NovaRunners

VIRGINIA CROSS COUNTRY

NovaRunners Teams

The best Virginia high-school teams of each season, ranked by a virtual cross country meet: the 30 teams with the best averages each enter their top seven runners, placed on their season-best Statistical Rating, and the lowest points win. Open a team to see its top seven and their places.

THE TEAM LEADERBOARD

Boys and girls · 2023

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2023 historical snapshot · Statistical Rating: higher is faster

Girls · 2023

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Top 10 of the 30 teams in the virtual meet (249 Virginia teams eligible) · 2,930 rated runners on their rosters
2023 girls team leaderboard: the top 10 Virginia teams by points in a virtual meet of the top 30 teams by average, with each team’s average. Each team row is followed by a list of its top seven runners and their places.
RankTeamPointsAverageDepth
01James Robinson136117.714
Top seven runners of James Robinson
James Robinson: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
11Karina Bird127.82023 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 2
18Alexandra Bird121.82023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
26Ariana Lopez116.72023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
28Maria Reid115.5Monroe Parker Invitational · Sep 9
53Emily Morosco106.92023 Glory Days Grill Invitational · Sep 30
(66)Isabella Snow103.42023 Glory Days Grill Invitational · Sep 30
(75)Madison Coutinho101.42023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
02West Springfield169119.312
Top seven runners of West Springfield
West Springfield: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
3Aidan MacGrath139.92023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
6Adeline Barker135.0Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
31Chloe Miller114.92023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
62Reagan Leone103.9Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
67Katherine Len102.8Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
(69)Rickelle Bush102.52023 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 2
(88)Kaylee Horner98.32023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
03C.G. Woodson195114.118
Top seven runners of C.G. Woodson
C.G. Woodson: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
15Celia Dawson124.12023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
16Sarah Hymans123.62023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
34Monika Lukas114.12023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
50Anna Strafford108.3Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
80Hadley Vanek100.42023 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 2
(89)Eleanor Wolf98.02023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
(96)Milla Cronin94.82023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
04Loudoun Valley244110.126
Top seven runners of Loudoun Valley
Loudoun Valley: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
13Ella Peterson125.7VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
36Harper Bartlett113.3VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
49Eryn Lackey108.4VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
61Noelle Cates104.2Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
85Ella Phelps99.0Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
(93)Mayleen Hyett96.3VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(142)Kate Verry81.62023 Hood College HS Invitational · Sep 2
05Spotswood307105.69
Top seven runners of Spotswood
Spotswood: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
30Marika Dickel115.25th Annual Town Park Invitational · Oct 4
35Taylor Myers114.0MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
37Ashland Dickel112.95th Annual Town Park Invitational · Oct 4
72Peyton Joyner102.0MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
133Kate Ruebke84.2Valley District Championships · Oct 25
(209)Ruth Rascoe—Valley District Championships · Oct 25
(210)Meghan Lamm—MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
06Langley319104.112
Top seven runners of Langley
Langley: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
21Hazel Calway118.1Judges Classic · Sep 30
40Lila Pesavento111.5Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
48Madeleine Spaner108.4Monroe Parker Invitational · Sep 9
64Corinne Jaggard103.4Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
146Paige Poulos79.0Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
(167)Lily Zavrel69.62023 Liberty District CC Championship · Oct 26
(192)Avery Miller57.6Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
07Glen Allen333108.024
Top seven runners of Glen Allen
Glen Allen: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
4Elly Velasquez137.8MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
17Avery Beike123.0Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
92Kelsey Boughton96.5VHSL CLASS 6A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP · Nov 4
94Kate Pietruszkiewicz96.2MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
126Kayla Boughton86.3MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
(129)Lauren Ghaemmaghami85.3MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
(144)Cameron Sheils80.5Capital / Colonial District Meet · Oct 18
08South Lakes335105.219
Top seven runners of South Lakes
South Lakes: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
8Caroline Elliott129.02023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
25Catalina Simon117.4Great American XC Festival · Oct 6
98Bella Harsanyi94.0Woodberry Forest 47th Annual XC Invitational · Sep 22
101Aya Ryan93.3Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
103Irene Ha92.5MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
(174)Lea Soderholm66.72023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
(180)Ava Grace Satterfield63.7Woodberry Forest 47th Annual XC Invitational · Sep 22
09Blacksburg342103.328
Top seven runners of Blacksburg
Blacksburg: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
22Reese Bradbury117.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
56Cameron Lee105.4VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
79Allie McDonald100.5VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
86Tess Dickhans99.0MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
99Eliza Conaway93.7VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(105)Ruby Griggs92.3Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
(125)Penny Griggs86.4Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
10Yorktown362101.610
Top seven runners of Yorktown
Yorktown: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
43Sofia Sheldon110.1Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
46Eleanor Whitehouse109.1Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
65Ellen Malloy103.4Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
95Sofie Keppler96.1Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
113Ella Dunn89.1Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
(115)Ali Mathews88.7Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
(143)Hannah Hawkins80.82023 Liberty District CC Championship · Oct 26

