Girls New Jersey Rankings

Briana Gess answered a disappointing end to her 2014 XC season with multiple state Group distance championships and a Meet of Champions 1600m title on the track. The girl who ran 17:45 as a freshman to win MOCs could have a big year.

She leads the returning 2014 times at Holmdel with the 18:22 she posted to win the Group 3 title. This past spring she finished 5th in the 3200m at MOCs with a personal best time of 10:34.92.

Dwyer comes in ranked 5th among Holmdel returners. What pushes her up to #3 on this list other than her Group 3 State titles indoor and outdoor was her statement performance at the outdoor Meet of Champions. An aggressive move had her finish first with 10:21.46.

Alyssa Aldridge had a very impressive freshmen season last fall. She was fourth in Group 3 and is the fastest returner from the Meet of Champions race where she placed second at 18:22.

Fourth at last year's Meet of Champions and third among Holmdel returners at 18:35. The Metuchen senior has been raking in the Group 1 track titles and placed eighth at MOCs in the 3200m this past spring, 10:42.95.

Second in the Group 4 and seventh at MOCs last fall with an 18:38; Mauer leads the Preseason NJ#1 Hillsborough squad into 2015.

Best of 18:53 at Holmdel last year. She was 12th at MOCs and 5th in the Group 4 during the fall. This past spring she was third in the MOC 1600m run with a personal best 4:52.21.

Lauren Sapone ranks seventh among Holmdel returners with an 18:45 ran at Monmouth County Championships last fall. She was 10th in the 800m (2:15.46) and 13th in the 1600m (5:00.44) at outdoor MOCs.

Sam Halvorsen ranks 8th among Holmdel Returners at 18:50, placed third in Group 4 and 10th at the Meet of Champions.

Crystal Ortiz won the NPB title and placed 11th at MOCs as a freshmen last fall. She ranked tied for ninth at 18:53 among Holmdel returners.

The second Hillsborough girl on this list, Paige Novak ran 18:53 at MOCs for 13th and was 11th in Group 4.

Julia Guerra posted a Holmdel best of 19:04 at Shore Coaches last fall. She was 8th in Group 3.

Paige Petty ran 18:58 for 15th at MOCs and was fourth in the Group 2.

Second in Group 1 with a 19:25 followed up by a 17th place MOC finish at 19:07.

Holmdel best of 19:11 while placing eighth at Group 4, finished 22nd at MOCs.

Ran 19:10 for fifth in Group 2, she placed 24th at MOCs.

Placed third in the NPA as a sophomore running 19:16, followed by a 19:36 run for 36th at MOCs.

She ran 19:11 at Groups for seventh in Group 2. Finished 38th running 19:37 at MOCs.

Finished 10th in Group 4 with a 19:19, 31st at MOCs with 19:29.

As a freshman she took eighth in NPA running 19:34 and 34th at MOCs with 19:33.