We've looked at the best teams in the state overall, but who are the teams to watch over the next three to four years? Squads like Auburn are currently lead by underclassmen while other teams like Mountain Brook and Hoover find success by developing younger runners early on.
Best Underclassmen Girls Squads (Complete List)
| 1 | Auburn (AL) | 69 | ||
| 1) Samantha Rogers | 18:17.02 | 2 | ||
| 2) Harper McGowan | 18:43.72 | 4 | ||
| 3) Hallie Stewart | 19:16.00 | 6 | ||
| 4) Sarah Parnell | 19:18.23 | 7 | ||
| 5) Elizabeth Nist | 21:19.30 | 50 | ||
| Average Time: 19:22.85 Total Time: 1:36:54.27 1-5 Split: 3:02.28 | ||||
| 6) Mackenzie Phillpott | 21:49.38 | 72 | ||
| 7) Alysa Nettles | 21:58.96 | 79 | ||
| 2 | Mountain Brook HS (AL) | 77 | ||
| 1) Elizabeth Robertson | 19:35.27 | 9 | ||
| 2) Lily Hulsey | 19:37.50 | 10 | ||
| 3) Tessa Allen | 19:47.60 | 13 | ||
| 4) Amanda Jones | 20:02.00 | 16 | ||
| 5) Cameron Hudson | 20:44.00 | 29 | ||
| Average Time: 19:57.27 Total Time: 1:39:46.37 1-5 Split: 1:08.73 | ||||
| 6) Cate Jones | 21:14.00 | 43 | ||
| 7) Rosemary Lee | 21:17.06 | 46 | ||
| 3 | Homewood HS (AL) | 190 | ||
| 1) Celie Jackson | 19:03.06 | 5 | ||
| 2) Victoria Thompson | 20:57.66 | 35 | ||
| 3) Adah Allen | 21:02.78 | 38 | ||
| 4) Zoe Nichols | 21:18.54 | 48 | ||
| 5) Edie Smith | 21:37.65 | 64 | ||
| Average Time: 20:47.94 Total Time: 1:43:59.69 1-5 Split: 2:34.59 | ||||
| 6) Laura Jane Kemper | 21:44.04 | 67 | ||
| 7) Alex Steltenpohl | 21:53.35 | 75 | ||
| 4 | Oak Mountain HS (AL) | 231 | ||
| 1) Evie Bell | 19:43.42 | 11 | ||
| 2) Emma Grace Phillips | 20:38.60 | 26 | ||
| 3) Nicole Payne | 21:08.15 | 42 | ||
| 4) Adrienne Cooley | 21:18.52 | 47 | ||
| 5) Savannah Michael | 22:27.37 | 105 | ||
| Average Time: 21:03.21 Total Time: 1:45:16.06 1-5 Split: 2:43.95 | ||||
| 6) Emily Faircloth | 23:35.77 | 166 | ||
| 7) Alaina Tautkus | 23:50.03 | 179 | ||
| 5 | Hoover (AL) | 238 | ||
| 1) Lauren Wallace | 20:14.64 | 20 | ||
| 2) Reagan Hendricks | 20:29.25 | 24 | ||
| 3) Alyssa Halcomb | 21:14.34 | 44 | ||
| 4) Sarah Scarcliff | 21:22.53 | 53 | ||
| 5) Anna Kathryn Smith | 22:15.64 | 97 | ||
| Average Time: 21:07.28 Total Time: 1:45:36.40 1-5 Split: 2:01.00 | ||||
| 6) Anna Caroline Knight | 22:54.79 | 127 | ||
| 7) Ashley Ransom | 23:16.47 | 150 | ||
| 6 | Baker (AL) | 273 | ||
| 1) Leslie Baxter | 20:19.20 | 23 | ||
| 2) Alexis Crisp | 21:22.00 | 51 | ||
| 3) Rebecca Lafon | 21:28.80 | 58 | ||
| 4) Nicole Davis | 21:30.70 | 61 | ||
| 5) Baileigh Davis | 21:59.40 | 80 | ||
