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 · 2025

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2025 historical snapshot · Statistical Rating: higher is faster

Girls · 2025

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Top 10 of the 30 teams in the virtual meet (247 Virginia teams eligible) · 2,823 rated runners on their rosters
2025 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 Robinson76133.613
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
8Karina Bird138.8VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
9Ariana Lopez138.2Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
11Petra Gruendel137.7Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
15Alexandra Bird132.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
33Claire Andresen121.2VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(58)Isabella Willard109.8Burke Lake District Live Results · Oct 22
(63)Madison Coutinho108.2Burke Lake District Live Results · Oct 22
02West Springfield164125.413
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
2Allie Horner147.7Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
10Reagan Leone137.8VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
21Rickelle Bush126.0Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
55Marie Campbell111.5Burke Lake District Live Results · Oct 22
76Anna Johnson103.8Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
(133)Kaydence Wisner87.6Occoquan Region CC Championship · Oct 29
(166)Jillian Bradford78.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
03Blacksburg185120.624
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
16Lola Olsen132.0Oatlands Invitational · Sep 27
19Ruthie Delapp127.3Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
32Reilly Thomas121.5VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
39Harper Olsen119.6Oatlands Invitational · Sep 27
79Eliza Conaway102.7VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(84)Hannah Schulte101.4The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
(100)Tess Dickhans97.2Oatlands Invitational · Sep 27
04Hanover196120.412
Top seven runners of Hanover
Hanover: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
6River Smith139.7VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
37Lydia Miller120.0The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
43Alexandra Shoppell117.6VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
45Callah Steppe116.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
65Sydney Boucher107.8The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
(81)Jenna Marchetti102.3The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
(139)Emma VanMeter87.0The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
05South Lakes275114.711
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
5Caroline Elliott141.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
30Quinn Jackson122.0VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
47Aya Ryan114.9Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Oct 29
70Olivia Levey105.5VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
123Lillian Swartzbaugh89.9Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Oct 29
(124)Charlotte Captain89.4VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(134)Irene Ha87.5The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
06Oakton300116.816
Top seven runners of Oakton
Oakton: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
1Caroline Sapperstein152.2VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
7Abigail Mesfin139.5Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 6
72Sophie Lewis104.6Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Oct 29
107Sophie Burrell95.3VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
113Natalie Nguyen92.2Burke Lake District Live Results · Oct 22
(162)Isabel Bywater79.2Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 6
(174)Monica Uribe72.3VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
07Yorktown316112.19
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
4Molly Hardwick145.4VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
49Ali Mathews114.4VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
68Nicky Chinchilla105.6Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 4
75Ayla Mehmood104.1VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
120Aria Hedderly90.9VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(135)Cecilia Floom87.2VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(155)Claire McArdle81.9Third Battle Invitational · Oct 18
08C.G. Woodson323110.09
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
13Hadley Vanek133.6VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
50Camille Lichtenstein113.7Burke Lake District Live Results · Oct 22
73Carleigh Devlin104.5Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
89Margaret Hagner100.7Occoquan Region CC Championship · Oct 29
98Eleanor Wolf97.3VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(104)Charlotte Conklin96.1VHSL Class 6 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(167)Monika Lukas76.4Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
09Grafton348108.98
Top seven runners of Grafton
Grafton: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
22Amelia Valenti125.9The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18
38Macy Dodson119.9VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
42Jillian Wallen118.6VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
121Sophia Fitzer90.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
125Abigail Divietro89.3Great American XC Festival · Oct 3
(159)Brooke Riddle79.8Hare & Hounds XC Invitational · Sep 19
(173)Lana Schiller73.0Hare & Hounds XC Invitational · Sep 19
10Loudoun Valley353106.623
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
41Ella Phelps118.8Dulles District Championship 2025 · Oct 22
61Evelyn O'Rourke108.9Judges Classic 2025 · Oct 4
66Harper Bartlett107.5Region 4C XC Championship 2025 · Oct 29
77Lucy Popp103.6Oatlands Invitational · Sep 27
108Ivy Haws94.5Albemarle Invitational · Oct 11
(130)Frances King88.4VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 8
(137)Acadia Kincaid87.2The VA XC Showcase · Oct 18

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 2025’s K (489.570 for boys and 492.915 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 (34 of 308 eligible teams for boys and 39 of 247 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. 410 rated boys who raced in Virginia had no school record on any result; 345 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.