Updated subjective girls individual cross country rankings for the state of Florida with the top 25 runners for all classifications and top 15 for each classification.
All-Classifications Top 25 Girls Individual Rankings
Since her season opening sub 18 minute win at Cecil Field, Cambridge Christian freshman Eliana Black has been unstoppable dropping her time almost weekly and heads into the FSU Pre-State Invitational as the overwhelming favorite as well with her 17:15 5K state leading season best.
1. Eliana Black 9 Cambridge Christian
2. Jillian Candelino 12 Bolles
3. Ashley Fitzgerald 11 American Heritage
4. Madeleine Gear 11 Cambridge Christian
5. Layla Haynes 12 IMG Academy
6. Ella Mickler 12 Bolles
7. Lindy White 11 Ponte Vedra
8. Ava Povich 12 Evangelical Christian
9. Addison Boyer 11 South Fork
10. Emily Knopfle 10 Olympia
11. Ava Wyant 11 The Master's Academy
12. Emma Hencock 11 St. Brendan
13. Brooke Hooper 11 Pine Crest
14. Malinda Underwood 11 Rockledge
15. Paige McCaul 12 Bishop Moore
16. Ella Beckett 12 Keswick Christian
17. Simone Monaco 12 Winter Springs
18. Emma O'Day 12 Boca Raton
19. Addison Dempsey 11 Cardinal Mooney
20. Olivia Fraga 12 Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
21. Mackenzie De Lisle 10 Bishop Verot
22. Annabella Cardona 11 G. Holmes Braddock
23. Malia Hambrick 9 North Port
24. Kate Drummond 12 Buchholz
25. Elizabeth Williamson 10 Academy of Holy Names
4A Girls Top 15 Individual Rankings
Olympia sophomore Emily Knopfle has competed in smaller Orlando area or short driving distance invitational meets so far this season, but has looked unbeatable in all 3 of them with an 18:40 season best as the only undefeated runner in the 4A classification remaining.
1. Emily Knopfle 10 Olympia
2. Emma O'Day 12 Boca Raton
3. Annabella Cardona 11 G. Holmes Braddock
4. Malia Hambrick 9 North Port
5. Kate Drummond 12 Buchholz
6. Katelyn O'Brien 9 Boca Raton
7. Alexandra Raquet 12 Sickles
8. Megan Dolan 12 Boone
9. Alyson Johnson 9 Creekside
10. Lucy Voss 11 Buchholz
11. Abigail Williams 11 Sunlake
12. Sierra Barrera 12 Oakleaf
13. Emma White 11 Buchholz
14. Delaney Stephens 12 Spruce Creek
15. Jada Garcia 11 G. Holmes Braddock
3A Girls Top 15 Individual Rankings
After a slow start to her season, American Heritage junior Ashley Fitzgerald has revved it up in her most recent races including a new PR of 18:09 at the Spanish River Invite followed by an 18:20 win at the South Fork Bulldog Invite to lead a very competitive 3A classification for girls.
1. Ashley Fitzgerald 11 American Heritage
2. Lindy White 11 Ponte Vedra
3. Addison Boyer 11 South Fork
4. Malinda Underwood 11 Rockledge
5. Simone Monaco 12 Winter Springs
6. Olivia Fraga 12 Our Lady of Lourdes
7. Tara Watkins 10 Naples
8. Katelyn Lawrence 11 St. Augustine
9. Belicia O'Grady 10 Fort Walton Beach
10. Grace Finneran 10 St. Thomas Aquinas
11. Brooke Yates 11 Merritt Island
12. Abigail Clements 12 Osceola
13. Daisy Ross 10 Ponte Vedra
14. Summerlynn Kingston 12 River Ridge
15. Avery Latto 11 Osceola
2A Girls Top 15 Individual Rankings
Jillian Candelino is looking like a runaway winner again in the 2A classification to repeat as champion and her closest competition might be her Bolles senior teammate Ella Mickler joining her under 18 minutes in Georgia at the Alexander Asics Invite.
1. Jillian Candelino 12 Bolles
2. Ella Mickler 12 Bolles
3. Emma Hencock 12 St. Brendan
4. Brooke Hooper 11 Pine Crest
5. Paige McCaul 12 Bishop Moore
6. Addison Dempsey 11 Cardinal Mooney
7. Mackenzie De Lisle 10 Bishop Verot
9. Elizabeth Williamson 10 Academy of Holy Names
10. Avery Fronrath 11 The King's Academy
11. Madison Carr 10 Astronaut
12. Charleen Elizondo 12 North Bay Haven
13. Hannah Latif 11 Berkeley Prep
14. Elizabeth Csikai 12 Bolles
15. Lucrezia Gowdy 10 Episcopal School of Jacksonville
1A Girls Top 15 Individual Rankings
While Eliana Black rightfully gets attention at the top of the 1A classification and currently the fastest runner overall in the state of Florida, there are plenty of stars and great talent behind her including Cambridge Christian teammate Madeleine Gear, Evangelical Christian's Ava Povich, Keswick Christian's Ella Beckett, and The Master Academy's Ava Wyant running well into the 18 minute range this season.
1. Eliana Black 9 Cambridge Christian
2. Madeleine Gear 11 Cambridge Christian
3. Ava Povich 12 Evangelical Christian
4. Ava Wyant 11 The Master's Academy
5. Ella Beckett 12 Keswick Christian
6. Sydney Miller 12 Oak Hall School
7. Susan Gracie Koeppel 11 Maclay School
8. RaeAnne Tutton 11 Pensacola Christian
9. Jaimee Tutton 9 Pensacola Christian
10. Morgan Cox 10 Trinity Prep
11. Lillian Koeppel 9 Maclay School
12. Avery Pham 11 Cambridge Christian
13. Sabrina Martinez 9 Riviera Prep
14. Alivia Dragstedt 10 Oak Hall School
15. Reagan Smith 9 Pensacola Christian
