Girls Rankings
Little changed at the top of the girls rankings, with Aisling Cuffe and Megan Venables taking their sectional meets with easy wins.
There were some interesting developments in WA as Maddie Meyers broke the course record of 17:35 by 1 second while winning the race by nearly two minutes. Amy Eloise Neale appears in the rankings after breaking Maddie's mark with a 17:31.8 clocking, but from a far more competitive race as she won by 7 seconds.
Shelby Houlihan, IA, is making some noise with a US#1 13:40 4k at the state meet and then winning the All-Star Senior Champs race with a time of 17:37.
Michelle Thomas, OH, impressed by upsetting some heavy hitters to win at the OH state meet with a time of 17:41.50.
Michigan was also a fun place to be for a fan of prep XC as Brook Handler took over Megan Goethals throne with a 17:00.2 win at the Lower Peninsula state meet with Gabrielle Anzalone on her heels in 17:01.7.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Aisling Cuffe - Won the Section 9 Championships with a 17:39.25 over the 3 mile course |
NY |
1 |
| 2 | Megan Venables - Won the NJSIAA Sectional Championships (Group 3) with the fastest time of the day and a season best time of 17:23 | NJ | 2 |
| 3 | Molly Grabill - Idle. | CA |
3 |
| 4 | Kelsey Lakowske - Idle. | CO |
4 |
| 5 |
Kathryn Fluehr -
Ran a blistering 16:54.14 to win the FHSAA 1A District 6 5K race.
|
FL | 5 |
| 6 | Maddie Meyers - Won the WIAA State Championships in 17:34 with close to a 2 minute lead in the 5K event, breaking the course record before Eloise Neale later broke it again. |
WA | 6 |
| 7 | Alli Billmeyer - Broke the course record at a dual meet on Friday in 14:18 over 2.6 miles. | CA | 7 |
| 8 | Molly Seidel - Idle. |
WI | 8 |
| 9 | Rachel Johnson - Won the Region I Championships with a 10:53.10 over 2 miles for the fastest time of the day. |
TX | 9 |
| 10 | Sarah Baxter - The tiny freshman won the Ventura County Cross Country Invitational in 17:42.45 |
CA | 10 |
| 11 | Abbey Leonardi - Idle. |
ME | 11 |
| 12 | Megan Lacy - Ran a 17:36 for 5k to win the NJSIAA Sectional Championships (Group 4). | NJ | 12 |
| 13 | Amy Eloise Neale - Broke the course record at the WIAA State Championships clocking a 17:31.80. |
WA | NR |
| 14 | Emma Brink - Ran a 17:56.10 for 5k to win the Region 4 AAA Meet finishing 1 minute faster than 2nd place. | KY | 14 |
| 15 | Shelby Houlihan - Won the Iowa All-Star Senior Championships finishing in 17:37, and also has a US#1 13:40 4k to her credit. |
IA | NR |
| 16 | Kelsey Margey - Won the Section 11 Divisionals in 18:21.80 by almost a minute | NY | 16 |
| 17 | Michelle Thomas - Blitzed to a win at the Ohio State Cross Country Championships finishing in 17:41.50 | OH | NR |
| 18 | Molly McNamara - Idle. | NJ | 18 |
| 19 | Samantha Nightingale - Won the MSHSAA State XC Championships with a time of 17:59.64. | MO | NR |
| 20 | Brook Handler - Edged out Gabrielle Anzalone by a second to win the MHSAA LP Cross Country Finals in 17:00.2. | MI | NR |
| 21 | Gabrielle Anzalone - Finished a second behind Brook Handler at the MHSAA LP Cross Country Finals clocking a 17:01.7 | MI | 15 |
| 22 | Catrina McAlister - Won easily at the Pacific League Finals finishing in 18:52.59. | CA | 22 |
| 23 | Emma Abrahamson - Idle. | CA | 23 |
| 24 | Haley Pierce - Won the New Castle County Championships clocking a 17:48.13 | DE | 24 |
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25 |
Grace Tinkey - Won the GHSA Cross Country State Championships in 18:04.74 with the fastest time of the day | GA | NR |
Boys Rankings
What a week for prep cross country! The top-10 boys are super-tight and should make the end of the season very interesting. A shake-up at the top occurred with Lukas Verzbicas taking the #1 spot with an impressive run at the IL state meet. Lukas blasted a solo-13:54 3 mile run to come a mere 4 seconds from breaking Craig Virgin's state record mark of 13:50. Lukas is clearly in the best shape of his life heading into the most important part of the season.
