Aelo Curtis of Ventura HS in the Southern Section was voted as the MileSplitCA Freshman Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year in a statewide poll conducted though our partners at FanPower. Curtis received 46 percent of the vote. Tayler Torosian of Buchanan (CS) was second, receiving 29 percent of the vote. Congratulations to Aelo!!
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The MileSplitCA All-State Cross Country teams are subjective selections based on results within the class at the State Meet, section championships, and marquee events like the Clovis Invitational. Each team is limited to seven on the line. We also conducted polls through our partners at FanPower to select a runner of the year for each class. Those winners are acknowledged above and with a banner photo. Congratulations to the amazing Class of 2026!
MILESPLITCA ALL-STATE FRESHMAN GIRLS XC
FIRST TEAM
(Listed alphabetically)
KYNZLEE BUCKLEY (Buchanan/CS)
Consistent scorer for the State Division I champion and Nation's third-ranked team. Placed 11th in the D-I race at State; placed sixth overall at the Clovis Invitational; Central Section D-1 champion; class 3-mile leader (16:19.60 from Woodbridge); No. 7 freshman in the elite race at Team Nationals.
AELO CURTIS (Ventura/SS)
CHIARA DAILEY (La Jolla/SD)
San Diego Section Division 4 champion; Runner-up at the State Meet with the fastest time in the class and the No. 5 time at the meet, 17:27.22, which ranked No. 1 in the class for 5K; Ranked ninth overall in the Clovis Invitational merge; Placed third at Champs West Regional and 14th overall as the No. 1 freshman at the Champs National XC Championships.
CAMERON MACIAS (Clovis West/CS)
Arguably the top girl in the class before an injury at the Central Section finals ended her season prematurely; She ranked fourth overall in the merge of the Clovis Invitational in 17:28.50, the No. 2 time for 5,000 meters in the class and the No. 11 time overall; Her 3-mile time from Woodbridge (16:41.00) ranked fourth i the class; Cameron had won six races, placed second in the TRAC league finals, and placed fourth at Clovis across nine races before the section final.
TAYLER TOROSIAN (Buchanan/CS)
Teamed with Buckley and two outstanding sophomores to give the three-time State D-I champion plenty of foundation for continued dominance; Tayler was the No. 4 freshman in the State Meet merge, No. 18 overall; She placed ninth at State running No. 3 as the Bears won a third consecutive D-I title; Her 17:47.80 PR for 5K ranks No. 6 in the class.
JAELYN WILLIAMS (Eastlake/SD)
Top 2026 girl from the San Diego Section; placed third in the SDS D-1 final, and was fifth overall in the merge; placed fourth in the D-I race at the State Meet, and was ninth overall in the merge, earning an at-large bid to compete at Team Nationals in Portland, where she was the No. 6 freshman in the championship race; Jaelyn's 17:38.84 from State ranks as the No. 4 time for 5K in the class, and her 17:16.80 from Dana Hills ranks No. 9 in the class for 3 miles.
SUMMER WILSON (JSerra/SS)
Scored in all nine races for one of the top teams in the nation, including running No. 1 five times, and No. 2 three teams; She won the Trinity League title, placed fourth running No. 1 as JSerra defended it's Southern Section title (No. 2 freshman in the merge); placed 13th running No. 2 as JSerra defended its CIF-State D-IV title, and ran No. 1 at Team Nationals; her 3-mile PR of 16:36.50
from Woodbridge ranks No. 3 in the class and her 5K PR of 18:19.49 from State ranks 10th in the class.
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SECOND TEAM
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Lydia Anderson (Los Altos/CC) - Ran No. 3 for the State D-II champions, and was a consistent scorer for the nation's No. 17 team; her 18:27.82 from State ranks No. 13 in the class for 5K.
Braelyn Combe (Rancho Cucamonga/SS) - Placed 24th in the D-I race at State as the No. 5 frosh in that race; Ranked 12th in the class in the State Meet merge.
Chloe Elbaz (Xavier College Prep/SS) - Southern Section Division 5 champion, placed fifth at State as the top freshman in that race; her 18:24.96 from State ranks No. 12 in the class for 5K.
Sophia Grant (Newbury Park/SS) - Consistent No. 3 for one of the state's elite teams; 15th in the D-II race at State as the No. 2 frosh in that race, No. 7 freshman in the State merge; her 18:18.62 from State ranks No. 9 in the class for 5K.
Adriana Ingargiola (Oak Ridge/SJ) - (bib 1182 in photo above) Top freshman in the Sac-Joaquin Section, ran No. 2 for the SJS D-1 champs, and also for the State Meet runners-up.
Avery Peck (Long Beach Poly/SS) - Placed 13th in the D-1 race at both the Southern Section and State Championships; ran 18:11.40 for 5K, the No. 7 time in the class.
Kaylah Tasser (JSerra/SS) - Consistent scorer on the Southern Section and CIF-State Division IV champions and one of the nation's top teams.
Photos by DeAnna Turner, Daniel Hernandez, Jeffrey Parenti, and Raymond Tran
Jeffrey Parenti is the California State Editor for MileSplit