While this report does not factor if your best time was run as a sophomore or junior, that doesn't matter for CAK's Olivia Hill. Every year she ended her season faster than the year before. 26:45 as a freshman, 23:59 as a sophomore, 22:32 as a junior and finally 21:46 as a senior. She has a similar downward trend in all of her track events too so be on the lookout as we head into the spring.
Class Of 2024 Most Improved
What I really enjoy about lists like this is 1) it allows us to draw attention to athletes who may not see themselves normally in the traditional rankings and 2) it also shows the light at the end of the tunnel for any freshman who may be struggling to see it. Distance running is personal and process and if you see someone you know on here, let them know and congratulate them on their improvement over their career.
T.I. = Total Improvement
P.I. = Percent Improvment
Note: Report does not factor in if the runner ran faster a sophomore or junior.
Rank | Runner | 2020 | 2023 | T.I. | P.I. |
| 1 | Allyssa Gent - Volunteer High School | 37:01.0 | 22:50.3 | 14:10.7 | 38.30% |
| 2 | Catie McIlvain - Bradley Central High School | 28:45.0 | 22:54.8 | 5:50.3 | 20.30% |
| 3 | Madison Espinoza - West Creek High School | 30:31.5 | 24:20.0 | 6:11.5 | 20.28% |
| 4 | Olivia Hill - Christian Academy of Knoxville | 26:45.0 | 21:46.4 | 4:58.6 | 18.60% |
| 5 | Chloe Cmelak - University School of Nashville | 27:16.5 | 22:15.2 | 5:01.2 | 18.41% |
| 6 | Chelsea Hernandez - Walker Valley High School | 29:11.4 | 24:04.1 | 5:07.3 | 17.54% |
| 7 | Alara Weitkamp - Ensworth | 29:32.9 | 24:25.0 | 5:07.9 | 17.37% |
| 8 | Rylee Gifford - Karns High School | 22:11.0 | 18:28.8 | 3:42.2 | 16.69% |
| 9 | Ava Wright - Gallatin High School | 30:13.9 | 25:24.6 | 4:49.3 | 15.95% |
| 10 | Ansley Hamilton - Donelson Christian Academy | 34:40.9 | 29:13.5 | 5:27.4 | 15.73% |
| 11 | Nika Davenport - L & N STEM Academy | 25:33.0 | 21:39.1 | 3:53.9 | 15.26% |
| 12 | Laura Cunningham - Farragut High School | 26:06.0 | 22:07.5 | 3:58.5 | 15.23% |
| 13 | Gracie Davis - Bartlett High School | 27:51.0 | 23:39.8 | 4:11.1 | 15.03% |
| 14 | Cami Smith - David Crockett High School | 27:07.1 | 23:03.1 | 4:04.0 | 15.00% |
| 15 | Lauren Davis - Webb School of Knoxville | 21:43.4 | 18:28.3 | 3:15.1 | 14.97% |
| 16 | Kristin Henning - Madison Academic Magnet High School | 26:14.3 | 22:24.4 | 3:49.9 | 14.60% |
| 17 | Lauren Hallmark - Summit High School | 25:46.6 | 22:05.0 | 3:41.6 | 14.33% |
| 18 | Ella Morgan - Sweetwater High School | 35:07.0 | 30:11.9 | 4:55.1 | 14.01% |
| 19 | Meriel Rowland - Unattached - TN | 22:13.0 | 19:07.1 | 3:05.9 | 13.94% |
