A quick glance at the 5A girls rankings for returning athletes reveals that La Cueva and Cleveland High Schools have a clear upper hand in terms of performances by returning athletes. Several other teams have hopes to be in the running by putting together strong relays and perhaps bringing up a new athlete or up.
As with the other previews in this series, these rankings are built off of incomplete results from last season and show only those athletes for which we have years of graduation. Relays are not included in this analysis due to the difficulty in projecting from one year to the next how a particular team's relays will be assembled and perform.
2011 NM HS F Outdoor Track Team Scores (Returners Only)
Calculated as of February 17, 2012
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.
| 1. | Sue Cleveland High School | 83 |
| Brianna Garcia (300H 6 = 6) | ||
| Cassie House (HJ 9 = 9) | ||
| Courtney Lawson (1600m 3 = 3) | ||
| Danielle Vigil (100H 8 + 300H 10 = 18) | ||
| Julissa Hunte (100m 8 + 200m 10 = 18) | ||
| Malia Gonzales (1600m 10 = 10) | ||
| Sara Degiovana (800m 1 = 1) | ||
| Sara Hattis (HJ 4 = 4) | ||
| Victoria Lyons (100H 6 + 300H 8 = 14) | ||
| 2. | La Cueva High School | 68 |
| Akuadasua Ezenyilimba (D 5 = 5) | ||
| Alex Mantos (LJ 5 + TJ 2 = 7) | ||
| Allision Mady (S 4 = 4) | ||
| Carly Browning (400m 5 = 5) | ||
| Christina Clark (300H 5 = 5) | ||
| Haddie Schunk (800m 10 = 10) | ||
| Jordan Grace (1600m 8 = 8) | ||
| Molly Supple (1600m 4 = 4) | ||
| Stephanie Brener (100H 5 = 5) | ||
| Venitra Fields (100m 10 + 200m 5 = 15) | ||
| 3. | Eldorado High School | 45 |
| Charissa Inman (1600m 1 + 800m 4 = 5) | ||
| Kyra Mohns (400m 6 = 6) | ||
| Natalie Gorman (800m 8 = 8) | ||
| Regina Okoye (HJ 6 + LJ 10 + TJ 10 = 26) | ||
| 4. | Carlsbad High School | 42.7 |
| Kelsey Garcia (S 6 = 6) | ||
| Maggie Lucero (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| Matney Huber (100H 4 = 4) | ||
| Sarah Peterson (800m 5 = 5) | ||
| Summer Sutphin (100m 5 + 200m 4 = 9) | ||
| Tailor Edmundson (HJ 0.2 + LJ 6 + TJ 8 = 14.2) | ||
| 5. | Gadsden High School | 34 |
| Aimee Gonzalez (1600m 2 + 3200m 5 = 7) | ||
| Letty Rodriguez (TJ 1 = 1) | ||
| Natalie Castalleno (100H 10 + 300H 4 + HJ 4 + LJ 8 = 26) | ||
| 6. | Clovis High School | 33.4 |
| Brandi Gomez (HJ 0.2 = 0.2) | ||
| Brooke Williams (HJ 0.2 = 0.2) | ||
| Heather Pastirchak (PV 8 = 8) | ||
| Jacee Isler (300H 3 = 3) | ||
| Marivel Garza (D 6 + S 8 = 14) | ||
| Nichelle Hyman (400m 2 = 2) | ||
| Sasha Smith (200m 6 = 6) | ||
| 7. | Volcano Vista High School | 28 |
| Brianna Chirpas (100m 6 + 200m 2 = 8) | ||
| Elisa Woody (1600m 6 + 3200m 10 = 16) | ||
| Lindsey Larsen (HJ 4 = 4) | ||
| 8. | Las Cruces High School | 27.2 |
| Carrie Bumgarner (HJ 0.2 + TJ 4 = 4.2) | ||
| Emily Moore (3200m 4 = 4) | ||
| Gabriella Puents (100m 2 + LJ 3 = 5) | ||
| Melody Reeves (D 4 + S 10 = 14) | ||
| 9. | Hobbs High School | 23.7 |
| Alexis Wright (HJ 0.2 + TJ 3 = 3.2) | ||
| Andrea Wittman (3200m 6 = 6) | ||
| Jessie Ussery (800m 3 = 3) | ||
| Kelsi Lewis (400m 8 + LJ 1.5 = 9.5) | ||
| Therica Rhodes (800m 2 = 2) | ||
| 10. | Cibola High School | 23 |
| Bailey Lindsey (PV 10 = 10) | ||
| Kimberly Chapman (1600m 5 + 3200m 8 = 13) | ||
| 11. | Rio Rancho High School | 22.5 |
| Elicia Gallegos (200m 8 + 400m 10 = 18) | ||
| Kristin Clark (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 12. | Alamogordo High School | 20 |
| Brittany Jaszai (HJ 2 = 2) | ||
| Jazmine Garcia (400m 1 = 1) | ||
| Kristina Sieler (D 3 + S 5 = 8) | ||
| Virginia Norwood (100m 4 + TJ 5 = 9) | ||
| 13. | Mayfield High School | 17 |
| Ashton Shoeppner (100H 3 + 300H 1 + PV 4.5 + TJ 6 = 14.5) | ||
| Kaycee Ramos (100m 1 + LJ 1.5 = 2.5) | ||
| 14. | Sandia High School | 14 |
| Carmen Kloer (400m 4 = 4) | ||
| Jaden Ortiz (D 10 = 10) | ||
| 14. | Manzano High School | 14 |
| Aislinn Hutchings (200m 3 = 3) | ||
| Sami Sword-Fehlberg (D 8 + S 3 = 11) | ||
| 14. | Onate High School | 14 |
| Laura Dauz (100H 1 + HJ 9 + LJ 4 = 14) | ||
| 17. | Albuquerque High School | 9 |
| Katie Jackson (300H 2 + 800m 6 = 8) | ||
| Savannah Medors (200m 1 = 1) | ||
| 18. | Valley High School | 7.5 |
| Hannah Riker (400m 3 = 3) | ||
| Mary Seibert (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 19. | West Mesa High School | 5 |
| Jalyn Espinoza (100m 3 = 3) | ||
| Justis Abeyta (100H 2 = 2) |