Central Coast Section Mid-Season rankings (teams and individuals)

Here is my best attempt to rank the top teams and individuals in CCS, based on feedback from many coaches. If you think I missed a team and/or individual, please comment below. For the individuals, the top 5 individuals not on the qualifying teams will advance to the state meet, provided they are in the top 12 if 2 teams advance, top 14 if 3 teams advance, top 16 if 4 teams advance, top 18 if 5 teams advance, and top 20 if 6 teams advance.

BOYS Division I (Top 3 teams advance to state meet)
1. Mountain View
2. Menlo Atherton
3. Bellarmine
4. Evergreen Valley
5. Los Altos/Milpitas

Individuals
1. Evan Chopra, Menlo Atherton
2. Yuval Goldberg, Mountain View
3. Rohan Iyer Milpitas
4. Deven Koppala, Mountain View
5. Johann Coss, Evergreen Valley/Liam Tassa, Mountain View

GIRLS Division I (Top 3 teams advance to state meet)
1. Carlmont
2. Mountain View
3. Menlo Atherton
4. Los Altos
5. Evergreen Valley/Milpitas

Individuals
1. Ada Bielinska, Mountain View
2. Katelyn Elliot, Carlmont
3. Caroline Pflaum, Menlo Atherton/Eliana Witteles, Los Altos
4. Sivani Kaliki, Evergreen Valley/Cali Barberi, Los Altos
5. Camile Lacher, Carlmont/Prienna Chavez, Hollister

BOYS Division II (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Piedmont Hills
2. St. Francis, MV
3. Sequoia
4. Woodside
5. Branham/Los Gatos

Individuals
1. Gabriel Saludo, Piedmont Hills
2. Hisham Mohammed, Lynbrook/Ved Nath, Archbishop Mitty
3. Timothy Sandholm, Leigh
4. Alex Garza, Branham
5. Carter Helms, Branham

GIRLS Division II (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Francis, MV
2. Branham
3. Lynbrook
4. Woodside 
5. Leigh/Piedmont Hills

Individuals
1. Gelila Hailu, Leigh
2. Adelyn King, Piedmont Hills
3. Brinley Pickett, St. Francis, MV
4. Gemma Cervone, Branham
5. Lucija Ivankovic, Branham

BOYS Division III (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Ignatius
2. Willow Glen
3. Sacred Heart Cathedral
4. Hillsdale
5. San Mateo

Individuals
1. Noah Tally, Willow Glen
2. Zane Stewart, Willow Glen
3. Ignacio Hoglund, St. Ignatius
4. Gilbert Farnsworth, St. Ignatius
5. Oran Brick, Sacred Heart Cathedral

GIRLS Division III (Top 2 teams advance to the state meet)
1. St. Ignatius
2.  Sacred Heart Cathedral
3. Burlingame
4. Monta Vista
5. Willow Glen

Individuals
1. Eliot Marsh, St. Ignatius
2. Elizabeth Carroll, Burlingame
3. Kennedy Foster, St. Ignatius
4. Maya Pfalzer, Sacred Heart Cathedral
5. Bella Riesenfeld, St. Ignatius

BOYS Division IV (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Menlo
2. Aptos
3. The King's Academy
4. Mills
5. Carmel/Santa Cruz

Individuals
1. Henry Hauser, Menlo
2. Arnav Agrawal, Saratoga
3. Oliver Olbekson, Menlo
4. Sam Hansen, Aptos
5. Jasper Bolante, Carmel/Patrick Jahutka, Mills

GIRLS Division IV (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Aptos
2. Archbishop Riordan
3. Menlo
4. Harker
5. Mills/Saratoga

Individuals
1. Masha Sobieski, Menlo
2. Claire Hou, Saratoga
3. Greta Wang, Archbishop Riordan
4. Isla Roake, Santa Cruz
5. Julie Kassel, Santa Cruz

BOYS Division V (Top 4 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Crystal Springs Uplands School
2. Nueva
3. Monte Vista Christian
4. Pacific Grove
5. Latino College Prep

Individuals
1. Conrad Chern, Crystal Springs Uplands School
2. Desmond Prindiville, Woodside Priory
3. Davis Pisoni, Palma
4. Owen Beckmen, Monte Vista Christian
5. Jonathan Ho, Nueva/Betinho Zunguze Pacific Grove

