Mary Summers holds first in Class 1A, Emma Wilkinson was second in the flrunners.com Race of Champions, eighth grader Taylor Geraghty ran 18:34.3 in North Carolina, and Noelle Richardson of Westminster Academy comes in at tenth.
Florida Class 1A girls cross country through seven weeks: August 21-October 3, 2026
Taylor Geraghty of Holy Trinity, an eighth grader, went to the Great American XC Festival in North Carolina and was second of 357 in the Blue Invitational in 18:34.3, a personal best by 16 seconds. Emma Wilkinson of Lakeland Christian was second in the flrunners.com Race of Champions in 18:58.1, behind only Eva McMenemy-Hoang of 4A.
Mary Summers of Seven Rivers Christian stays first. She has not raced since August 29, and a missed week is never held against anyone. Noelle Richardson of Westminster Academy won her school's meet on Monday and was second at South Fork on Saturday, and comes in at tenth.
A runner is ranked on her whole season, with the most recent race counting most, and a race she won never counts against her. This is data plus judgment, and we will miss somebody along the way. How we sorted everybody out is at the bottom.
The statewide lists: week 7 girls top 10 and week 7 boys top 10. Last week's version of this list is here. The other class lists this week: 1A boys, 2A girls, 3A girls, 4A girls.
1. Mary Summers, Seven Rivers Christian, So.
Did not race. Won Lecanto in 18:32.9 in August and was fourth at Whispering Pines. Her figure is still the best in the class.
2. Emma Wilkinson, Lakeland Christian, Jr.
Second in the flrunners.com Race of Champions on Saturday in 18:58.1 out of 181, ahead of Emma-Claire Tanenbaum of 3A. Second at St. Cloud and the Raider Open in September.
3. Charlotte Roy, All Saints', 8th grade
Did not race. An eighth grader. Won the SSAA championship on September 19 in 19:22.1, ahead of Naeha Akella, and was third at St. Cloud in 18:28.5.
4. Taylor Geraghty, Holy Trinity Episcopal, 8th grade
Second of 357 in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival in 18:34.3, a personal best by 16 seconds and the fifth-fastest time by a 1A girl this year. An eighth grader. Won the Spanish River 1A-2A race on September 18.
5. Joanie Webb, Donahue Academy, Fr.
Won the girls' 5K at the MIA Invitational on Saturday in 21:23.3. A freshman; won Lehigh and the Fort Myers Invitational earlier in the season.
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6. Naeha Akella, St. Stephen's Episcopal, Sr.
Did not race. Second to Roy at the SSAA championship on September 19 in 19:43.6; fifth at the IMGA Summit in 18:38.6.
7. Brianna Bergin, Carrollwood, Sr.
Did not race. Second at the Weeki Wachee Invitational on September 26 in 19:53.9.
8. Emily Del Mazo, Community School (Naples), 7th grade
Did not race. A seventh grader. Won Cape Coral in August and was second at the Fort Myers Invitational in 20:37.2.
9. Alexandra Middleton, Indian Rocks Christian, Jr.
Third at Don Bishop on Saturday in 19:33.0, 0.4 seconds behind Kennedy McDonald of Mulberry (3A). Seventh in the North Port Invite elite race in 19:16.0.
10. Noelle Richardson, Westminster Academy, Sr.
Won the Westminster Academy Invitational on Monday in 20:15.8, then was second at South Fork on Saturday in 20:28.8, ten seconds behind Andi Laird of 3A, ahead of Grace Dorn. New to the ten.
Just missed
Grace Dorn (South Florida HEAT, So.) was fourth at South Fork, behind Richardson; she beat Kelly Geraghty (Holy Trinity, Fr.) at Spanish River, and Geraghty, who ran 19:23.5 in the Blue in Cary, beat Richardson there. Those three go round in a circle, and Saturday's result decides it. Rachel Judy (Master's Academy, Sr.) was fifth at the Hagerty Invitational in 19:42.2. Abigail Cooper (Tampa Bay HEAT, So.) and Kylie Cook (All Saints', 8th grade) are next.
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How we ranked them
- Courses do not all run the same speed, so we do not compare raw times. Cecil Field is the yardstick; for other meets we use runners who raced both that course and last year's state meet to work out what a time was worth.
- A runner is ranked on her whole season, weighted toward the most recent race: this week counts seven times, last week six, and so on back to opening weekend, which counts once. A race she won is never allowed to lower that figure.
- A head-to-head loss stands until the two runners meet again, whatever either has run elsewhere since. Where results form a loop, the most recent meeting decides. A runner who beat someone ranked above her moves up to that runner's spot.
- New this week: head-to-heads from September 12 and earlier no longer order runners. Those races are three weeks and more old, and kids have changed since. The times still count in the season figure.
- A missed week is never held against anyone.
- Grades and classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.
- Summers first is the season figure; she has not raced since August 29, and a missed week never counts against anyone.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
Logo: Seven Rivers Christian School (Lecanto). Card art: Run Florida Run.