Pre-Season XC Rankings - Group A Girls Individuals

Megan Marsico of Glenvar will be getting a late start to this cross country season as her summer training has been put on hiatus due to injury. Nonetheless, she will be expected to defend her Group A state cross country title this fall as last year's Foot Locker finalist is still too much of talent to let the current injury setback to prevent her from a first place at Great Meadow in November.

There are two rising sophomores who had exceptional freshmen years of cross country in Natalie Young and Katlyn Ayers (both pictured left by Scott Rigler) who will look to be the leading runners in Group A in the early part of the season in September with Marsico working herself back into shape. Young and Ayers were the third and fourth place finishers in last year's state race with Young winning a state title this past spring in the 3200 meter run, while Ayers did not run track and is the returning Region B cross country champion over Young.

Madison County junior Clare Moretz might be th...