In cross country, a team is only as good as their pack. We were curious to see which girls teams had the best No. 5 runner. These rankings were compiled by looking at athletes' season-best 5K times from 2015 and are not indicative of any other PR times or competition record.
| RANK | ATHLETE | TIME | SCHOOL |
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| 1 | Sydney Belus | 18:12.5 | Great Oak (CA) |
| 2 | Ciara Knott | 18:31.44 | Saratoga Springs (NY) |
| 3 | Kelly Liang | 18:40.80 | Arcadia High School (SS) (CA) |
| 4 | Rachel Whitehead | 18:41.73 | Centerville (OH) |
| 5 | Tate Sweeney | 18:42.20 | Edina High School (MN) |
| 6 | Simonne Guenette | 18:48.00 | Blacksburg High School (VA) |
| 7 | Daphne Boom | 18:48.30 | Carmel High School (IN) |
| 8 | Serena Monson | 18:51.00 | Willmar High School (MN) |
| 9 | Greta Anderson | 18:55.25 | Jesuit (OR) |
| 10 | Madi Bucci | 18:55.60 | Desert Vista High School (AZ) |
| 11 | Abigail Smith | 18:57.00 | Riverside (SC) |
| 12 | Katie Nili | 19:00.00 | Buchanan High School (CS) (CA) |
| 13 | Jessica Luedtke | 19:00.20 | Air Academy High School (CO) |
| 14 | Tess Rounds | 19:01.30 | Claremont High (SS) (CA) |
| 15 | Mckenna Nuzum | 19:03.30 | San Ramon Valley High (NC) (CA) |
| 16 | Erica Drobny | 19:03.88 | Otsego (MI) |