In each team’s runner list, each rating is the runner’s season best on the day, from any rated varsity race, and Place is the runner’s place in the virtual meet; the first five places score, and the sixth and seventh, in parentheses, displace.

The ranking is a virtual cross country meet. Its field is the top 30 teams by average, the mean season-best Statistical Rating of a team’s five best runners, shown to 0.1 point on 2023’s K (489.934 for boys and 494.161 for girls). Each team’s top seven runners take places by season-best rating, highest first. A team’s points are the sum of its five best places; its sixth and seventh runners take places but do not score, so they push other teams’ runners back. Lowest points rank first; a tie goes to the team whose sixth runner placed better (a team without one ranks below), then the higher average. A team needs at least five rated runners to be eligible and a top-30 average to be in the field; with fewer than seven it is marked thin (45 of 308 eligible teams for boys and 44 of 249 eligible teams for girls this season).

Rated varsity runners count, not only the verified runners on the Rankings. A runner with a verified Virginia profile counts. A runner with an unresolved profile counts only with at least one rated varsity race in Virginia that season. A runner with a verified profile from another state does not count. Each runner counts for the school they raced for most. Regional and national finals count for individuals only: NXR Southeast, the Champs, Foot Locker and Brooks South regionals, Nike Cross Nationals, Foot Locker Nationals, Brooks, RunningLane and HXN. Their races stay on the individual leaderboards, but a runner’s team value is their best race elsewhere, and a runner who ran only those meets counts for no team. 532 rated boys who raced in Virginia had no school record on any result; 507 rated girls who raced in Virginia had no school record on any result, so they count for no team and some teams’ depth is undercounted. Middle-school runners are left out. The virtual meet is scored from observed season bests; it is not a prediction of a real meet. How team rankings work

Statistical Rating. Higher is faster: points = K − adjusted seconds ÷ 3, so 1 point = 3 s; shown to 0.1 point, with a dash below 0. K is set for each sex and season so that our ratings sit on TullyRunners’ scale at meets both systems rated.Rank. Order by points in the virtual meet, lowest first. A tie goes to the team whose sixth runner placed better (a team without a sixth ranks below), then the higher average.Points. Cross country points in the virtual meet of the top 30 teams by average: the sum of the team’s five best places. Lowest wins.Team. A Virginia high school (VHSL, VISAA or independent). Each runner counts for one team: the one they raced for most that season.Average. The average Statistical Rating of the team’s five best runners, each on their season best: it picks the 30 teams in the virtual meet. Higher is faster; shown to 0.1 point.Depth. The team’s rated varsity runners this season. A team needs five to be ranked, and is marked thin with fewer than seven.Place. The runner’s place in the virtual meet, from their season-best rating. The first five places score; the sixth and seventh, in parentheses, take places but do not score.Runner. A rated varsity runner on the team: one with a verified Virginia profile, or with an unresolved profile and a rated varsity race in Virginia that season. A runner verified in another state does not count.Season best from. The meet and date of the runner’s season best, their lowest adjusted time from any rated varsity race. A best from a D or E race is flagged.