Bolles is first after New World, Carrollton comes in second, and three teams that ran short-handed (Carrollton, Bishop Moore and Bishop Kenny) are ranked on a conservative full-strength score.
Florida girls cross country team rankings through nine weeks: August 21-October 17, 2026
Almost every team on these lists met at the New World Fall Spectacular in Jacksonville on Saturday, in Elite races of 46 boys teams and 45 girls teams. It was the deepest meet of the Florida season so far, and our weekend recap has the full story. Where two teams met there, the order on the grass decides. A team that did not race holds the place its season earned.
Three of the best girls teams in the state did not bring their full lineups. Carrollton (2A) ran without its No. 1, Daniela Hernandez. Bishop Kenny (3A) ran without its No. 1, Camila Giles, for the second straight week. Bishop Moore (3A) ran without its No. 5, Carolyn Susnis, and had only six finishers. Ranking those three on the race alone would rank them on a lineup they will not race at state, so this week we also scored New World as if every team had its full top five, and that full-strength race orders the list. How we placed the missing runners is at the bottom, and we kept it conservative on purpose.
Bolles (2A) is first. It was second at New World with 208, behind IMG Academy, and beat every Florida team in the series. Sofie Stam was ninth in 17:56. At full strength, with Hernandez placed at 18:30, Bolles is still first by five points over Carrollton. It won the race, and it gets the nod.
Carrollton is second. It scored 311 without Hernandez; with her in at 18:30, slower than her season says she runs, it scores 223, ahead of Niceville (4A), which drops to third. Chiles (3A) is fourth. Bishop Moore is fifth: with Susnis in, its score goes from 360 to 288. Creekside (4A) is sixth, and Episcopal (2A), which did not race its girls at New World, holds seventh, right behind Creekside, which beat it at Katie Caples. Lourdes (3A) comes in at eighth and Ponte Vedra (3A) is ninth. Bishop Kenny is tenth: Giles is worth 127 points to it, from 470 to 343, but its third through fifth runners keep it at the bottom of the ten.
Spanish River (4A) and St. Thomas Aquinas (4A), which raced full lineups, are first and second out.
How this works, briefly. Every runner is scored on her whole season, with the most recent race counting most. A school's five best runners on that basis go into one virtual race with every other school's, scored the way cross country is scored. Times are leveled to Cecil Field through the runners who ran both the 2025 state meet and the course in question. A meet a team won is never allowed to lower its figure. Where two teams have raced each other and neither has raced its top runners since, the result on the grass orders them. A team that has not raced at all is projected from its returning five.
Points climb as more teams enter and are not comparable to last week's; compare the order and the averages. The averages below are converted season figures; the times next to each runner are her season figures in Cecil Field terms. Out-of-state entries are excluded, and IMG Academy competes as an FHSAA Independent outside the state series. The individual list is here, the boys' team list is here.
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 2A: 437 points
Season average 19:56.4 · 1-5 spread 1:42.1
Sofie Stam 18:49.8; Palmer Edwards 19:42.1; Kavya Patel 20:08.5; Peyton Hoover 20:29.7; Valentina Bouras 20:31.9.
Second at New World with 208, the first Florida team in the series: Sofie Stam ninth in 17:56, Palmer Edwards 28th, Kavya Patel 47th, Valentina Bouras 78th, Peyton Hoover 85th. Its second group won the HS Girls B race with 115. At full strength it is 218 to Carrollton's 223. First.
2. Carrollton (Miami), 2A: 427 points
Season average 19:59.8 · 1-5 spread 1:12.6
Daniela Hernandez 19:12.9; Gabriella Socarras 19:51.0; Eva Martinez-Lejarza 20:05.3; Paola De La Iglesia 20:24.5; Antonia Beltran 20:25.5.
Fifth at New World with 311, without Daniela Hernandez, its No. 1 on the season: Gabriella Socarras 38th in 18:51, Eva Martinez-Lejarza 46th, Antonia Beltran and Paola De La Iglesia 74th and 75th, Lauren Martinez-Lejarza 132nd. With Hernandez placed at 18:30, about 22nd, it scores 223 at full strength, 15 points ahead of Niceville. Her best race this fall is 19:16.7 at Pine Crest; New World ran a minute fast for everybody. Second.
