From NJ.com’s top 20 girls teams:

#4 Princeton
#18 WWP North
”Under consideration” Hopewell Valley

From NJ.com’s top 20 boys teams:

#12 WWP North
”Under consideration” Princeton

Three Mercer County girls teams hold steady in NJ.com’s rankings for September 22nd:

#2 Princeton won the Jerry Hart Invitational last week, led by Kajol Karra’s second-place finish.
#11 Hopewell Valley did not compete last week.
#19 WWP North did not compete last week.

Here are the Mercer County girls teams in NJ.com’s latest ranking:

#2 Princeton (no change)
#11 Hopewell Valley (no change)
#18 WWP North (no change)

Three Mercer County boys teams are in NJ.com’s latest rankings:

#18 WWP North (up from #20)
#20 Princeton (down from #18)
Bubble Hopewell Valley (new)

In NJ.com’s girls preseason rankings, Princeton starts at #2. After returning six of their top seven, including all-state runner Kajol Karra, they have a shot at making NXN, “but they are much more focused on defending their Colonial Valley Conference & Group 4 championships for the time being.”

Hopewell Valley comes in at #11. Led by Sydney Young and Maddie LaChance, they have six girls with Holmdel PRs of at least 21:42.

WWP North makes the preseason rankings at #18. They’ll rely on Allison Lee to be their anchor at CVCs and counties, and her “solid cast of runners behind” — Sara Secora, Juliette Halpin, and Evelyn Yang — boost their chances at a team title.