2017 Palo Verde Girls Cross Country Capsule

League: Class 4A Northwest

Head coach: Robert Davis, 18th season

Returning letter winners: Five

Top athletes: Caroline Piazza (Sr.), Grace Edwards (Jr.), Bailey Lebow (Sr.), Jessica Bialas (So.)

Outlook: Piazza (10th) and Edwards (14th) both finished in the top 15 of last year’s Sunset Region meet. Lebow (21st) and Bialas (30th) were top 30 finishers in the region meet.

That quartet should be among the top runners again this year.

“The success of this year’s team will rely on the leadership of Caroline Piazza and Bailey Lebow as well as the development of Grace Edwards and Jessica Bialas,” Davis said. “Juniors Lainey Harlow and Hailey Hill expect to make big contributions to this year’s varsity.”