| Average Time: 21:20.02 Total Time: 1:46:40.10 1-5 Split: 1:40.20 | ||||
| 6) Claire Morgan | 22:04.61 | 83 | ||
| 7) Kensley Meeks | 23:40.61 | 169 | ||
| 7 | St. Paul's Episcopal (AL) | 296 | ||
| 1) Isabel Valenzuela | 20:02.13 | 17 | ||
| 2) Katherine Rush | 20:34.23 | 25 | ||
| 3) Mary Howard Singleton | 21:28.78 | 57 | ||
| 4) Sarah Strickland | 22:08.30 | 91 | ||
| 5) Sydney Jane Hendryx | 22:28.76 | 106 | ||
| Average Time: 21:20.44 Total Time: 1:46:42.20 1-5 Split: 2:26.63 | ||||
| 6) Palmer Waechter | 22:59.23 | 132 | ||
| 7) Claire Lee | 23:55.52 | 182 | ||
| 8 | Scottsboro HS (AL) | 381 | ||
| 1) Hannah Cloud | 20:50.27 | 32 | ||
| 2) Anna Carlson | 21:35.07 | 62 | ||
| 3) Katie Jones | 21:38.94 | 65 | ||
| 4) Ava Duke | 22:23.62 | 103 | ||
| 5) Wylie Webb | 22:48.06 | 119 | ||
| Average Time: 21:51.19 Total Time: 1:49:15.96 1-5 Split: 1:57.79 | ||||
| 6) Emily Littles | 23:11.99 | 144 | ||
| 7) Skylar Farr | 23:20.54 | 155 | ||
| 9 | Vestavia Hills HS (AL) | 398 | ||
| 1) Audrey Norris | 21:06.88 | 40 | ||
| 2) Anna Causey | 21:29.90 | 59 | ||
| 3) Sarah Comer | 21:41.28 | 66 | ||
| 4) Sophia Velezis | 22:33.82 | 110 | ||
| 5) Mary Boughner | 22:51.78 | 123 | ||
| Average Time: 21:56.73 Total Time: 1:49:43.66 1-5 Split: 1:44.90 | ||||
| 6) Mary Harris | 23:02.79 | 137 | ||
| 7) Sarah Beth Stair | 23:46.81 | 175 | ||
| 10 | Florence High School (AL) | 422 | ||
| 1) Mary Claire Ridgeway | 18:04.24 | 1 | ||
| 2) Mary Claire Ridgeway | 19:46.20 | 12 | ||
| 3) Sydney Callahan | 20:57.66 | 36 | ||
| 4) Samantha Thigpen | 23:59.54 | 186 | ||
| 5) Jennifer Vaden | 24:00.56 | 187 | ||
| Average Time: 21:21.64 Total Time: 1:46:48.20 1-5 Split: 5:56.32 | ||||
| 11 | Buckhorn (AL) | 423 | ||
| 1) Jessica Dodson | 20:38.82 | 27 | ||
| 2) Cassidy Conway | 22:04.49 | 82 | ||
| 3) Emily Kimbrell | 22:05.46 | 84 | ||
| 4) Kara Black | 22:26.17 | 104 | ||
| 5) Nora Heeney | 22:54.06 | 126 | ||
| Average Time: 22:01.80 Total Time: 1:50:09.00 1-5 Split: 2:15.24 | ||||
| 6) Holly Blackwood | 23:02.10 | 134 | ||
| 7) September Abbott | 23:36.59 | 167 | ||
| 12 | Enterprise High (AL) | 464 | ||
| 1) Natalie Warner | 21:02.16 | 37 | ||
| 2) Kayleigh Riordan | 21:28.42 | 56 | ||
| 3) Sarah Winekoff | 22:11.17 | 94 | ||
| 4) Kylie Mocynski | 23:02.14 | 135 | ||
| 5) Mirna Thompson | 23:04.92 | 142 | ||
| Average Time: 22:09.76 Total Time: 1:50:48.81 1-5 Split: 2:02.76 | ||||
| 6) Mallory Smith | 23:42.65 | 171 | ||
| 7) Britney Pacheco | 24:48.54 | 233 | ||
| 13 | Spain Park (AL) | 498 | ||
| 1) Holland Lidikay | 20:00.58 | 15 | ||