| 20 | Alexa Rumpf - Siegel High School | 23:10.5 | 19:59.2 | 3:11.3 | 13.76% |
| 21 | Faith Beierling - Donelson Christian Academy | 26:48.0 | 23:08.3 | 3:39.7 | 13.66% |
| 22 | Karen Molina - Oak Ridge High School | 26:49.0 | 23:16.6 | 3:32.4 | 13.20% |
| 23 | Kylie Gray - Stewarts Creek High School | 22:45.2 | 19:48.0 | 2:57.2 | 12.98% |
| 24 | Ella Wyatt - Madison Academy | 29:40.0 | 25:54.0 | 3:46.0 | 12.70% |
| 25 | Ella Gough - Bartlett High School | 30:41.0 | 26:48.5 | 3:52.5 | 12.63% |
| 26 | Elaena Smith - Knoxville Ambassadors High School | 26:46.0 | 23:25.2 | 3:20.8 | 12.50% |
| 27 | Brooklynn Barkley - Walker Valley High School | 24:59.8 | 21:58.9 | 3:00.9 | 12.06% |
| 28 | Ellyson Kovacs - Tennessee High School | 24:59.8 | 21:59.1 | 3:00.7 | 12.05% |
| 29 | Kailee Rossman - Coffee Co. Central High School | 23:04.9 | 20:20.6 | 2:44.3 | 11.86% |
| 30 | Lyndi Chapman - Walker Valley High School | 21:12.9 | 18:42.0 | 2:30.9 | 11.85% |
| 31 | Jacie Begley - Volunteer High School | 21:33.0 | 19:00.0 | 2:33.0 | 11.84% |
| 32 | Anna Houck - Cherokee High School | 25:22.8 | 22:32.5 | 2:50.3 | 11.18% |
| 33 | Olivia Phegley - Nolensville High School | 25:21.6 | 22:33.0 | 2:48.6 | 11.08% |
| 34 | Aerionna Verran - South-Doyle High School | 27:16.2 | 24:17.3 | 2:58.8 | 10.93% |
| 35 | Ella Battel - Daniel Boone High School | 21:26.1 | 19:08.7 | 2:17.4 | 10.68% |
| 36 | Anna Shackleford - Culleoka Middle/High School | 26:42.0 | 23:52.0 | 2:50.0 | 10.61% |
| 37 | Grace Boero - University School of Nashville | 24:27.0 | 21:54.6 | 2:32.4 | 10.39% |
| 38 | Eden Smead - Seymour High School | 26:28.0 | 23:45.5 | 2:42.5 | 10.23% |
| 39 | Avery Krishnan - Webb School of Knoxville | 22:45.9 | 20:31.1 | 2:14.8 | 9.87% |
| 40 | Anna Graves - Webb School of Knoxville | 19:43.0 | 17:46.4 | 1:56.6 | 9.86% |
| 41 | Emma Houck - Cherokee High School | 24:15.1 | 21:53.1 | 2:22.0 | 9.76% |
| 42 | Isabella Bolinger - Ravenwood High School | 22:32.9 | 20:23.0 | 2:09.9 | 9.60% |
| 43 | Emily Melton - Brentwood Academy | 21:48.2 | 19:43.2 | 2:05.0 | 9.55% |
| 44 | Kate Robinson - Knoxville Youth Athletics | 19:40.1 | 17:48.5 | 1:51.7 | 9.46% |
| 45 | Katie Whitlow - Gallatin High School | 30:17.8 | 27:26.5 | 2:51.3 | 9.42% |
| 46 | Claire Barnett - Lipscomb Academy | 21:53.9 | 19:51.7 | 2:02.2 | 9.30% |
| 47 | Natasha Villaruz - Brentwood High School | 22:46.9 | 20:41.9 | 2:05.0 | 9.15% |
| 48 | Harris Cleveland - Battle Ground Academy | 24:40.0 | 22:25.3 | 2:14.7 | 9.10% |
| 49 | Lucy E. Horne - Chattanooga Christian School | 21:54.4 | 19:55.9 | 1:58.5 | 9.01% |