Another big move was made by New Jersey new-comer Edward Cheserek, who ran won two big races in 4 days last week, highlighted by an impressive 15:18.45 on a 5250 meter layout! It will be interesting to see how Cheserek stacks up to the competition at the FL Northeast meet.
Michael Brajdic, OH, is also a big story of the week, taking down a 1987 course record at the OH state meet, held by none other than Olympian Bob Kennedy. Kennedy ran 15:03.2 and Brajdic won the Division 2 race with a time of 15:01.9.
2009 FL finalist Blake Williams, NC, has broken back into the rankings after impressively winning the NC state meet, which he was 8th at last year.
Also making waves were Billy Orman, AZ, and Kenji Bierig, WA. Billy won the Arizona state meet with a 15:03.3 to shatter 2009 Foot Locker 5th place finisher Brian Shrader's course record of 15:15! Kenji won the WA 4A state championship with a time of 15:09, just 2 seconds off of Shane Moskowitz's course record.
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| Current Rank | Athlete Name | State | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Lukas Verzbicas - Won the IL state meet in impressive fashion in an attempt at Craig Virgin's 13:50 3 mile record. Lukas came up just short in his bid, nevertheless running an impressive 13:54! |
IL | 4 |
| 2 | Futsum Zeinasellassie - Idle. State meet was last week. | IN | 1 |
| 3 | Ammar Moussa - Cruised to a win in the Pacific League finals as Arcadia dominated with 18 points. | CA | 3 |
| 4 | Edward Cheserek - Completed one heck of a week, winning the NJISAA Prep meet by 53 seconds with a time of 15:22 on Nov. 3 and then coming back on the 6th to win the NJCTC champs with an impressive time of 15:18.45 for 5250 meters! | NJ | 4 |
| 5 | Craig Lutz - Blasted a 14:02.1 3 mile at the TX Region 1 meet to win by 55 seconds. | TX | 5 |
| 6 | Elias Gedyon - Ran easy in 15:38 to win the Mission League finals and lead his Loyola squad to their 12th consecutive league title. |
CA | 3 |
| 7 | Jim Rosa - Won the NJ Group 3 meet by cruising to a time of 15:52. |
NJ | 6 |
| 8 | Michael Brajdic - Ran an impressive 15:01.9 to win the division 2 OH state champs race and break Olympian Bob Kennedy's course record of 15:03.2 that was set back in 1987! |
OH | 9 |
| 9 | Billy Orman - Won the division 3 race at the Arizona state champs with a time of 15:03.3 to win by a gap of 44 seconds and shatter Brian Shrader's course record of 15:15. | AZ | 10 |
| 10 | Martin Hehir - Won the Class AA race at the Section 9 champs meet with a time of 15:08. | NY | 12 |
| 11 | Kenji Bierig - Won the 4A Washington state champs in impressive fashion with a time of 15:09, just off of Shane Moskowitz's record of 15:07. |
WA | 16 |
| 12 | Samuel Pons - Won the Rio Hondo League finals, cruising with a time of 16:19. |
CA | 8 |
| 13 | Robert Allen - Ran 2nd fastest time on the course, a 15:30.86 clocking, to win the RI state champs. | RI | 14 |
| 14 | Lane Werley - Won the Big 8 League finals with a time of 15:19. |
CA | 11 |
| 16 |
Blake Williams - A 2009 FL finalist, Blake won the 4A North Carolina state meet with a time of 15:29.38 to improve his time by 40 seconds and his 8th place finish from last year. |
NC | NR |
| 16 |
Nathan Weitz - Won the WA 3A state title with a time of 15:12, just 3 ticks off of what Kenji ran. |
WA | 25 |
| 17 | Jeramy Elkaim - Won his NJ sectional championship meet with a time of 15:44. |
NJ | 15 |
| 18 | Zach Wills - Won the division 1 race at the Ohio state champs with a time of 15:19.80. | OH | 17 |
| 19 | Jacob Burcham - Idle. State meet was last week. | WV | 18 |
| 20 | Mike Mazzaccaro - Idle. | NJ | 19 |
| 21 | Zach Herriott - Won the Class 4 Missouri state meet with a time of 15:30.55. | MO | NR |
| 22 | Armando Del Valle - Won his district meet with a time of 15:49.42. |
FL | 21 |
| 23 | Jimmy Clark - Cruised in his district meet with a time of 16:02.59. | FL | 22 |
| 24 | Jack Driggs - Cruised to the win at his Sectional champs with a time of 14:53.42 for 3 miles, leading York to the team win. |
IL | 24 |
| 25 | Scott Albaugh - Won the Michigan Lower Peninsula state championship meet with a time of 15:13.9. |
MI | NR |
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