3. Niceville, 4A: 388 points
Season average 19:57.4 · 1-5 spread 0:48.3
Harmony Holland 19:31.1; Lola Jackson 19:48.5; Anais Almonte 19:53.9; Riley Marise 20:14.1; Carolina Ramos 20:19.4.
Third at New World with 227, a week after Hurricane Isaias closed its school: Harmony Holland 19th in 18:27, freshmen Anais Almonte and Lola Jackson 42nd and 43rd, Riley Marise and Carolina Ramos 81st and 84th. It raced its full top five, and at full strength it is 238. Third, behind Carrollton.
4. Chiles (Tallahassee), 3A: 449 points
Season average 19:59.4 · 1-5 spread 1:43.9
Emma-Claire Tanenbaum 19:04.2; Kaia Ables 19:43.7; Charlotte Sikes 20:05.7; Chloe Molen 20:15.3; Madeline Brockmeier 20:48.1.
Fourth at New World with 267: Emma-Claire Tanenbaum 15th in 18:14, Kaia Ables 36th, Charlotte Sikes 64th, Chloe Molen 79th, Madeline Brockmeier 121st. Full lineup, 280 at full strength. Won the Race of Champions at the flrunners.com Invitational on October 3. Fourth.
5. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 3A: 441 points
Season average 19:45.4 · 1-5 spread 2:58.6
Annabella Tomasic 17:56.2; Ella Valentina Valenzuela 19:29.3; Caroline Byrnes 20:12.8; Lauren Susnis 20:14.0; Carolyn Susnis 20:54.8.
Eleventh at New World with 360, with six finishers and without Carolyn Susnis, its No. 5: Annabella Tomasic second in 17:04, Ella Valentina Valenzuela 24th, Caroline Byrnes 65th, Lauren Susnis 100th, and its fifth scorer, Ella Volkerson, 230th. With Carolyn Susnis placed at 20:12, about 135th, its score drops to 288. Fifth.
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6. Creekside (St. Johns), 4A: 587 points
Season average 20:08.2 · 1-5 spread 2:11.0
Eva Delaney 19:01.1; Emma Godfrey 19:36.9; Ivey Edgell 20:04.9; Hadleigh Roberts 20:45.9; Elena Schultz 21:12.2.
Sixth at New World with 315: Eva Delaney 18th in 18:24, Emma Godfrey 34th, Ivey Edgell 77th, Elena Schultz and Hadleigh Roberts 117th and 119th. Full lineup, 329 at full strength. Beat Episcopal by one point at Katie Caples on September 19, which keeps it above Episcopal. Sixth.
7. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 2A: 363 points
Season average 19:51.3 · 1-5 spread 1:24.0
Stella Krueger 19:27.9; Holland McKinney 19:29.4; Whitney Morgan 19:38.6; Kate Brice 19:48.5; Graziana Gowdy 20:51.9.
Did not race its girls at New World. Won the JAC Invitational on October 10 with 43, ahead of Bishop Kenny and Nease, with Kate Brice, Whitney Morgan and Holland McKinney second through fourth. Holds seventh, right behind Creekside, which beat it by one point at Katie Caples on September 19, and ahead of Bishop Kenny, which it beat at JAC.
8. Lourdes (Miami), 3A: 806 points
Season average 20:33.7 · 1-5 spread 1:27.8
Sofia Jimenez 19:51.2; Alessandra Perez 20:09.0; Marisa Mantecon 20:12.5; Ava Barrera 21:16.6; Emilia Volz 21:19.0.
Seventh at New World with 322: Alessandra Perez 35th in 18:47, Sofia Jimenez 45th, Marisa Mantecon 57th, Ava Barrera 104th, Graziella Gerstl 135th. Full lineup, 338 at full strength. Won the 305 Classic on October 9 with 19. Comes into the ten at eighth.
