeter	17:12:56
Maine	Malaika Pasch	Falmouth	18:22:02
Colorado	Quinn McConnell	Peak to Peak Charter	17:12:90
Kansas	Molly Born	Shawnee Mission NW	16:49:00
Alaska	Sadie Tuckwood	Juneau-Douglas	18:12:41
Alabama	Lainey Phelps	Homewood	17:42.61
Connecticut	Morgan McCormick	Wilton	18:33.68
New Jersey	Alyssa Aldridge	Mainland Regional	17:25:27
New York	Katherine Lee	Shoreham-Wading	16:45:45
Rhode Island	Eleanor Lawler	South Kingstown	18:00.67
Vermont	Delaney Bullock	Brattleboro Union	18:23.69
DC	Page Lester	National Cathedral	17:59:00
Maryland	Abigail Green	Walter Johnson	17:14:00