Cate Ratliff had the best complete season of anyone in the state, as the Santa Rosa senior performed very well on the biggest stages.
It's time to hand out our final honor of cross country season! I've been watching these athletes compete all season, and it's still hard to pick only 24 runners to make the MileSplitCA All-California teams. I started with raw times from our rankings (discounting some meets where times were obviously inflated due to the nature of the course), then made adjustments based on head-to-head competition, with the most consideration given to performances in the postseason (section finals, state meet, Foot Locker & NXN). Within each team, the runners are not listed in any particular order. In a state as deep as ours, there are probably 50 or more qualified candidates, but these are the runners that impressed me the most this fall.
Keep checking back over the next two weeks, as I will take an extended look ahead to the 2016 cross country season by breaking down the returning teams & athletes in each section. After New Year's, we'll turn our attention to indoor track and the upcoming outdoor track season with returning rankings and previews!
MileSplitCA Girls First Team All-California
Cate Ratliff, Santa Cruz
Destiny Collins, Great Oak
Morgin Coonfield, McKinleyville
Gillian Meeks, Gunn
Fiona O'Keeffe, Davis Senior
Megan McCandless, Granada
Amanda Gehrich, Tesoro
Brooke Starn, Monte Vista
MileSplitCA Girls Second Team All-California
Stefani Gaskell, Sultana
Nikki Zielinski, Canyon (Anaheim Hills)
Glennis Murphy, Redwood
Emily Virtue, Burroughs (Burbank)
Lauren Moffett, Clovis North
Jennifer Sandoval, Summit
Kristen Leung, Lowell
Chloe Arriaga, Walnut
MileSplitCA Girls Third Team All-California
Evelyn Mandel, Great Oak
Cassidy Haskell, Miramonte
Sofia Castiglioni, Davis Senior
Jacquelyn Smith, Palos Verdes
Claire Graves, Citrus Valley
Kendall Derry, Bella Vista
Gabby Satterlee, Central Valley Christian
Holly Lung, Arcadia
MileSplitCA Girls Honorable Mention All-California
Marea Zlatunich, Aptos
Mariah Castillo, Saugus
Michelle Magnani, Moorpark
Kelly Bernd, Canyon Crest Academy
McKenna Brown, La Costa Canyon
Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy
Abigail Fisk, Davis Senior
Nicole Rice, Great Oak