Track and Field

North Carolina high school girls cross country, track & field recruiting tracker

A full list of high school girls cross country and track & field athletes across the state of North Carolina in the Class of 2025 and 2026 that are committed to play collegiately.
Posted 2024-02-24T20:53:53+00:00 - Updated 2025-02-24T07:29:36+00:00
Jalee Brown of Dudley. Dudley girls track & field wins 3A state championship (May 20, 2024)

HighSchoolOT is compiling a full list of high school girls cross country and track & field athletes from across the state of North Carolina who have committed to play at the next level. If you have any additions, please report them to [email protected]. See other sports by clicking here.

Note: Unless injured, a player must be playing for their high school team in order to be listed, or have been an all-state performer in the past. We will keep this list updated throughout the year.


Class of 2026

Division I
N/A
Division II
N/A
Division III
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Arizona Blankenship (860) of Swain County. The NCHSAA 1A girls cross country state championships at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo By: Andy McLean/HighSchoolOT)
Arizona Blankenship (860) of Swain County. The NCHSAA 1A girls cross country state championships at the Ivey M. Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo By: Andy McLean/HighSchoolOT)

Class of 2025

Division I

  • Caroline Barton, Carolina Day School — Princeton
  • Tatiana Blake, Cuthbertson — Appalachian State
  • Arizona Blankenship, Swain County — Central Arkansas
  • Jalee Brown, Dudley — South Carolina
  • Nilijah Darden, Dudley — Howard
  • Katie Dulski, Christ The King — UNC Wilmington
  • Aniya Edwards, Elkin — North Carolina
  • Kaitlyn Fournier, Weddington — UNC-Wilmington
  • Gwen Gaffney, Palisades — Marshall
  • Bella Green, North Lincoln — Charlotte
  • Kendall Hicks, Butler — High Point
  • Delaney Horton, Swansboro — Campbell
  • Maya Love, Independence — South Carolina
  • Addie Oversmith, Broughton — California Santa Barbara
  • Morgan Pennington, Trinity Academy Raleigh — Florida Atlantic
  • Caroline Plummer, Willow Spring — Citadel
  • Allie Raitano, Wake Forest — Charlotte
  • Hannah Rae Shaffer, Cardinal Gibbons — UNC
  • Endia Smith, Greensboro Day — Tennessee
  • Dana Wilson, Greensboro Day — Tennessee
  • Ashlynn Wimberly, Mallard Creek — Appalachian State

Division II
N/A
Division III

  • Annabelle Stewart, Watauga — Milligan
  • Taylor Worley, Community School of Davidson — Wesleyan University

4A Girls Triple Jump Rafaela Drake (Riverside) - 38-02.00. The NCHSAA 4A indoor track & field state championship was held in Winston-Salem on February 9, 2024. (Photo: J. Mike Blake/HighSchoolOT.com)
4A Girls Triple Jump Rafaela Drake (Riverside) - 38-02.00. The NCHSAA 4A indoor track & field state championship was held in Winston-Salem on February 9, 2024. (Photo: J. Mike Blake/HighSchoolOT.com)

Class of 2024

Division I

  • Charlotte Bell, Cuthbertson — Georgetown
  • Breanna Budzinski, West Henderson — Appalachian State
  • Rylee Cassada, Franklin — Gardner-Webb
  • Tyler Collins, West Carteret — UNC
  • Addison Corl, Clayton — UNC-Asheville
  • Caroline Cornell, Green Level — UNC-Asheville
  • Taylor Crawford, Panther Creek — Chattanooga
  • Mary Bonner Dalton, Myers Park — Notre Dame
  • Rafaela Drake, Riverside — Columbia
  • Ziyah Etchison, Parkland — Campbell
  • Tyler Glover, Ardrey Kell — Harvard
  • Allison Hall, Durham Academy — Tulane
  • Joslyn Hamilton, Rolesville — South Carolina
  • Grace Hanson, Weddington — UNC
  • Megan Hatcher, Parkland — Oregon State
  • Lauren Horwitt, Marvin Ridge — South Carolina
  • Audrey Jenkins, Grimsley — N.C. State
  • Janiya Johnson, Statesville — Virginia Tech
  • Stella Kermes, Cuthbertson — Virginia
  • Cameran Ladd, Croatan — Charlotte
  • Isabella Liu, Cuthbertson — UNC-Wilmington
  • Camryn Massey, Ashbrook — Auburn
  • Avery Mays, North Buncombe — Western Carolina
  • Katie McFerrin, Mount Tabor — Charlotte
  • Emily Myers, Franklin Academy — Charlotte
  • Ella Pasko, Marvin Ridge — Florida State
  • Nia Poole, Providence Day — Penn State
  • Justine Preisano, Cuthbertson — N.C. State
  • Teri Pridgen, Cannon School — Virginia Tech
  • Alyson Rankin, Marvin Ridge — Charlotte
  • Abby Smith, Asheville School — Davidson
  • Hope Smith, Franklin — Gardner-Webb
  • Ashley Walters, Lake Norman — Charlotte
  • Aira Wegh, Marvin Ridge — Wake Forest
  • Chandler Welsh, R.J. Reynolds — N.C. State
  • Brea White, Ledford — Lafayette
  • Ella White, Heritage — Charlotte
  • Bella Wood, North Lincoln — East Carolina

Division II

  • Eden Barnwell, North Buncombe — Catawba
  • Ella Feehan, Hoggard — Belmont Abbey

Division III

  • Sonia Katahdin, Grimsley — Bowdoin
  • Lilly Yampolsky, Lake Norman Charter — Williams
Ardrey Kell's Tyler Glover wins the shot put. The NCHSAA 2A and 4A Track & Field State Championships on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University on Friday May 19, 2023 (Photo: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT)
Ardrey Kell's Tyler Glover wins the shot put. The NCHSAA 2A and 4A Track & Field State Championships on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University on Friday May 19, 2023 (Photo: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT)

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