Girls Rankings
Aisling Cuffe continues to dominate every XC course she runs on, winning the Eastern States race at the Manhattan Invite with a time of 13:58.14.
Rachel Johnson makes a move up the rankings after debuting at the Nike South Invite with a big win in 17:27.60.
Making their first appearances in the rankings for 2010 are Molly Seidel, Jillian Fanning, and Erin Hooker. Seidel blitzed a 13:44.39 for 4k in Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite to land at 11th. Jillian Fanning was 2nd to Cuffe in NY with a time of 14:16.08 to lead US#1 Fayetteville-Manlius to a dominate win over two ranked opponents, Tatnall (DE) and Great Oak (CA), and sits at 13th. Hooker won big at altitude in Colorado with a time of 17:58.80 to land a spot at 21st.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Aisling Cuffe - Won her second straight Eastern States race at the Manhattan Invite with a time of 13:58.14, just off the 13:55.27 course record. |
NY |
1 |
| 2 | Megan Venables - Won another big race over nationally-ranked competition (Kelsey Margey) at the Suffolk Officials Invitational with a time of 18:25.40. | NJ | 2 |
| 3 | Molly Grabill - Idle. | CA |
3 |
| 4 | Eleanor Fulton - Won the Rampart 5k XC Invite with a time of 18:21, 23 seconds ahead of 2nd place. | CO |
4 |
| 5 | Chelsey Sveinsson - Has yet to run a race this season but her 2nd place finish at Foot Locker National last year will keep her as one of the favorite. | TX |
5 |
| 6 | Kathryn Fluehr - Idle | FL | 6 |
| 7 | Alli Billmeyer - Idle | CA | 7 |
| 8 | Catrina McAlister - Won the Asics Clovis Invite with a 17:50 clocking on the 5k course. | CA | 8 |
| 9 | Rachel Johnson - Debuted with a win at the Nike South Invite with a 30 second victory in 17:27.60. |
TX | 13 |
| 10 | Maddie Meyers - Idle. | WA | 10 |
| 11 | Molly Seidel - Won the Wisconsin Lutheran Invite 4k with a blistering 13:44.39. |
WI | NR |
| 12 | Abbey Leonardi - Won the Gorham Kennebunk meet by almost 2 minutes finishing in 17:54 for 5k. | ME | 12 |
| 13 | Jillian Fanning - Finished 2nd in 14:16.08 behind Aisling Cuffe at the Manhattan Invite. | NY | NR |
| 14 | Emma Brink - Won the Father Judy Invite with a time of 18:05.90. |
KY | 14 |
| 15 | Gabrielle Anzalone - Won the Portage Invitational Division 1 varsity race with the fastest time of the day, a time of 17:41.10. |
MI | 15 |
| 16 | Kelsey Margey - Finished 2nd behind Megan Venables at the Suffolk Invite after taking a fall with only 100 meters to go in the race. | NY | 16 |
| 17 | Hannah Neczypor - Idle. | OH | 11 |
| 18 | Rebecca Mehra - Idle | CA | 18 |
| 19 | Megan Lacy - Won the Olympic Conference Champs with a time of 18:34 for 5k. | NJ | 19 |
| 20 | Haley Pierce - Finished 3rd in the Eastern States race at the Manhattan Invite with a time of 14:22.05 behind Cuffe and Fanning. | DE | 20 |
| 21 | Erin Hooker - Won the Saucony/TCA Titan Thunder Invite with a time of 17:58.80 at altitude. | CO | NR |
| 22 | Sara Sargent - Ran a 4k time of 14:47.54 at the Manhattan Invitational. | PA | 9 |
| 23 | Katie Knight - Idle. | WA | 17 |
| 24 | Lindsay Crevoiserat - Idle. | CT | 22 |
| 25 | Julia Foster - Idle | NM | 23 |
Boys Rankings
There were few changes to the rankings, as a number of top-ranked harriers took the weekend off, but a few notable performances deserve mention. Futsum Zeinasellassie won his 6th race of the season, again beating nationally ranked competition in Chris Walden(12) and John Mascari(13).
A major edition to this week's release is Edward Cheserek, who debuts at 11th after racing with Jim Rosa all the way to the end in the Eastern States Race at the Manhattan Invitational. Lane Werley also made a climb back to 7th after finishing a close second to Ammar Moussa at the Asics Clovis Invitational with the pair clocking 14:51-14:54. Caleb Rhynard is also in at a tie for 25th after an impressive win at the Portage Invite. Caleb ran the fastest time of the day 15:14.7, from a slower race.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Futsum Zeinasellassie - Won another big battle over Chris Walden and John Mascari at the Metropolitan Interscholastic meet with a time of 15:08.2. |
IN | 1 |
| 2 | Elias Gedyon - Idle. | CA | 2 |
| 3 | Ammar Moussa - Won another big meet, this time taking down Lane Werley at the Asics Clovis Invite with a time of 14:51. | CA | 3 |
| 4 | Lukas Verzbicas - Opened up his XC season with a big win at the Nike Northside/Southside Challenge, running 12:24 for 2.62 miles, 4:44 per mile. | IL | 4 |
| 5 | Craig Lutz - Won big at the Nike South Invite, setting a course record with his time of 14:55.50. | TX | 5 |
| 6 | Jim Rosa - Battled with newcomer Cheserek through the hills at Vanny before pulling away for a 12:28 winning time in the Eastern States race at the Manhattan Invitational. | NJ | 6 |
| 7 | Lane Werley - Showed up big at the Asics Clovis Invite, finishing a very close 2nd to Moussa with a clocking of 14:54. | CA | NR |
| 8 | Michael Brajdic - Idle. | OH | 7 |
| 9 | Nathan Weitz - Idle. | WA | 8 |
| 10 | Jeramy Elkaim - Idle. | NJ | 9 |
| 11 | Edward Cheserek - Battled Jim Rosa through the tough hills at Vanny before fading a little at the end to finish 2nd in 12:34, only 6 seconds off the pace. | NJ | NR |
| 12 | Chris Walden - Finished 2nd to Futsum, but much closer, with a time of 15:10.1 at the Metropolitan Interscholastic meet. | IN | 10 |
| 13 | John Mascari - Finished 3rd to Futsum and Walden, but much closer, with a time of 15:10.8 at the Metropolitan Interscholastic meet. | IN | 11 |
| 14 | Billy Orman - Won the Jack Boehle Invite with a time of 15:52.2 by a margin of 56 seconds. | AZ | 13 |
| 15 |
Andrew Gardner - Idle. |
WA | 12 |
| 16 | Zach Wills - Idle. | OH | 14 |
| 17 | Ryan Pickering - Idle. | FL | 15 |
| 18 | Ryan Urie - Idle. | CA | 16 |
| 19 | Jimmy Clark - Idle. | FL | 17 |
| 20 | Jack Driggs - Idle. | IL | 18 |
| 21 | Armando Del Valle - Won the Tri-County Champs meet with a time of 14:43.52 for 3 miles. | FL | 19 |
| 22 | Jacob Burcham - Idle. | WV | 20 |
| 23 | Caleb Hoover - Idle. | MO | 21 |
| 24 | Miles Schoedler - Travelled to Florida to win the elite race at the Disney World Classic with a time of 15:34.80. | NJ | 23 |
| 25(tie) | Sergio Gonzalez - Another big race, finishing 3rd behind Moussa and Werley at the Asics Clovis Invite with a time of 15:10. | CA | 24 |
| 25(tie) | Caleb Rhynard - Fastest time of the day from a slower race, winning in 15:14.7 at the Portage Invite in Michigan. |
MI | NR |
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