A look at the top 10 runners in Orange County cross country as the 2026 seaon begins.
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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Yohan Anderson, San Clemente, Sr.: All-Orange County first team last season, Anderson was fifth in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 finals and 12th at the CIF State Championships.
Aidan Antonio, Woodbridge, Sr.: Antonio, last year’s Orange County boys cross country athlete of the year, was the CIF Southern Section Division 1 champion and finished third at the CIF State Championships.
Ryan Barris, Beckman, Sr.: Barris was 13th in the CIF-SS Division 1 final and was named All-Orange County first team last year.
Mattheus Dos Santos, San Clemente, Sr.: He finished 24th at the CIF State meet and second in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals, and was All-County first team last year.
Conner Jaurigue, San Clemente, Sr.: He finished 34 at the CIF State meet and was named All-OC second team last year.
Magnus Johansson, San Clemente, Sr.: He qualified for the CIF State finals last season and was 17th in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
Jack McDonald, El Dorado, Sr.: All-County second team last year, McDonald was 24th in the CIF-SS Division 2 finals.
Noah Spickler, Woodbridge, Sr.: A CIF State qualifier last year who provides depth and points for the Warriors and was 23rd in the CIF-SS Division 2 finals.
Dresden Taylor, Trabuco Hills, Jr.: All-OC second team last season when he was 33rd in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
Erik Troester, San Clemente, Sr.: He was 41st in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals and was named All-County second team last season.
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Emma Alba, Beckman, Jr.: All-Orange County first team last season, Alba was sixth in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
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Taryn Coulston, Santa Margarita, Sr.: All-County first team last season. Coulston finished second in the CIF-SS Division 2 finals.
Ava Crocker, El Toro, Jr.: She was 12th in the CIF-SS Division 3 finals and made All-Orange County second team last year.
Carol Dye, Santa Margarita, Sr.: Dye was the CIF-SS Division 3 champion and finished 14th at the CIF State Championships last season, the highest among all Orange County non-seniors. She was named All-County first team.
Reese Holley, JSerra, Sr.: Holley was 14th in the CIF State meet and was named All-OC second team last year.
Maya Pawlowicz, JSerra, So.: She was second in the CIF-SS Division 4 finals and was named All-County first team.
Lilly Schroeder, El Toro, Jr.: She was named All-OC first team last year when she was ninth in the CIF-SS Division 3 finals.
Sedona Sweginnis, San Clemente, Sr.: All-County second team last season. She finished ninth in the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
Brooklyn Tennant, JSerra, So.: Tennant was third in the CIF-SS Division 4 finals and was named All-County first team last season.
Gweneth Williams, El Toro, Sr.: All-OC second team last year and the fifth-place finisher in the CIF-SS Division 3 finals.
Isabella Wroblewski, Yorba Linda, Sr.: She was fourth in the CIF-SS Division 3 finals and was All-County second team last year.
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