We just developed a brand new number-cruncher, allowing us to do these rankings. The rather complicated algorithm takes into account both cross country and track seasons, based on various categories and weights. I developed this on about 12 hours of coding on Friday, forgetting all about lunch that day! But very pleased with the result here. It even indicates what the computer believes the biggest weakness is at this point.
Teams that did not have much of a track season or did not have at least four of their top distance runners out for track may see their scores drop. However, teams that busted it and looked great this spring will show higher. Hopefully it is a good balance to predict who is strong coming in! It does not necessarily take into account any new freshman or transfers.
The score represents the team's weighted composite average rank across all categories. The "highest" column represents the highest ranking they received in a category, and conversely the lowest is the worst ranking they received in a category.
We'll publish the boys list tomorrow. Subscribers can see stuff like this all the time. We'll be locking this new feature--called composite team rankings--down very soon. You can use this tool, like all of our others, to crunch it by other parameters or by district/region/class/conference, etc. So many reasons to subscribe! And we'll keep developing more! So go ahead and subscribe now!
| Rank | Team | Score | Highest | Lowest | Weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Thomas Aquinas HS (FL) | 3.26 | 1 | 16 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (38.00) |
| 2 | Bolles HS (FL) | 4.12 | 1 | 28 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (45.70) |
| 3 | John A. Ferguson HS (FL) | 5.2 | 3 | 15 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (44.90) |
| 4 | Oak Hall School (FL) | 5.68 | 1 | 21 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (1:38.9) |
| 5 | Bishop Kenny HS (FL) | 10.1 | 5 | 16 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:03.3) |
| 6 | Creekside HS (FL) | 11.4 | 2 | 27 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (40.70) |
| 7 | Estero HS (FL) | 14.5 | 2 | 41 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (2:48.7) |
| 8 | Ransom Everglades School (FL) | 16.4 | 8 | 40 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:11.0) |
| 9 | Our Lady of Lourdes Academy (FL) | 17.0 | 6 | 41 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:12.0) |
| 10 | First Academy (Orlando) (FL) | 19.2 | 5 | 42 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:32.3) |
| 11 | Gulf Coast HS (FL) | 20.4 | 6 | 48 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (3:39.5) |
| 12 | Lemon Bay HS (FL) | 20.5 | 4 | 47 | 3200m Top 4 |
| 13 | Fort Myers HS (FL) | 20.6 | 8 | 49 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:53.5) |
| 14 | Fort Walton Beach HS (FL) | 20.8 | 5 | 38 | 3200m Top 4 |
| 15 | Lakewood Ranch HS (FL) | 21.5 | 10 | 36 | 3200m 1-4 Average (12:53.1) |
| 16 | Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart (FL) | 21.6 | 2 | 44 | 1600m 1-4 Average (5:47.1) |
| 17 | Pine Crest HS (FL) | 21.7 | 5 | 50 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (2:01.5) |
| 18 | Mandarin HS (FL) | 22.6 | 8 | 32 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:22.0) |
| 19 | Nease HS (FL) | 23.8 | 2 | 47 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (2:15.5) |
| 20 | Chiles HS (FL) | 24.2 | 15 | 37 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (55.70), Not Enough Data |
| 21 | Wharton HS (FL) | 24.5 | 17 | 39 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (2:45.0) |
| 22 | Community School of Naples (FL) | 25.9 | 21 | 39 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:08.5) |
| 23 | Niceville HS (FL) | 26.0 | 1 | 42 | 3200m 1-4 Average (12:59.9), Not Enough Data |
| 24 | Holy Trinity Academy (FL) | 26.1 | 10 | 50 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (2:40.3) |
| 25 | Providence School (FL) | 26.1 | 8 | 36 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (55.60), Not Enough Data |
| 26 | Lake Mary HS (FL) | 26.3 | 10 | 36 | 1600m Top 4 |
| 27 | HB Plant HS (FL) | 27.1 | 1 | 41 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (1:36.1) |
| 28 | West Florida Tech HS (FL) | 27.5 | 11 | 41 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (2:08.4) |
| 29 | Stanton Prep (FL) | 27.7 | 3 | 40 | 1600m 1-4 Average (5:46.6) |
| 30 | South Fork HS (FL) | 28.0 | 14 | 26 | 1600m 1-4 Average (5:40.5), Not Enough Data |
| 31 | Robinson HS (FL) | 29.0 | 8 | 42 | 1600m 1-4 Average (5:47.0) |
| 32 | Lake Highland Prep HS (FL) | 29.4 | 16 | 43 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:34.0), Not Enough Data |
| 33 | Winter Park HS (FL) | 30.2 | 2 | 47 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (2:43.5) |
| 34 | Sarasota HS (FL) | 30.4 | 20 | 44 | 5000m 1-2 Gap (1:28.4) |
| 35 | Nature Coast Tech (FL) | 30.6 | 5 | 44 | 5000m 1-5 Average (20:52.2) |
| 36 | St. Johns Country Day School (FL) | 31.3 | 3 | 36 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:26.7), Not Enough Data |
| 37 | Shorecrest Prep (FL) | 31.6 | 7 | 50 | 1600m Top 4 |
| 38 | West Orange HS (FL) | 32.5 | 13 | 50 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:42.0) |
| 39 | Merritt Island HS (FL) | 33.8 | 14 | 44 | 5000m 1-5 Gap (2:59.4), Not Enough Data |
| 40 | Ridgeview HS (FL) | 34.1 | 29 | 44 | 5000m 1-3 Gap (1:45.4) |
| 41 | Lake Brantley HS (FL) | 36.3 | 27 | 45 | 5000m 1-4 Gap (2:29.3) |
| 42 | Spanish River HS (FL) | 37.6 | 21 | 46 | 1600m 1-4 Average (5:47.6), Not Enough Data |
| 43 | Westminster Christian School (FL) | 39.2 | 6 | 49 | 5000m 1-5 Average (20:59.7), Not Enough Data |
| 44 | Columbia HS (FL) | 42.1 | 29 | 44 | 5000m 1-4 Average (20:34.8), Not Enough Data |
| 45 | Bartram Trail HS (FL) | 44.3 | 32 | 49 | 3200m 1-4 Average (13:02.8) |
Related Returning Girls XC Rankings
Based on Cross Country 5K Based on Track 1600m Based on Track 3200m