| 2) Mary Virginia McKinley | 21:22.00 | 52 | ||
| 3) Paige Walls | 22:37.57 | 113 | ||
| 4) Elizabeth DeVane | 22:40.00 | 115 | ||
| 5) Madison Oakman | 24:18.84 | 203 | ||
| Average Time: 22:11.80 Total Time: 1:50:58.99 1-5 Split: 4:18.26 | ||||
| 6) Martha Grace Maddox | 24:33.67 | 221 | ||
| 7) Corrie Parks | 26:10.36 | 289 | ||
| 14 | Spanish Fort (AL) | 531 | ||
| 1) Ryley Grantham | 21:26.70 | 55 | ||
| 2) Cece Carl | 22:07.90 | 89 | ||
| 3) Brook Duplantier | 22:08.30 | 90 | ||
| 4) Olivia Wilder | 22:48.80 | 120 | ||
| 5) Alana Hattenstein | 23:48.26 | 177 | ||
| Average Time: 22:27.99 Total Time: 1:52:19.96 1-5 Split: 2:21.56 | ||||
| 6) Elizabeth McCracken | 24:15.25 | 199 | ||
| 7) Caitlyn Busbin | 24:37.40 | 226 | ||
| 15 | Huntsville HS (AL) | 615 | ||
| 1) Kaitlyn Johnson | 19:28.90 | 8 | ||
| 2) Genevieve Schaefer | 19:49.90 | 14 | ||
| 3) Julia Derington | 23:20.38 | 154 | ||
| 4) Alexis Hoeve | 23:38.60 | 168 | ||
| 5) Kate Burke | 25:42.98 | 271 | ||
| Average Time: 22:24.15 Total Time: 1:52:00.76 1-5 Split: 6:14.08 | ||||
| 6) Katherine Fagan | 26:10.20 | 288 | ||
| 7) Emma Jameson | 26:13.20 | 292 | ||
| 16 | Cullman (AL) | 644 | ||
| 1) Della Kelly | 21:30.50 | 60 | ||
| 2) Mattie Green | 22:20.40 | 102 | ||
| 3) Jennifer Aviles | 22:47.50 | 117 | ||
| 4) Bernarda Tizapa | 23:16.30 | 149 | ||
| 5) Mady Norris | 24:28.77 | 216 | ||
| Average Time: 22:52.69 Total Time: 1:54:23.47 1-5 Split: 2:58.27 | ||||
| 6) Joshlyn Hudson | 24:30.50 | 217 | ||
| 7) Isabella Phillips | 25:10.49 | 254 | ||
| 17 | Hatton (AL) | 653 | ||
| 1) Ally Amerson | 20:53.17 | 33 | ||
| 2) Mary Kate Sapp | 22:06.06 | 85 | ||
| 3) Alondra Aranda | 22:33.38 | 109 | ||
| 4) Halle Grace Phillips | 23:16.73 | 151 | ||
| 5) Jayden Davis | 25:47.00 | 275 | ||
| Average Time: 22:55.27 Total Time: 1:54:36.34 1-5 Split: 4:53.83 | ||||
| 6) Jaden Davis | 26:11.40 | 290 | ||
| 18 | Thompson (AL) | 656 | ||
| 1) Ryleigh Easterling | 21:46.40 | 69 | ||
| 2) Emily Allen | 21:51.30 | 74 | ||
| 3) Abby Grace Walker | 22:57.20 | 129 | ||
| 4) Lauren Hammett | 24:05.26 | 191 | ||
| 5) Hannah Casey | 24:07.20 | 193 | ||
| Average Time: 22:57.47 Total Time: 1:54:47.36 1-5 Split: 2:20.80 | ||||
| 6) Sunni Graber | 24:27.00 | 212 | ||
| 7) Riana Roper | 25:49.82 | 277 | ||
| 19 | Helena High School (AL) | 687 | ||
| 1) Abigail Ford | 20:17.87 | 21 | ||
| 2) Ana Watters | 21:24.81 | 54 | ||
| 3) Allison Tanner | 23:41.20 | 170 | ||
| 4) Savannah Garner | 24:31.27 | 219 | ||
| 5) Aamyia Lewis | 24:35.41 | 223 | ||
