MID OCTOBER NCS DIVISION V RANKINGS (October 18) by Walfred Solorzano

BOYS Division V Team Rankings (Top 4 Teams Qualify to State)

The only certainty in this division is that San Francisco University will have a spot in the state meet. The Red Devils have the deepest squad in the state and will be vying for the state championship. The next five squads all have the ability to finish second or be left out of a trip to Fresno. Healdsburg has catapulted to No. 2 as they finished ahead of Stuart Hall at the Artichoke Invitational. Stuart Hall came back a few days later and beat The Bay School 27-31 at BCL West Meet No. 2. College Prep avenged their loss to Head-Royce by beating them at BCL East Meet No. 2. On the individual rankings, Ethan Kraska has overtaken his teammate Ben Friedland after his impressive performance in Portland.

1. San Francisco University

2. Healdsburg

3. Stuart Hall

4. The Bay School 

5. College Prep

6. Head-Royce 

Individual Rankings

1. Ethan Kraska (San Francisco University)

2. Ben Friedland (San Francisco University)

3. Ishan Patnaik (San Francisco University)

4. Matteo Moretti (San Francisco University)

5. Lucas Welty (Healdsburg)

6. Leor Hersh (The Bay School)

7. Jake McWilliams (Healdsburg)

8. Reese Terrell (Stuart Hall)

9. Hugo Tao Ong (San Francisco University)

10. Elliott Maggiotto (Urban)

GIRLS Division V Team Rankings (Top 5 Teams Qualify to State)

Much like the boys squad, the University girls have a strong team with plenty of depth. Lick-Wilmerding and Branson have terrific trios and are still looking to develop strong 4-5 runners. Much like with the boys, there will be a tough battle for the last spot for a trip to Fresno. It is beginning to look a lot like those spots will go to College Prep, Sonoma Academy, or Head-Royce. On the individual side, Farah Allen has popped up to the number 1 spot after running 17:34 at the championship race at Clovis. Ella Mogannam has been perfect and it will be very close between them two in the post-season. Josie Hill is debuting at number 3 after winning the Artichoke Invitational and running 18:12 at Woodward Park this past weekend.

1. San Francisco University

2. Lick-Wilmerding

3. Branson

4. College Prep

5. Sonoma Academy

6. Head-Royce

Individual

1. Farah Allen (Branson)

2. Ella Mogannam (Lick-Wilmerding)

3. Josie Hill (Sonoma Academy)

4. Ashlin Mallon (Cardinal Newman)

5. Sophia Nichol (San Francisco University)

6. Ella Adams-Teoh (Lick-Wilmerding)

7. Caroline Chang (Lick-Wilmerding)

8. Hailey Sellers (Branson)

9. Emma Singh (Head-Royce)

10. Palmer Smit (San Francisco University)