Top Returning Girls Runners for Each Cross Country Event


Hopkinton High School rising senior, Schuyler Gooley, running at the 2018 Cross Country Division 1 All States Final meet in Westfield, MA. Gooley would finish the race 9th. Photo by Maddie Jones.

Below is MileSplit's list for the top returning girls runners at each Cross Country distance. These rankings are based off of the 2018 Cross Country season.

Topping our list at the 5K distance is Deerfield Academy's Victoria Patterson. Now going into her final season of Cross Country, Patterson ran her fastest time of the 2018 season at Foot Locker South Regional, clocking a 17:27.02. Second on our 5K list is rising Hopkinton High School senior, Schuyler Gooley. Gooley ran a 17:49.22 at the 2018 Bob McIntyre Twilight Invitational.

Other notable performances on our list is Sophie Gower of Concord Carlisle High School running 12:34.90 at the 2.1 Mile distance, Westford Academy's Rianna Bottger's 7:58.40 2000m performance, and Morgan Bilodeau 2 Mile time of 14:50.87 for Lowell High School

The rest of our top performers can be found below.

Each event list can be viewed in full by clicking on the desired event on the table.