| 50 | Stephanie Diosdado - Lebanon High School | 28:17.1 | 25:44.3 | 2:32.8 | 9.01% |
| 51 | McCollum Huxley - Webb School of Knoxville | 23:27.0 | 21:21.1 | 2:05.9 | 8.95% |
| 52 | Shmyhia Morris - Whitehaven High School | 24:05.0 | 21:58.1 | 2:07.0 | 8.79% |
| 53 | Ryann Winterbotham - Hardin Valley Academy | 23:01.0 | 21:01.7 | 1:59.3 | 8.64% |
| 54 | Blanca Gomez - Beech Senior High School | 21:06.8 | 19:17.5 | 1:49.3 | 8.63% |
| 55 | Kaylene Letsinger - West High School | 26:33.0 | 24:18.7 | 2:14.3 | 8.43% |
| 56 | Katie Tran - Morristown-West High School | 24:43.9 | 22:39.3 | 2:04.6 | 8.40% |
| 57 | Audrey Baker - Father Ryan High School | 21:55.0 | 20:05.2 | 1:49.8 | 8.35% |
| 58 | Ellie Calhoun - Christ Presbyterian Academy | 23:22.6 | 21:28.8 | 1:53.9 | 8.12% |
| 59 | Norah Kendall - Obion Co. Central High School | 37:05.6 | 34:08.0 | 2:57.5 | 7.98% |
| 60 | Gracie Franklin - Maryville High School | 20:35.9 | 18:57.9 | 1:38.0 | 7.93% |
| 61 | Maggie Kustoff - St. Mary's Episcopal School | 23:53.0 | 21:59.8 | 1:53.2 | 7.90% |
| 62 | Alice Frein - University School of Nashville | 26:17.1 | 24:17.4 | 1:59.7 | 7.59% |
| 63 | Damaris Contreras - Midway High School | 24:01.0 | 22:11.9 | 1:49.1 | 7.57% |
| 64 | Katheryn Anderson - Alcoa High School | 24:37.3 | 22:45.7 | 1:51.7 | 7.56% |
| 65 | Evie Braude - Unattached - TN | 25:32.6 | 23:38.3 | 1:54.4 | 7.46% |
| 66 | Leah Reaghan - Bradley Central High School | 26:21.8 | 24:28.9 | 1:52.9 | 7.14% |
| 67 | Allie Lekai - Brentwood Academy | 21:43.1 | 20:12.1 | 1:31.1 | 6.99% |
| 68 | Taylor Bell - Rockvale High School | 31:44.2 | 29:31.4 | 2:12.7 | 6.97% |
| 69 | McKenzie Williams - Creek Wood High School | 25:02.1 | 23:21.9 | 1:40.2 | 6.67% |
| 70 | Clover Webb - Siegel High School | 23:34.2 | 21:59.9 | 1:34.3 | 6.67% |
| 71 | Carys Terrell - Valor Collegiate Academy | 29:48.9 | 27:51.0 | 1:57.9 | 6.59% |
| 72 | Maddie Bennett - Nolensville High School | 22:05.1 | 20:38.3 | 1:26.8 | 6.55% |
| 73 | Ellie Uehlein - Tullahoma High School | 21:20.6 | 19:57.0 | 1:23.6 | 6.53% |
| 74 | Elizabeth John - Harpeth Hall School | 21:28.1 | 20:04.4 | 1:23.8 | 6.51% |
| 75 | Lisa Lin - Signal Mountain High School | 21:52.0 | 20:26.9 | 1:25.1 | 6.49% |
| 76 | Emily Morley - Stone Memorial High School | 28:37.7 | 26:51.8 | 1:45.9 | 6.16% |
| 77 | Olivia Amrhein - Valor Collegiate Academy | 24:17.9 | 22:48.2 | 1:29.7 | 6.15% |
| 78 | Megan Forstner - Knoxville Ambassadors High School | 20:25.7 | 19:11.2 | 1:14.5 | 6.07% |
| 79 | Hailey Solomon - West Greene High School | 26:10.9 | 24:36.5 | 1:34.4 | 6.01% |
