Group AAA girls pre-season cross country rankings with 10 deep in teams and 25 deep in individuals PLUS top 5 team and top 15 individual rankings for each region. Despite graduating two key seniors from a team which saw its streak of state titles snapped by Lake Braddock, the Midlothian girls enter this season as a favorites in Group AAA after more top teams than usual are also taking losses from graduation. Midlothian's top returning runner will be sophomore Marie Johnston (pictured left by John Herzog), who earned All-State honors in all three seasons last year as a freshmen. Midlothian still returns five of their top seven from 2009 and also get another Johnston this fall with the youngest of the three Johnston sisters (oldest Paige Johnston was a state champion at Midlo and now runs at U. of Arkansas) in middle school county champion Kari Johnston.
The Northern Region will be competitive for those four state meet spots as always with Thomas Jefferson girls looking...