State-by-state returning XC champions

 

Compiled by Mary Albl

 

(grade listed is for 2015-16 school year)

Alabama

7A Boys - Paul Barlow, sr, Auburn

7A Girls - Abbey Weitenbeck, fr, Huntsville 

6A Girls - Mary Grace Strozier, sr, Pelham

5A Girls - Isabel Valenzuela, 8th, St. Paul's Episcopal

4A Girls - Amaris Tynissmaa, fr, Montgomery Catholic

3A Boys - Nick Klein, sr, Winfield

2A/1A Boys - Dylan Pausic, sr, Shades Mountain Christian 

2A/1A Girls - Ivy Edge, fr, St. Bernard Prep

 

Alaska

3A/2A/1A Boys – Kaleb Korta, sr, Galena

3A/2A/1A Girls - Briahna Gerlach, jr, Glennallen

 

Arizona

D3 Girls – Alexandra Schadler, jr, Rio Rico

D4 Boys - Adriano Joe, jr, Pinon        

D4 Girls - Maya Smith, soph, Northland Preparatory  

 

Arkansas

7A Boys – T.J. Sugg, sr, Har-Ber

7A Girls - Elise Reina, sr, Har-Bear

6A Girls - Josie Carson, soph, Lake Hamilton

4A Boys - Oliver Perez, sr, Berryville

3A Boys - Noah Eskew, soph, Jessieville

2A/1A Girls - Elizabeth Gillette, sr, Trinity Christian

 

California

D5 Girls - Rylee Bowen, soph, Sonoma Academy  

D3 Boys - Austin Tamagno, sr, Brea Olinda 

D3 Girls - Chloe Hansel, sr, Las Lomas  

D1 Boys - Phillip Rocha, sr, Arcadia

D1 Girls - Fiona O'Keeffe, sr, Davis Sr. 

 

Colorado

5A Girls – Lauren Gregory, jr, Fort Collins

4A Girls - Katie Rainsberger, sr, Air Academy

3A Boys – Ben Butler, sr, SkyView Academy    

3A Girls - Lily Tomasula-Martin, jr, Estes Park 

1A/2A Boys – Paul Roberts, sr, Lyons

 

Connecticut

LL Girls – Hannah DeBalsi, sr, Staples

MM Boys - Patrick Briody, sr, E.O. Smith

M Boys – James Mos, sr, St. Joseph

M Girls – Hayley Collins, jr, Tolland

S Girls - Sabrina Chesters, jr, Parish Hills

 

Delaware

D1 Girls – Lydia Olivers, soph, Padua

 

District of Columbia

Boys - Tyreece Huff, sr, Phelps

Girls - Taylor Knibb, sr, Sidwell Friends

 

Florida

4A Boys - Joshua Jacques, sr, Lyman

4A Girls – Rafaella Gibbons, soph, Winter Park

2A Girls – Tsion Yared, 8th grade, Pine Crest

2A Boys – Joel Lacy, sr, Calvary Christian

 

Georgia

6A Boys - Davis Stockwell, sr, Lakeside DeKalb

6A Girls - Lindsay Billings, sr, Northview

5A Girls - Alyssa Hooker, jr, Lakeside Evans  

3A Boys - Chase Kennedy, jr, East Jackson

3A Girls - Audrey Honiotes, jr, Hart County

2A Girls - Serena Tripodi, jr, Lovett

1A Girls (Private) - Emma Grace Hurley, Fellowship Christian

1A Boys (Public) - Irving Rendon, soph, Morris Innovative

1A Girls (Public) - Hannah Whitehead, soph, Towns County

 

Hawaii

Boys - Kaeo Kruse, sr, Kamehameha  

Girls - Lisa Tashiro, sr, Kaiser

 

Idaho

4A Girls - Katherine Ruck, jr, Moscow

3A Boys - Austin Stewart, sr, Shelley

3A Girls - Klarissa Andersen, sr, Shelley

 

Illinois

3A Girls - Lindsay Graham, sr, Glenbard West

2A Girls - Maryjeanne Gilbert, sr, Notre Dame

1A Boys - Jon Davis, sr, Oakwood

1A Girls - Anna Sophi Keller, jr, St. Anthony

 

Indiana

Boys - Ben Veatch, sr, Carmel

 

Iowa

2A Girls - Paige Holub, soph, Monticello

 

Kansas

6A Boys – Jackson Schroeder, jr, Manhattan  

6A Girls – Emily Venters, jr, Lawrence-Free State

4A Boys – Riley Osen, sr, Winfield

4A Girls - Cailie Logue, jr, Girard

3A Boys - Conrad, Lakelin, soph, Wichita-Collegiate 

2A Boys – Kyler True, jr, Olpe

1A Girls - Jenny O'Bryan, sr, St. Paul

 

