The Top 30 Girls, 9/22/16

This week (Preseason)

1 (1). Nevada Mareno, senior, Leeville Road (North Carolina): Opened her season with an easy win at Friday Night Flights on Sept. 9.

2 (2). Annie Hill, junior, Glacier (Montana): Mountain West Invitational coming up this Saturday.

3 (9). Brie Oakley, senior, Grandview (Colorado): Exceptional wins at the Liberty Bell Invitational and Woodridge Cross Country Classic (CA) are two of the best performances of the season so far.

4 (3). Allie Schadler, senior, Rio Rico (Arizona): Terrific efforts at Desert Solstice and Woodbridge (rated section) went largely unchallenged.

5 (4). Kate Murphy, senior, Lake Braddock (Virginia): Waiting to open.

6 (5). Cailie Logue, senior, Girard (Kansas): Ran a fast 17:18 at the Missouri Southern Stampede.

7 (6). Kelsey Chmiel, sophomore, Saratoga Springs (New York): Strong opener at Great Meadow (VA) at the end of August.

8 (7). Libby Davidson, senior, E.C. Glass (Virginia): Waiting to open.

9 (8). Jessica Lawson, senior, Corning (New York): She won the PTXC 8 meet in Pennsylvania.

10 (15). Lauren Gregory, senior, Fort Collins (Colorado): She won the John Martin Invitational by more than a minute.

11 (10). Ashton Endsley, senior, Abilene (Texas): All wins so far this season.

12 (26). Molly Born, junior, Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kansas): Ran to a dominant win at the Heartland Classic.

13 (32). Tiahna Vladic, sophomore, Billings Senior (Montana): After big early wins she faces Hill at the Mountain West Classic in Missoula this week.

14 (13). Aislinn Devlin, senior, Downingtown West (Pennsylvania): She won the Cherokee Challenge in NJ on Sept. 10.

15 (NR). Claudia Lane, sophomore, Malibu (California): Big races at Seaside and Woodbridge point to a massive improvement.

16 (47). Karly Ackley, senior, Grand Forks Central (North Dakota): Impressive start at the Nike Heartland Invitational.

17 (16). Claire Walters, freshman, Fayetteville-Manlius (New York): Won at the Chittenago Invitational.

18 (17). Ember Stratton, sophomore, Sunset (Oregon): She won her first Metro League meet by nearly a minute.

19 (20). Julia Heymach, senior, Lamar (Texas): She placed third at Woodbridge.

20 (27). Taylor Roe, sophomore, Lake Stevens (Washington): She won the South Whidbey Carl Westling Invite last weekend.

21 (25). Rebecca Story, junior, Christian Academy of Knoxville (Tennessee): She ran 17:24.6 to win the Cherokee Classic in Knoxville.

22 (56). Chloe Arriaga, sophomore, Walnut (California): She was fourth at Woodbridge.

23 (39). India Johnson, senior, Hilliard Davidson (Ohio): Won the Trinity Valkyrie Invitational.

24 (31). Whitney Rich, senior, Bingham (Utah): Five meets down, all of them wins.

25 (NR). Jocelyn Long, junior, Barrington (Illinois): Speedy outing at the First To The Finish Invitational could point to a big season.

26 (24). Jordan Oakes, senior, Holy Names (Washington): Big first test at Nike Portland XC on Saturday.

27 (77). Maggie Farrell, senior, Battle Creek Lakeview (Michigan): Already has seven races under her belt, all wins. Her improvement from one year to the next has been stunning.

28 (NR). Heather Holt, junior, George C. Marshall (Virginia): She won at the Oatlands Invitational on Saturday.

29. (NR): Michaela Reinhart, senior, Lexington Catholic (Kentucky): Second place at the Trinity Valkyrie Invitational.

30 (11). Sarah Leinheiser, senior, Carmel (Indiana): Third place at the Trinity Valkyrie Invitational.

Watch list - Sarah Carter AZ, Anna Sophia Keller IL, Madison Troy MI, Katelynne Hart IL, Lindsey Payne IL, Ginger Murnieks OR, Mariah Castillo CA, Lydia Olivere DE, Kaylee DuPont GA, Sielle Kearney MI, Rachel McArthur VA, Kate Hunter UT, Sophie Whicher MN, Tyler Schwartz IN, Eleanor Lawler RI