| Average Time: 22:54.11 Total Time: 1:54:30.56 1-5 Split: 4:17.54 | ||||
| 6) Skylar Stark | 25:30.74 | 264 | ||
| 7) Victoria Whisenant | 27:01.79 | 321 | ||
| 20 | Hewitt-Trussville HS (AL) | 704 | ||
| 1) Amelia Brady | 20:18.22 | 22 | ||
| 2) Sarah Cannon | 23:03.30 | 139 | ||
| 3) Laura Claire Bollinger | 23:30.11 | 160 | ||
| 4) Olivia Kilpatrick | 23:54.16 | 181 | ||
| 5) Samantha Vise | 24:18.46 | 202 | ||
| Average Time: 23:00.85 Total Time: 1:55:04.25 1-5 Split: 4:00.24 | ||||
| 6) Emma Williamson | 29:20.63 | 391 | ||
| 21 | Westminster School at Oak Mountain (AL) | 735 | ||
| 1) Hallie Porterfield | 20:08.82 | 18 | ||
| 2) Izzy Giddens | 22:50.09 | 121 | ||
| 3) Bekah Anderson | 22:52.73 | 124 | ||
| 4) Katie Hoaglund | 24:01.87 | 189 | ||
| 5) Anna Caroline Lloyd | 26:00.95 | 283 | ||
| Average Time: 23:10.89 Total Time: 1:55:54.46 1-5 Split: 5:52.13 | ||||
| 6) Ellie Sachs | 29:51.51 | 404 | ||
| 22 | Pisgah High School (AL) | 736 | ||
| 1) Kaylynn Morgan | 21:56.21 | 77 | ||
| 2) Kristen York | 22:43.92 | 116 | ||
| 3) Kelleigh Joiner | 22:47.92 | 118 | ||
| 4) Briley Hembree | 24:23.01 | 207 | ||
| 5) Madison Myers | 24:31.05 | 218 | ||
| Average Time: 23:16.42 Total Time: 1:56:22.11 1-5 Split: 2:34.84 | ||||
| 6) Lauren Peek | 24:41.68 | 229 | ||
| 7) Layla Hatfield | 26:04.55 | 285 | ||
| 23 | Mary G Montgomery (AL) | 750 | ||
| 1) Heather Smith | 21:46.01 | 68 | ||
| 2) Katelyn Harris | 21:57.05 | 78 | ||
| 3) Destiny Ballard | 23:19.86 | 153 | ||
| 4) Bre Vigor | 24:28.07 | 214 | ||
| 5) Emma Smith | 24:51.38 | 237 | ||
| Average Time: 23:16.47 Total Time: 1:56:22.37 1-5 Split: 3:05.37 | ||||
| 6) Ariel Shaw | 27:19.01 | 333 | ||
| 7) Kelly Kirkwood | 27:47.16 | 348 | ||
| 24 | Trinity Presbyterian School (AL) | 791 | ||
| 1) Ann Caden Oliver | 22:58.61 | 131 | ||
| 2) Healey Mathison | 23:08.07 | 143 | ||
| 3) Mary Elizabeth Hill | 23:18.74 | 152 | ||
| 4) Annabelle Brown | 23:34.20 | 165 | ||
| 5) Rebecca Herndon | 24:17.99 | 200 | ||
| Average Time: 23:27.52 Total Time: 1:57:17.61 1-5 Split: 1:19.38 | ||||
| 6) Kennedy Lambert | 26:16.63 | 294 | ||
| 7) Sarah Teel | 27:19.06 | 334 | ||
| 25 | Altamont (AL) | 836 | ||
| 1) Sofia Gaitan-Wolfe | 22:58.22 | 130 | ||
| 2) Bay Stackpole | 23:12.21 | 145 | ||
| 3) Mary Carolyn Sink | 23:31.10 | 162 | ||
| 4) Merritt Edwards | 24:04.54 | 190 | ||
| 5) Caroline Lee | 24:25.11 | 209 | ||
| Average Time: 23:38.24 Total Time: 1:58:11.18 1-5 Split: 1:26.89 | ||||
| 6) Tatianna Sanders | 24:40.39 | 228 | ||
| 7) Camille Oliver | 25:09.13 | 251 | ||