Kentucky

3A Boys - Brennan Fields, sr, Madison Central

3A Girls - Kathleen Simms, soph, Sacred Heart

2A Boys - Ethan Shuley, sr, Highlands

2A Girls - Gabriella Karas, jr, Collins

 

Louisiana

5A Girls - Sara Funderburk, sr, Parkway

4A Boys – Jacob Daigle, sr, Assumption

4A Girls - Alexa Breaux, sr, Vanderbilt Catholic

3A Boys - Devyn Keith, sr, John Curtis

2A Boys - Kris Jackson, jr, Episcopal

2A Girls - Alissa Landers, jr, Lakeside

1A Girls - Stephanie Breaux, soph, Ascension Catholic

B Girls - Marissa Bennett, sr, Choudrant

C Boys - Alex Lewis, jr, Holy Rosary

C Girls - Gabrielle Jennings, sr, First Baptist

 

Maine

Class B Girls - Katherine Leggat-Barr, jr, Greely

Class C Girls - Hannah Steelman, jr, Orono

*Eastern Independent Girls - Keara Westover, soph, NCDS

 

Maryland

2A Girls - Hayley Jackson, jr, Patuxent  

 

Massachusetts

Division 1 Girls - Kaley Richards, sr, Lowell

 

Michigan

D4 Girls - Ava Strenge, jr, St Philip Catholic Central

D3 Girls - Holly Bullough, sr, Traverse City St. Francis

D2 Boys - Morgan Beadlescomb, sr, Algonac  

MiHS girls - Sarah Kettel, sr, Capital Home School

 

Minnesota

AA Girls - Megan Hasz, sr, Alexandria    

 

Mississippi

6A Girls – Kate Mattox, jr, Starkville

5A Boys – Nakenbe Fleming, sr, Pearl

5A Girls - Hannah Pinter, fr, Pearl

4A Boys – Royce Garcia, jr, Saint Stanislaus

4A Girls - Regen Mcgee, sr, Pass Christian

3A Girls – Ramsey Wagner, sr, St. Patrick  

2A Boys - Jordon Salmon, sr, East Union

2A Girls - Mikaelah Muse, fr, New Site

1A Boys – Cedric Gardner, soph, J.F. Kennedy

1A Girls - Tahjiana High, eighth, Myrtle

 

Missouri

Class 3 Girls – Taylor Werner, sr, Ste. Genevieve   

Class 2 Girls - Brianna Haller, soph, Fatima

Class 1 Girls – Claire Workman, jr, Summit Prep

 

Montana

AA Boys – Aidan Reed, sr, Helena

AA Girls – Annie Hill, soph, Glacier

B Boys – Logan Morley, sr, Bigfork

C Girls - Bailee Parker, sr, West Yellowstone

 

Nebraska

Class B Girls - Willa Koenig, sr, Lincoln Pius X

Class C Boys - Tylin Masco, sr, Milford

Class C Girls - Celeste Cardona, jr, Mitchell

 

Nevada

D1A Boys – Chase Wood, sr, Faith Lutheran

D3 Girls - Quinn Lehmkuhl, jr, North Tahoe

 

New Hampshire

D1 Boys - Liam Kimball, sr, Timberlane

D2 Girls - Maegan Doody, sr, Oyster River

D3 Boys – Cameron Daly, sr, Inter-Lakes     

 

New Jersey

Group 3 Girls – Sierra Castaneda, sr, West Morris Central 

Group 1 Girls - Suss, Rachel Suss, sr, Metuchen    

Non-Public A Boys – Blaise Ferro, sr, Christian Brothers 

Non-Public B Girls - Crystal Ortiz, soph, Hudson Catholic

 

New Mexico

5A Boys – Niles Thomas, sr, Miyamura

4A Boys – Alex Heffelfinger, sr, East Mountain

4A Girls - Cora Cannedy, soph, Taos

2A/1A Boys - Terrence Lee, sr, Navajo Pine

2A/1A Girls - Annoesika Laughlin, jr, Navajo Pine

 

New York

Class B Boys - Noah Affolder, jr, Carthage

Class B Girls - Katherine Lee, soph, Shoreham-Wading River

Class C Boys - Kenny Vasbinder, sr, East Aurora

Class C Girls - Sophia Tasselmyer, sr, East Aurora 

Class D Girls - Sage Hurta, sr, Hamilton

 

North Carolina

4A Boys – Jeremy Brown, sr, Broughton   

4A Girls – Elly Henes, sr, Green Hope

3A Girls – Anna Vess, sr, A.C. Reynolds

 

