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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 · 2024

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2024 historical snapshot · Statistical Rating: higher is faster

Girls · 2024

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Top 10 of the 30 teams in the virtual meet (256 Virginia teams eligible) · 2,756 rated runners on their rosters
2024 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 Robinson116126.712
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
4Karina Bird138.4Great American XC Festival Meet Manager · Oct 4
7Petra Gruendel132.9Great American XC Festival Meet Manager · Oct 4
13Ariana Lopez130.92024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
16Alexandra Bird129.52024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
76Charlotte Movsessian101.8VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
(95)Ciara Jensen95.12024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
(97)Madison Coutinho94.52024 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 30
02West Springfield121123.111
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
5Adeline Barker133.22024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
9Allie Horner131.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
21Reagan Leone124.1VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
26Rickelle Bush120.8VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
60Marie Campbell106.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
(101)Allyson Hall93.8Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
(103)Addison Mau92.9Third Battle Invitational · Oct 19
03C.G. Woodson243109.311
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
41Hadley Vanek111.8VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
44Camille Lichtenstein111.12024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
49Monika Lukas109.1Third Battle Invitational · Oct 19
52Margaret Hagner108.12024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
57Madeleine Devlin106.22024 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 30
(88)Eleanor Wolf96.6VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
(102)Anna Strafford93.72024 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 6
04Blacksburg245110.426
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
24Lola Olsen122.5VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
46Ruthie Delapp110.2VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
47Eliza Conaway109.9VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
58Tess Dickhans106.0VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
70Alexis Plaster103.7The VA XC Showcase · Oct 19
(71)Reilly Thomas102.9Great American XC Festival Meet Manager · Oct 4
(118)Ruby Griggs88.9VHSL Region 4D Championship · Nov 5
05SpotswoodTie broken by the sixth runner’s place245114.313
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
10Marika Dickel131.2Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
11Ashland Dickel131.2Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
25Hayley Mancini120.9Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
73Peyton Joyner102.8Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
126Anna Lowe85.6The VA XC Showcase · Oct 19
(128)Lillian Myers85.0Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
(191)Marykate Miller62.3Albemarle Invitational · Oct 12
06Gainesville295112.211
Top seven runners of Gainesville
Gainesville: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
3Caroline Tribett145.6Cedar Run District Championships 2024 · Oct 31
19Faith O'Shea126.2Cedar Run District Championships 2024 · Oct 31
50Isabella Savage108.8Great American XC Festival Meet Manager · Oct 4
62Riley Long105.6VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 7
161Emily Johnson74.7Cedar Run District Championships 2024 · Oct 31
(183)Emily Kirkland65.6Cedar Run District Championships 2024 · Oct 31
(206)Emily Miller43.8The VA XC Showcase · Oct 19
07Atlee305105.619
Top seven runners of Atlee
Atlee: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
40Carissa Ambrose111.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
43Addison Crow111.5Great American XC Festival Meet Manager · Oct 4
45Amelia Waggoner110.2VHSL Region 4B XC Championships Meet Manager · Nov 6
79Sydney Ohara-Wood100.2VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
98Teagan Gilhooly94.3VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 16
(186)Caitlyn Coyne64.5The VA XC Showcase · Oct 19
(194)Ashley Bedford58.1VHSL Region 4B XC Championships Meet Manager · Nov 6
08Glen Allen328106.522
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
8Elly Velasquez131.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
64Avery Carlson105.3VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
66Kelsey Boughton105.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
77Cameron Sheils101.1VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
113Elina Habib89.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
(116)Kate Pietruszkiewicz89.0Capital / Colonial District Meet · Oct 23
(165)Makenna Pardue73.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
09Colonial Forge330110.210
Top seven runners of Colonial Forge
Colonial Forge: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
1Kate Loescher149.0VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 7
29Lauren Ackerson118.6VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
37Ava Pendley113.8VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 7
124Aubrey Jones87.4Commonwealth District Championship 2024 · Oct 30
139Madison Somerville82.4VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 7
(146)Victoria Hall80.6VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 7
(160)Scarlett Smith75.5The VA XC Showcase · Oct 19
10Langley345103.313
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
38Lila Pesavento112.8Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 6
48Hazel Calway109.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
81Madeleine Spaner100.0Monroe Parker Invitational · Sep 7
84Adeline Middleton98.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16
94Sanika Meka95.6Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 6
(105)Paige Poulos92.5Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 6
(119)Corinne Jaggard88.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 16

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 2024’s K (488.695 for boys and 492.063 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 (39 of 305 eligible teams for boys and 50 of 256 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. 448 rated boys who raced in Virginia had no school record on any result; 373 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.D/E best. The season best comes from a D or E race: still the fastest identified run, but its adjustment is less certain than a typical race’s.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.