Dudley ends the year as No. 1 team in HighSchoolOT’s statewide high school girls indoor track & field statewide rankings for the 2024-25 season.

The Panthers won their third straight N.C. High School Athletic Association championship in 3A. This is the first year that Dudley has finished No. 1 in the HighSchoolOT girls indoor rankings.

Dudley is followed by 4A champ Cardinal Gibbons, Cuthbertson, 1A/2A champ Cummings, and Mallard Creek.

Scores are calculated as if there was one big state meet featuring every in-state school’s times from their respective state championships.

New this year is the way in which scores are calculated (the top 20 spots are scored instead of top 10, with top-10 placers getting one bonus point and 1st place getting an additional bonus point — 22, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) and a new rule that the No. 1 spot must go to a team state champion.

For schools in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association, they were scored based on their end-of-year invitational that works as a de facto state title.

Cuthbertson had been No. 1 in all three previous indoor track & field rankings (2024, 2023, and 2022).

Previous final rankings, all-state teams

State championship coverage, other links

HighSchoolOT Girls Indoor Track & Field Statewide Top 25

Final Rankings for 2024-25

1. Dudley (156 points) — 3A champ
2. Cardinal Gibbons (142 points) — 4A champ
3. Cuthbertson (139 points)
4. Cummings (119.5 points) — 1A/2A champ
5. Mallard Creek (91 points)
6. Southern Guilford (87 points)
7. Asheville (85 points)
8. Independence (76 points)
9. Swain County (73 points)
10. Charlotte Christian (69 points)
11. Broughton (65.6 points)
12. Palisades (64 points)
13. Weddington (64 points)
14. Marvin Ridge (61.5 points)
15. Butler (56 points)
16. North Lincoln (51.67 points)
17. Watauga (51.5 points)
18. Panther Creek (54 points)
19. Atkins (47.5 points)
20. Pinecrest (46 points)
21. Charlotte Country Day (43 points)
22. Hillside (42 points)
23. Athens Drive (42 points)
24. Reagan (40 points)
25. Grimsley (39 points)

Ties in the top 25 were first broken by which team finished higher in their respective classification, if different. If teams were still tied, the following tiebreakers apply: 2nd – number of individual or relay champions, 3rd – number of individual or relay top-4 finishes, 4th – number of state qualifiers.

Previous Rankings

Preseason

1. Cummings
2. Cuthbertson
3. Cardinal Gibbons
4. Mallard Creek
5. Dudley
6. Atkins
7. Broughton
8. Greensboro Day
9. Asheville
10. Southern Guilford
11. Metrolina Christian
12. North Lincoln
13. Independence
14. Swain County
15. Mount Tabor
16. Fayetteville Academy
17. Lake Norman
18. Marvin Ridge
19. Rolesville
20. Olympic
21. Garner
22. Riverside
23. Hillside
24. Coastal Christian
25. Rocky River