North Dakota

Class A Boys - Sam Clausnitzer, sr, Bismark

Class A Girls - Karly Ackley, jr, Grand Forks Central  

Class B Girls - Cailee Peterson, jr, May-Port CG 

 

Ohio

D1 Girls - Lainey Studebaker, sr, Centerville

D2 Boys - Joe Bistritz, sr, Chagrin Falls     

D2 Girls - Dominique Clairmonte, sr, Lexington   

D3 Boys - Tristan Dahmen, sr, Maplewood

 

Oklahoma

6A Girls - Cheyenne Walden, jr, Sand Springs

4A Boys - Daniel Mazzei, jr, Berryhill

4A Girls - Adrena Mazzei, sr, Berryhill

3A Boys - Colton Green, sr, Henryetta   

3A Girls - Daisy Vanmeter, sr, Henryetta 

2A Boys - Isa Rodriguez, jr, Ringwood

2A Girls - Berkley Price, soph, Cordell

 

Oregon

6A Girls - Ella Donaghu, sr, Grant

5A Girls - Olivia Brooks, jr, Summit

4A Girls – Lexi Healy, sr, Henley

3A/2A/1A Boys – Fabian Cardenas, sr, Umatilla

3A/2A/1A Girls – Sailor Hutton, soph, Bandon

 

Pennsylvania

3A Boys – Jake Brophy, sr, Central Bucks East

2A Boys - Dominic Hockenbury, sr, Lake-Lehman

2A Girls - Ally Rome, sr, Dallas

1A Girls - Marianne Abdalah, jr, Vincentian Academy 

 

Rhode Island

Boys – David Principe Jr., jr, La Salle

Girls – Emma McMillan, sr, Barrington

 

South Carolina

4A Boys - Jackson Ellenburg, jr, Ashley Ridge

4A Girls - Cate Ambrose, Riverside

3A Girls - Mallory Liggett, soph, Hilton Head

2A Boys - Hayden Dibona, sr, Academic Magnet     

2A Girls - Amelia Jones, sr, Waccamaw    

1A Girls – Annika Bissinger, fr, St. Josephs

 

South Dakota

Class AA Girls - Jasmyne Cooper, soph, Sioux Falls Lincoln

Class B Boys – Jayden Waldner, sr, James Valley Christia

Class B Girls – Macy Heinz, jr, Ipswich High School

 

Tennessee

D1 A-AA Girls - Taylor Cuneo, soph, Central Magnet 

D1 AAA Girls – Cherie Wilson, sr, Morristown West  

 

Texas

6A Boys - David Strome, sr, Colleyville Heritage 

5A Boys – Carter Blunt, sr, Frisco Independence

5A Girls - Skyler Simon, sr, Grapevine

4A Girls - Morgan McCutchen, sr, Levelland

3A Boys - Kyle Doty, jr, Bruceville-Eddy  

3A Girls - Cryslan Tucker, soph, Holiday

2A Girls - Andrea Sanchez, jr, Sundown 

1A Girls - Kaitlin Bell, sr, O’Donnell

 

Utah

4A Girls - Kate Hunter, jr, Provo

2A Girls – Anna Camp, sr, Millard

1A Girls - Whittni Orton, sr, Panguitch

 

Vermont

D3 Boys - Chris Gish, sr, The Sharon Academy 

D3 Girls - Isabella Giesing, soph, Oxbow

D2 Girls - Rena Schwartz, soph, U-32 High

D1 Girls - Katharine Ogden, sr, Stratton Mountain

 

Virginia

6A Girls - Rachel McArthur, jr, Patriot 

5A Girls - Heather Holt, soph, George C. Marshall

4A Girls - Libby Davidson, jr, E C. Glass

3A Boys - Andrew Hunter, sr, Loudoun Valley 

2A Girls - Khloe Pointer, jr, Maggie Walker

1A Girls – Julia Wood, sr, Rappahannock County 

 

Washington

1A Girls - Alexis Redfield, sr, Zillah

 

West Virginia

3A Boys - Seth ​Edwa​rds, sr, University

3A Girls - Abby Colbe​rt, sr, Jefferson

A-AA Girls - Alicia Pa​rso​ns, jr, Grafton

 

Wisconsin

D3 Boys - Kevin Koski, sr, Chequamegon-Park Falls

D3 Girls - Delaney Greene-Gretzinger, jr, Marion

 

Wyoming

4A Boys – Chris Henry, sr, Laramie

3A Boys – Brody Smith, sr, Cody

3A Girls - Calbi Ausmann, sr, Newcastle

1A/2A Girls – Jules Ward, jr, Thermopolis