Natalia Gaona-Zelaya won New World in 17:02 and moves to first in Class 4A, Arabella Duffell is second, and Madison Muller is third after her first loss of the season.
Florida Class 4A girls cross country through nine weeks: August 21-October 17, 2026
Most of the state's best runners met at the New World Fall Spectacular in Jacksonville on Saturday, the deepest race of the Florida season so far. Where two runners met there, that result orders them. A runner who did not race is not marked down for it.
Natalia Gaona-Zelaya of Wiregrass Ranch won the Girls Elite race in 17:02, two seconds ahead of Annabella Tomasic of Bishop Moore (3A), and moves from second to first. Arabella Duffell of Lake Nona was fourth in 17:13 and Madison Muller of Riverview fifth in 17:16, Muller's first loss of the season. Alba Antunez-Perez of Spanish River was sixth in 17:50. Katherine Eudaly of Plant did not race and holds fourth, the order of our statewide list.
Nicole Lewis of Doral Academy was 13th in 18:10, four seconds ahead of Avery Hartley of Bartram Trail, and comes into the ten at sixth. Eva Delaney of Creekside and Allison Austin of Atlantic Coast are also new.
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 9 girls top 10 and week 9 boys top 10. The 4A girls team rankings are here. Last week's version of this list is here. The other class lists this week: 4A boys, 1A girls, 2A girls, 3A girls.
1. Natalia Gaona-Zelaya, Wiregrass Ranch, Sr.
Won New World in 17:02, two seconds ahead of Tomasic, with Emma Balaban of IMG Academy third. She has won all six of her races this fall, including the Stampede Sprint on September 26 in 17:34.6. First on the statewide list. Up from second to first.
2. Arabella Duffell, Lake Nona, Jr.
Fourth at New World in 17:13. Second at PR'ville on September 26 in 17:33.5, and won Cecil Field in August. Fourth on the statewide list. Second.
3. Madison Muller, Riverview (Sarasota), Jr.
Fifth at New World in 17:16, three seconds behind Duffell, her first loss of the season after five wins, including the Venice Invitational on October 3. Fifth on the statewide list. Down from first to third.
4. Katherine Eudaly, Plant, Jr.
Did not race. Won the North Port Invite on September 19 in 17:37.3, ahead of Lydia Vincent of Zephyrhills (3A), and has won all four of her races. Sixth on the statewide list. Fourth.
5. Alba Antunez-Perez, Spanish River, Sr.
Sixth at New World in 17:50. Won Snake Bite on October 10 in 18:29.9, and was 32nd in the COROS Race of Champions at the Great American on October 3. Seventh on the statewide list. Fifth.
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6. Nicole Lewis, Doral Academy, Jr.
Thirteenth at New World in 18:10, four seconds ahead of Hartley. Second to Antunez-Perez at Snake Bite on October 10. Up from first out to sixth.
7. Avery Hartley, Bartram Trail, So.
Fourteenth at New World in 18:14. Won HMT on October 10 in 19:01.6 and Bale-N-Trail on September 26. Down from sixth to seventh.
8. Eva Delaney, Creekside, So.
Eighteenth at New World in 18:24, three seconds ahead of Holland. Second to Hartley at HMT on October 10 and at Bale-N-Trail on September 26. New to the ten at eighth.
9. Harmony Holland, Niceville, Jr.
Nineteenth at New World in 18:27, Niceville's first runner. Twelfth in the Southern Showcase championship race on September 19. Ninth.
10. Allison Austin, Atlantic Coast, So.
Twenty-first at New World in 18:30, one second ahead of Eva McMenemy-Hoang. Fourth at Bale-N-Trail on September 26 and ninth at Cecil Field in August. New to the ten.
Just missed
Eva McMenemy-Hoang (Viera), ninth last week, was 22nd at New World in 18:31, and Peyton Cerasi (Matanzas) was 23rd in 18:32. Elise Brown (St. Thomas Aquinas), tenth last week, was 27th in 18:38. Amelia Sipkovsky (Beachside) was 30th in 18:40 and Madison Chin (Doral Academy) 32nd in 18:43. Lola Jackson (Niceville), seventh last week, was 43rd in 18:57.
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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 nine times, last week eight, 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.
- Head-to-heads from September 12 and earlier no longer order runners. Those races are a month old, and kids have changed since. The times still count in the season figure.
- This list follows our statewide top 10: a runner on it is ahead of every runner in this class who is not, and runners on both lists are in the same order.
- A missed week is never held against anyone.
- Grades and classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.
- Eudaly did not race at New World and holds fourth, the order of our statewide list.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
Logo: Wiregrass Ranch High School (Wesley Chapel)