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As time ticks away, the high school cross country season is inching closer to a culminating race.
And at this point, few would doubt the RunningLane Cross Country Championships will be that event on December 4 in Huntsville, Alabama.
With no Team Nationals scheduled for 2021, RXC2 has become the de facto force in the high school space, and with two national championship-level races shaping up to be the best of the fall season, we could have our answer to the question, 'Who's the top high school program in 2021?'
Perhaps by both race's end, just as well, we could have a discussion about the best high school team ever.
Already, a wide variety of the nation's best teams, as ranked by the MileSplit50, have entered their names into the field.
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Week 3 MileSplit50 Girls Individual Top 25
Week 2 MileSplit50 Boys Individual Top 25
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Week 2 MileSplit50 Boys Team Top 25
Current Championship Boys Team Field
| rank | school | state |
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| 1 | Newbury Park | CA |
| 2 | Cheyenne Mountain | CO |
| 3 | Niwot | CO |
| 4 | Farmington | UT |
| 5 | Central Catholic | OR |
| 7 | American Fork | UT |
| 8 | Columbus North | IN |
| 9 | Valor Christian | CO |
| 10 | Millard West | NE |
| 11 | Jesuit Portland | OR |
| 14 | Sioux City North | IA |
| 15 | Mount Tabor | NC |
| 12 | Mountain View | UT |
| HM | New Orleans Jesuit | LA |
| HM | Southlake Carroll | TX |
| HM | Viera | FL |
Current Championship Girls Team Field
| rank | name | state |
|---|
| 2 | Niwot | CO |
| 3 | Arapahoe | CO |
| 5 | Newbury Park | CA |
| 6 | Cherry Creek | CO |
| 12 | American Fork | UT |
| 20 | Brentwood | TN |
| 21 | Mountain Vista | CO |
| 22 | Valor Christian | CO |
| 25 | Southlake Carroll | TX |
| HM | Jesuit Portland | OR |
| HM | Cuthbertson | NC |
| HM | IMG Academy | FL |
Current Championship Boys Field
| rank | name | school | state |
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| 2 | Leo Young | Newbury Park | CA |
| 3 | Riley Hough | Hartland | MI |
| 6 | Lex Young | Newbury Park | CA |
| 7 | Colin Sahlman | Newbury Park | CA |
| 8 | Aaron Sahlman | Newbury Park | CA |
| 10 | Zane Bergen | Niwot | CO |
| 13 | Isaac Teeples | Kamiakin | WA |
| 19 | Isaiah Givens | Pasadena | CA |
| 22 | Kaden Levings | Cheyenne Mountain | CO |
| 24 | Ty Garrett | Valor Christian | CO |
| HM | Aiden Cox | Coe Brown Academy | NH |
| HM | Nate Jaster | American Fork | UT |
| HM | Jamar Distel | Riverside | WA |
| HM | Joe Sapone | Holy Innocents' Episcopal | GA |
| HM | Jackson Shorten | Mountain View | UT |
| HM | Erik Le Roux | Cheyenne Mountain | CO |
| HM | Jayden Fitzgarrald | American Fork | UT |
| HM | Reese Kilbarger Stumpf | Columbus North | IN |
| HM | Michael Toppi | Viera | FL |
| HM | Zack Munson | Sehome | WA |
Current Championship Girls Field
| rank | name | school | state |
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| 2 | Riley Stewart | Cherry Creek | CO |
| 8 | Sam McDonnell | Newbury P ark | CA |
| 16 | Ava Parekh | Chicago Latin | IL |
| 20 | Chloe Foerster | Jesuit | OR |
| 23 | Bethany Michalak | Air Academy | CO |
| HM | Mia Prok | Niwot | CO |
| HM | Tatum David | IMG Academy | FL |
| HM | Cameron McConnell | Canyon Randall | TX |
| HM | Avalon Mecham | American Fork | UT |
| HM | Emma Stutzman | Pomona | CO |
| HM | Grace Hartman | Oakwood | OH |
| HM | Katelyn Maley | Basalt | CO |
| HM | Riley Chamberlain | Del Oro | CA |
| NR | Emily Lamontagne | Arapahoe | CO |
| NR | Lauren McGaffic | Blaine | WA |
| NR | Reagan Riley | Oak Mountain | AL |
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NOTES:
- Teams are considered seven runners of the seven gender and registration is $150. Seed times will be used to field the 'Gold' and 'Silver' races.
- For individuals, the top 100 individual seed times will be put in the championship gold race. Silver and Bronze races will also be seeded based on times.
- The 'Gold Races' are considered the championship races. There will also be two 'Silver Races,' possibly two 'Bronze Races' and a Community Open race.
- The top 20 athletes will be recognized as All-Americans.
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