* The statewide Gatorade Boys Player of the Year winners have been announced
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It's awards season for cross country.
And on Monday, Gatorade announced winners of its statewide Player of the Year awards, with the first release covering the girls cross country season.
Note: Gatorade does not change its terminology across its awards program to reflect 'Runner of the Year.'
In two weeks, Gatorade will announce boys winners from each state.
Check to see which athletes earned statewide recognition as the best cross country athletes over the 2019 season below.
| state | name | school |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Ethan Strand | Vestavia Hills |
| Alaska | Tristian Merchant | Anchorage Christian |
| Arizona | Leo Daschbach | Gilbert Highland |
| Arkansas | Lukas Pabst | Bentonville |
| California | Nico Young | Newbury Park |
| Colorado | Cole Sprout | Valor Christian |
| Connecticut | Gavin Sherry | West Hartford Conard |
| Delaware | Andrew Avila | Charter School of Wilmington |
| DC | Cullen Capuano | DC Gonzaga |
| Florida | Ethan Geiger | Tampa Robinson |
| Georgia | Graham Blanks | Athens Academy |
| Hawaii | Hunter Shields | Kahului |
| Idaho | Nathan Green | Borah |
| Illinois | Josh Methner | Hersey |
| Indiana | Gabriel Sanchez | Lowell |
| Iowa | Max Murphy | Bettendorf Pleasant Valley |
| Kansas | Daniel Harkin | Manhattan |
| Kentucky | Conner O'Shea | Richmond Madison Central |
| Louisiana | Will Dart | Shreveport Loyola College Prep |
| Maine | Lisandro Berry-Gaviria | Tospham Mt. Ararat |
| Maryland | Owen Johnson | Baltimore Calvert Hall |
| Massachusetts | Mike Griffin | King Phillip Regional |
| MIchigan | Carter Solomon | Plymouth |
| Minnesota | Nick Scheller | Chanhassen |
| Mississippi | Christian Balcer | Hurley East Central |
| Missouri | Wes Porter | Kansas City Rockhurst |
| Montana | Simon Hill | Kalispell Glacier |
| Nebraska | Liem Chot | Lincoln North |
| Nevada | Christian Franklin | Las Vegas Valley |
| New Hampshire | Jake Velazquez | Keene |
| New Jersey | Liam Murphy | Allentown |
| New Mexico | Galvin Curley | Navajo Pine |
| New York | Sam Lawler | Pittsford-Mendon |
| North Carolina | Ian Harrison | Panther Creek |
| North Dakota | Brady Yoder | Dickinson |
| Ohio | Caleb Brown | Shelby |
| Oklahoma | Gabe Simonsen | Mustang |
| Oregon | Evan Holland | Ashland |
| Pennsylvania | Patrick Anderson | Mt. Lebanon |
| Rhode Island | Jack Mcloughlin | La Salle Academy |
| South Carolina | Coen Roberts | Greer |
| South Dakota | Andrew Lauer | Sioux Falls Lincoln |
| Tennessee | Silas Winders | Paris Henry County |
| Texas | Ryan Schoppe | La Porte |
| Utah | Carson Belnap | Stansbury |
| Vermont | Henry Farrington | Essex |
| Virginia | Daniel O'Brien | Virginia Episcopal |
| Washington | Wil Smith | Lewis And Clark |
| West Virginia | Larry Josh Edwards | University |
| Wisconsin | Jake Krause | Hortonville |
| Wyoming | Peter Visser | Star Valley |
Related Links:
- Gatorade's girls statewide players of the year
- Gatorade's POY girls program page
- Gatorade's POY boys program page