| 80 | Sarah Sokol - Dobyns Bennett High School | 23:34.1 | 22:10.3 | 1:23.8 | 5.93% |
| 81 | Jaynie Halterman - Independence High School | 18:04.1 | 17:01.0 | 1:03.1 | 5.82% |
| 82 | Lydia English - Arlington High School | 21:29.8 | 20:15.5 | 1:14.3 | 5.76% |
| 83 | Lillian Hartman - Oak Ridge High School | 26:08.2 | 24:38.3 | 1:29.9 | 5.73% |
| 84 | Delia Loy - Providence Academy | 31:28.4 | 29:41.8 | 1:46.6 | 5.65% |
| 85 | Tatum Saunders - Ensworth | 23:15.8 | 21:58.6 | 1:17.2 | 5.53% |
| 86 | Elise Legault - Hardin Valley Academy | 22:41.0 | 21:30.9 | 1:10.1 | 5.15% |
| 87 | Laurel Phelps - Battle Ground Academy | 22:55.8 | 21:45.5 | 1:10.3 | 5.11% |
| 88 | Mary Mueller - Girls Preparatory School | 28:54.0 | 27:26.5 | 1:27.5 | 5.04% |
| 89 | Heather Gardner - Maryville High School | 21:25.4 | 20:23.2 | 1:02.2 | 4.84% |
| 90 | Stephanie Holmes - Signal Mountain High School | 23:05.3 | 22:02.4 | 1:02.9 | 4.54% |
| 91 | Allie Bledsoe - Donelson Christian Academy | 21:17.0 | 20:21.4 | 55.61 | 4.35% |
| 92 | Ellee Williams - Ensworth | 24:16.0 | 23:13.7 | 1:02.3 | 4.28% |
| 93 | Allie Edwards - Westminster Academy High School | 24:55.3 | 23:52.5 | 1:02.8 | 4.20% |
| 94 | Sheila Villalobos - Gallatin High School | 26:22.5 | 25:20.6 | 1:01.9 | 3.91% |
| 95 | Ella Cagle - Obion Co. Central High School | 26:59.8 | 25:59.1 | 1:00.7 | 3.74% |
| 96 | Annmarie Stallman - Brentwood High School | 20:49.4 | 20:03.9 | 45.45 | 3.64% |
| 97 | Kamea Johnson - Marshall County High School | 24:11.5 | 23:20.4 | 51.16 | 3.52% |
| 98 | Lilly Stahr - Eagleville High School | 24:35.0 | 23:45.0 | 50 | 3.39% |
| 99 | Hannah McLain - David Crockett High School | 20:05.8 | 19:25.4 | 40.45 | 3.35% |
| 100 | Maya McCloskey - Collierville High School | 20:29.0 | 19:49.0 | 39.96 | 3.25% |
| 101 | Maddie Archdale - Hardin Valley Academy | 18:36.3 | 18:03.3 | 33.05 | 2.96% |
| 102 | Elizabeth Mora - Rossview High School | 27:41.3 | 26:53.9 | 47.5 | 2.86% |
| 103 | Savannah Inman - Silverdale Baptist Academy | 21:42.7 | 21:05.8 | 36.9 | 2.83% |
| 104 | Sydnee Sims - William Blount High School | 21:01.0 | 20:26.6 | 34.41 | 2.73% |
| 105 | Mya Soundara - Sovereign Grace | 22:26.5 | 21:50.1 | 36.38 | 2.70% |
| 106 | Bailey Wagoner - Union City High School | 22:36.2 | 22:00.0 | 36.26 | 2.67% |
| 107 | Olivia Schippers - Hardin Valley Academy | 23:48.9 | 23:10.8 | 38.1 | 2.67% |
| 108 | Riley Richardson - Hendersonville High School | 22:52.9 | 22:16.6 | 36.33 | 2.65% |
| 109 | Abby Page - Heritage High School (White House) | 22:32.0 | 21:57.3 | 34.7 | 2.57% |
| 110 | Ariana Turner - Bartlett High School | 26:02.0 | 25:22.8 | 39.2 | 2.51% |
