Below, we sit down and look at our top 10 teams with returning athletes based on last year's state championship performances. There are obvious potential oversights with regard to transfers, new additions, injuries, etc. A big shakeup from last year in the top 5. Our rankings are based on the 2021 cross country state meet results. So much can and will change over the course of a cross country season, but let's take a look at what we think the top 10 teams will be in the state in 3A.
| 1 | Snake River High School (ID) | 132 | ||
| 1) Hailey Raymond | 20:00.83 | 11 | ||
| 2) Ainslee Miller | 20:06.63 | 14 | ||
| 3) Reagan Van Orden | 20:10.61 | 17 | ||
| 4) Allister Dillow | 21:03.82 | 43 | ||
| 5) Kylee Morgan | 21:08.51 | 47 | ||
| Average Time: 20:30.08 Total Time: 1:42:30.40 1-5 Split: 1:07.68 | ||||
| 6) Aliza Haroldson | 21:11.76 | 48 | ||
| 7) Hailey Nash | 21:29.21 | 62 | ||
| 2 | Sugar-Salem High School (ID) | 146 | ||
| 1) Jaresa Jackson | 19:25.20 | 4 | ||
| 2) Ryley Klingler | 20:05.06 | 13 | ||
| 3) Hailey Dalling | 20:48.10 | 35 | ||
| 4) Sophia Dougherty | 21:00.63 | 41 | ||
| 5) Kate Dickson | 21:14.40 | 53 | ||
| Average Time: 20:30.68 Total Time: 1:42:33.39 1-5 Split: 1:49.20 | ||||
| 6) Rebecca Galbraith | 21:16.62 | 56 | ||
| 7) Ethnie Hamblin | 21:21.70 | 59 | ||
| 3 | Salmon High School (ID) | 151 | ||
| 1) Abby Williams | 20:01.37 | 12 | ||
| 2) Sara Deschaine | 20:25.94 | 21 | ||
| 3) Brylin Bills | 20:29.11 | 25 | ||
| 4) Sedona Cannon | 20:29.38 | 26 | ||
| 5) Laynee Woolf | 21:41.40 | 67 | ||
| Average Time: 20:37.44 Total Time: 1:43:07.20 1-5 Split: 1:40.03 | ||||
| 6) Chanci Phillips | 22:28.80 | 92 | ||
| 7) Eilah Foss | 22:41.80 | 96 | ||
| 4 | Soda Springs High School (ID) | 153 | ||
| 1) Hannah Evans | 20:08.05 | 15 | ||
| 2) Rebekah Evans | 20:27.08 | 22 | ||
| 3) Brynlee Simmons | 20:35.60 | 28 | ||
| 4) Jinettie Garbett | 20:58.71 | 39 | ||
| 5) Lizzie Beutler | 21:11.90 | 49 | ||
| Average Time: 20:40.27 Total Time: 1:43:21.34 1-5 Split: 1:03.85 | ||||
| 6) India Galloway | 21:14.25 | 51 | ||
| 7) Gracie Moldenhauer | 21:20.86 | 58 | ||
| 5 | Malad High School (ID) | 157 | ||
| 1) Brynlee Bastian | 20:18.29 | 20 | ||
| 2) Cally Coleman | 20:27.74 | 23 | ||
| 3) Cortlyn Coleman | 20:32.32 | 27 | ||
| 4) Hadlee Summers | 20:43.30 | 33 | ||
| 5) Kaylee Nalder | 21:15.80 | 54 | ||
| Average Time: 20:39.49 Total Time: 1:43:17.45 1-5 Split: 57.51 | ||||
| 6) Oaklie Hebdon | 21:37.18 | 65 | ||
| 7) Brooke Isaacson | 21:59.18 | 76 | ||
| 6 | South Fremont High School (ID) | 167 | ||
| 1) Cecily Eagleton | 19:32.55 | 5 | ||
| 2) Breklynn Gee | 20:28.80 | 24 | ||
| 3) Sage Lyon | 20:38.89 | 31 | ||
| 4) Mckenzie Winegar | 20:55.90 | 38 | ||
| 5) Melina Dahlem | 21:44.42 | 69 | ||
| Average Time: 20:40.11 Total Time: 1:43:20.56 1-5 Split: 2:11.87 | ||||
| 6) Emma Owens | 22:19.75 | 87 | ||
| 7) Kindy Thueson | 23:04.10 | 103 | ||
| 7 | Weiser High School (ID) | 200 | ||
| 1) Kylee Quinton | 19:09.00 | 3 | ||
| 2) Kailee Lerew | 19:41.02 | 7 | ||
| 3) Kendall Rynearson | 19:52.00 | 9 | ||
| 4) Sarah Henderson | 22:11.92 | 83 | ||
| 5) Libbie Rynearson | 22:47.76 | 98 | ||
| Average Time: 20:44.34 Total Time: 1:43:41.70 1-5 Split: 3:38.76 | ||||
| 6) Kiearra Hoobery | 23:47.00 | 112 | ||
| 7) Naomi Chandler | 24:58.00 | 131 | ||
| 8 | Bear Lake High School (ID) | 216 | ||
| 1) Elise Kelsey | 19:34.94 | 6 | ||
| 2) Kinsee Hansen | 19:51.42 | 8 | ||
| 3) Rachel Holmquist | 21:16.00 | 55 | ||
| 4) Katelyn Crane | 21:51.50 | 72 | ||
| 5) Mitzie Hunt | 21:56.60 | 75 | ||
| Average Time: 20:54.09 Total Time: 1:44:30.46 1-5 Split: 2:21.66 | ||||
| 6) Hattie Mattson | 22:34.77 | 94 | ||
| 7) Elli Kelsey | 22:38.50 | 95 | ||
| 9 | Parma High School (ID) | 291 | ||
| 1) Haylee Gentry | 20:47.30 | 34 | ||
| 2) Angela Carpenter | 21:12.40 | 50 | ||
| 3) Megan Atkinson | 21:23.80 | 60 | ||
| 4) Karli Hancock | 21:40.50 | 66 | ||
| 5) Mikayla Smith | 22:08.80 | 81 | ||
| Average Time: 21:26.56 Total Time: 1:47:12.80 1-5 Split: 1:21.50 | ||||
| 6) Hailey Gentry | 22:09.17 | 82 | ||
| 7) Lorna Farnsworth | 22:17.60 | 86 | ||
| 10 | Teton High School (ID) | 336 | ||
| 1) Sara Bagley | 20:38.10 | 30 | ||
| 2) Jenna Letham | 21:29.90 | 63 | ||
| 3) Breah Hunter | 21:44.40 | 68 | ||
| 4) Lucy Bates | 22:03.90 | 78 | ||
| 5) Eliza Wilson | 22:43.90 | 97 | ||
| Average Time: 21:44.04 Total Time: 1:48:40.20 1-5 Split: 2:05.80 | ||||
| 6) Jenna Haskell | 23:06.00 | 105 | ||
| 7) Melissa Bagley | 23:06.60 | 106 | ||