Here are the finalists for MileSplit LA Girls' XC Athlete of the Month. These runners made the ballot by winning a MileSplit LA Girls' XC Performer of the Week poll during the month of October. Congratulations to all of the finalists for making the ballot. The poll will close on Saturday at 9pm. Thank you for voting!

LUCY CRAMER (PARKVIEW BAPTIST) - Won the first poll of the year by bringing in 41% of the vote. Cramer ran the fastest 5K time in Louisiana (18:18) at the Southern Showcase. Nationally, her time ranks No.33 among all runners in the Class of 2027.

CLAIRE ALLEN (BENTON) - Allen made the ballot after successfully defending her title at Parkway's Border Dash (19:51). She dropped to 19:12 in her last three-mile race at the Wallace Martin Invitational. Here time ranks No. 34 in Louisiana and No. 8 in the state's Class of 2026. Allen had 44% of the vote in the Week No.2 MileSplit LA Girls' XC Performer of the Week poll. 

EMMA BIELKIEWICZ (WEST OUACHITA) - Emma won the Week No. 3 MileSplit LA Girls' XC Performer of the Week poll with 52% of the vote. Bieliewicz started her sophomore season with back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Aggie Invitational (20:10), which was a three-mile race, and the Warhawk Invitational (19:56), which was a 5K. She also finished second her last time out the C.E. Byrd XC Fall Invitational (19:19). Her personal record (19:13) came in a sixth place finish at the Wallace Martin Invitational at Ruston's Lincoln Parish Park. 

NATALIE VENKATARAMAN (BATON ROUGE)- Venkataraman won last week's MileSplit LA Girls' XC Performer of the Week Poll by getting 47% of the vote. She made the ballot after her win at Brusly's Cinclaire Run on the Levee. She won with a time of 19:38. Venkataraman's fastest three-miles time (19:11) came at Episcopal's Round Table Run where she finished 11th.