GIRLS Division V (Top 3 teams advance to the state meet)
1. Scotts Valley
2. Crystal Springs Uplands School
3. Pacific Grove
4. Nueva
5. Castilleja

Individuals
1. Brooke Oliviera, Castilleja
2. Hannah Shehorn, Scotts Valley
3. Anna Conca, Monte Vista Christian
4. Iris Paten, Pacific Collegiate
5. Hailey Shehorn, Scotts Valley

2026 Pre-Season CCS Cross Country rankings

Here is my first attempt at ranking the top cross country teams in the Central Coast Section for the upcoming 2026 season. You can find where all teams will be competing at this LINK. If you have information like talented freshmen joining teams, please feel free to comment below. If I missed any teams or you feel some teams are under-ranked, please share your thoughts in the comment section as well.

Boys Division I

1) Mountain View-2025 CCS Div II champions and 5th place at state meet.
2) Menlo Atherton-2025 CCS Div I champions and 5th place at state meet.

3) Bellarmine-2025 CCS Div I 2nd place and 8th place at state meet.
4) Milpitas-2025 CCS Div I 3rd place.

5) Los Altos-2025 CCS Div I 4th place.

Girls Division I

1) Mountain View-2025 CCS Div II 2nd place.
2) Evergreen Valley-2025 CCS Div I 3rd place.
3) Menlo Atherton-2025 CCS Div I 2nd place.

4) Carlmont-2025 CCS Div I 4th place.
5) Los Altos-2025 CCS Div I 1st place.

Boys Division II

1) Piedmont Hills-2025 CCS Div II 3rd place.

2) Los Gatos-2025 CCS Div II 5th place.

3) St. Francis, MV-2025 CCS Div II 4th place.

4) Gunn-2025 CCS Div II 6th place.
5) Woodside-2025 CCS Div II 12th place.

Girls Division II

1) St. Francis, MV-2025 CCS Div II 1st place and 6th place at state meet
2) Leigh-2025 CCS Div II 3rd place.
3) Gunn-2025 CCS Div II 4th place.
4) Piedmont Hills-2025 CCS Div II 6th place.

5) Lynbrook-2025 CCS Div II 7th place.

Boys Division III

1) Willow Glen-2025 CCS Div III champions and 6th place at state meet.

2) St. Ignatius-2025 CCS Div III 2nd place.

3) Sacred Heart Cathedral-2025 CCS Div III 3rd place.

4) Hillsdale-2025 CCS Div III 5th place.
5) San Mateo-2025 CCS Div III 6th place.

Girls Division III

1) St. Ignatius-2025 CCS Div III champions and 11th place at state meet.

2) Sacred Heart Cathedral-2025 CCS Div III 2nd place.

3) Burlingame-2025 CCS Div III 3rd place.

4) Monta Vista-2025 CCS Div III 7th place.

5) Willow Glen-2025 CCS Div III 6th place.

Boys Division IV

1) Menlo-2025 CCS Div V champions and 2nd place at state meet

2) Mills-2025 CCS Div IV champions

3) The King's Academy-2025 CCS Div IV 2nd place.
4) Santa Cruz-2025 CCS Div IV 4th place.

5) Archbishop Riordan-2025 CCS Div IV 3rd place.

Girls Division IV

1) Aptos-2025 CCS Div IV 2nd place.

2) Archbishop Riordan-2025 CCS Div IV 3rd place.
3) Harker-2025 CCS Div IV 4th place.

4) Saratoga-2025 CCS Div IV 6th place.

5) The King's Academy-2025 CCS Div IV 7th place.

Boys Division V

1) Crystal Springs Uplands-2025 CCS Div V 4th place.

2) Pacific Grove-2025 CCS Div V 5th place. 
3) Nueva-2025 CCS Div V 3rd place.

4) Monte Vista Christian-2025 CCS Div V 2nd place.

5) Woodside Priory-2025 CCS Div V 6th place.

Girls Division V

1) Crystal Springs Uplands-2025 CCS Div V champions and 1st place at state meet.
2) Scotts Valley-2025 CCS Div IV champions and 4th place at state meet.
3) Woodside Priory-2025 CCS Div V 2nd place and 10th place at state meet.

4) Pacific Collegiate-2025 CCS Div V 8th place.

5) Castilleja-2025 CCS Div V 5th place.