9. Ponte Vedra, 3A: 671 points
Season average 20:22.6 · 1-5 spread 1:40.9
Piper Ross 19:23.9; Olivia Kaminsky 20:08.5; Savannah LaVasser 20:24.5; Rio Ossi 20:51.6; Cailyn Douglas 21:04.8.
Eighth at New World with 326, four points behind Lourdes: Piper Ross 25th in 18:36, Olivia Kaminsky 58th, Savannah LaVasser 73rd, Cailyn Douglas 101st, Phoebe Litwack 124th. Full lineup, 341 at full strength. Won its own Speziale Invitational on October 3. Ninth.
10. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 3A: 446 points
Season average 19:53.0 · 1-5 spread 1:41.3
Camila Giles 18:52.9; Jillian Jakab 19:07.6; Rebecca McEnany 20:20.1; Taylor Lawhon 20:30.0; Alexandra Lumpkin 20:34.3.
Seventeenth at New World with 470, without Camila Giles, its No. 1, for the second straight week: Jillian Jakab 17th in 18:19, Alexandra Lumpkin 97th, Rebecca McEnany 105th, Emily and Grace McEnany 149th and 165th. With Giles placed at 18:10, about 12th, it scores 343 at full strength, two points behind Ponte Vedra and 16 ahead of Spanish River. Tenth.
Just missed
Spanish River (4A) was ninth at New World with 344 and raced its full lineup; at full strength it is 359, 16 points behind Bishop Kenny, and it is first out. Alba Antunez-Perez was sixth in 17:50. St. Thomas Aquinas (4A) was tenth with 360, with Elise Brown back and 27th, and is 12th. Doral Academy (4A) was 12th with 368 and Nease (4A) 13th with 374; Nease ran without Ava Campbell, its No. 4, and is 391 at full strength. Vanguard (3A) was 14th with 394, with Lyla Hallick seventh in 17:55. Holy Trinity (1A) ran without Kelly Geraghty, its No. 2; with her it is 422. IMG Academy won the Girls Elite race with 94, led by Emma Balaban third in 17:10; it is an FHSAA Independent and is not part of this list.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- Carrollton, Bishop Moore and Bishop Kenny are ranked on the full-strength score, not the score they ran: 311, 360 and 470 on the day; 223, 288 and 343 with their missing runners placed. Every other team in the ten raced its full top five; its full-strength score is 10 to 16 points higher than what it ran only because the added runners finish ahead of some of its girls.
- Episcopal is first in the virtual race on season figures and seventh here: it did not race at New World, and Creekside beat it by one point at Katie Caples on September 19.
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Method notes
- Full-strength scoring, how it works: for every Florida team at New World that was missing one of its season top five, we put the missing runner back into the race at her season figure converted to the New World course, then added 19 seconds to be conservative, and re-scored the whole race. Daniela Hernandez went in at 18:30, Camila Giles at 18:10 and Carolyn Susnis at 20:12. Every other runner kept the place she actually ran, and teams behind an added runner lose a point each time.
- Those added times are estimates, not results, and they are deliberately slower than the season says. A team ranked on them moves the next time it races at full strength, up or down.
- New World is our standard for 2026 team evaluation. In 2023-25, the New World order held at the state meet for about 84 percent of team pairs, so we use its order, not a fixed time conversion.
- New World reads 62 seconds fast for girls, measured on 214 runners who ran both it and last year's state meet.
- A team only counts as having raced when at least three of its season top seven ran. Teams that did not race hold their places.
- Head-to-head results from September 12 and earlier no longer order teams. The times still count in the figures.
- Not rated this week: Clearwater Central Catholic, Walton County Home Meet 1 and Trenton, where the boys' and girls' readings disagree, plus meets with too few runners to measure.
- Out-of-state teams at New World are left out of the course readings and the virtual race. IMG Academy is an FHSAA Independent.
- Points are a virtual-race sum and move every time a new file enters the pool; compare order and averages, not points, week to week.
The individual list is here; last week's team list is here.
Featured image: a Carrollton runner in the Girls Elite race at New World, October 17, 2026. Photo by Darrin DeTorres.