85 valid votes were tabulated for Mocorunning's Preseason XC Poll. Below are the composite results of that poll.

1. Abigail Green, Walter Johnson 2018 398 Poll Points When Abigail ran 19:12 at her first ever high school cross country meet, it was clear that Walter Johnson had unearthed something special. Her only win of her freshman season came at the 4A West regional meet, but she finished in the top five at both the county and state meets. Her 18:10 PR at the Nike Southeast Regional was the fastest time by any MCPS freshman in at least ten years (and probably longer). With many of last year's top runners in Moco having graduated, Green is the clear-cut favorite heading into 2015.

2. Emily Murphy, Walter Johnson 2016 314 Poll Points Emily has been a major part of the Walter Johnson team that has captured back-to-back state titles. She finished seventh at the state meet in both years, and her PR of 18:31 in 2014 makes her Montgomery County's third fastest returning girl. Along with Abigail and Katriane Kirsch, Murphy could be part of an outstanding trio that will look to "three-peat" as state champions.

3. Bethlehem Taye, Paint Branch 2016 279 Poll Points Bethlehem gave Montgomery County a preview of things to come at the 2014 state meet, where she finished 25th. She then proceeded to run wild over MoCo (and the entire state of Maryland) during the track seasons. Bethlehem won the outdoor 3200 title after finishing second indoor, and she only lost one individual race (the state mile) during the outdoor campaign. She enters 2015 with a 5K PR of 19:49 but her track success makes her a legitimate contender for a state title.

4. Grace Dellapa, Thomas S. Wootton 2016 246 Poll Points Grace has improved steadily each year of her high school career, going from 26th to 11th to 7th at the county meet in her first three seasons. In 2014, she became the first female Wootton runner to finish in the top five at the state meet since Jessie Rubin won in 2009. She was selected to the DCXC All-Maryland preseason team in August along with five other MCPS girls. This season she will look to challenge the rest of the top runners for the county (and possibly state) title.

5. Amanda Hayes-Puttfarcken, Sherwood 2016 189 Poll Points "H.P." burst onto the Moco scene as a freshman in 2012 when she surprised everyone with a sixth-place finish at the state meet. Since then, she has consistenly been one of the county's top runners, as shown by her sixth-place finish at the county meet last season. After finishing third at the 4A North regional meet each of her first three seasons, she will have a chance to finally capture a regional title as she returns with the region's second-fastest 5K time.

6. Olivia Woods, Walt Whitman 2017 176 Poll Points When she joined the team in 2013, many knew her as "the sister of Evan Woods". Olivia, however, has certainly made a name for herself in her first two seasons. Last year, she finished in the top ten at both the county and regional meets, something only four other returning runners can say they did. She is also Moco's second-fastest returner in the class of 2017, and this year she and teammates Sami King and Erin O'Connor could form one of the best trios in the state.

7. Julia Reicin, Winston Churchill 2017 173 Poll Points Julia made an immediate impact on Montgomery County since her freshman season in 2013. In both of her first two years she finished in the top ten at the 4A West regional meet and in the top fifteen at the 4A state meet. After two years of being the number two runner at Churchill behind Lucy Srour, Julia will now have a chance to be the leader of the Churchill team.

8. Katriane Kirsch, Walter Johnson 2017 169 Poll Points Katriane was probably one of the best #4 runners in recent Moco history on a dominant Walter Johnson team in 2014. In each of her first two high school seasons she has finished in the top ten at the state meet, and her returning 5K PR of 18:55 ranks her sixth in Montgomery County. Another solid season from Katriane will be vital if Walter Johnson has those "three-peat" aspirations.

9. Ciciely Davy, Albert Einstein 2016 135 Poll Points Ciciely enjoyed a 2014 season in which she improved drastically from her 2013 campaign. She went from 70th to 20th at the county championships, and finished fourteenth at the 3A state meet. A solid track season during which she posted PRs of 5:20 in the 1600 and 11:39 in the 3200 shows that Ciciely should be ready to take the next leap into the county's top group in 2015. And, as is the case with Northwood's Michael Abebe, she will have increased exposure to the rest of Montgomery County as Einstein moves up to the 4A classification this year.

10. Sami King, Walt Whitman 2016 132 Poll Points She made not be a household name... yet - but her name is certainly one to remember. Sami arrives to Whitman as a transfer from the Field School in Washington, D.C. The rising senior has already built an impressive resume, including a PR of 18:17 at the DCXC Invitational (where she finished third in the junior classification) and a MD-DC Private School championship in the small school division. She also boasts Moco's top returning 3200 at 11:00 (one second faster than Bethlehem Taye). She could very well be competing for a county and state title by the end of this season.