Pensacola Christian was the first Florida team at the Gulf Coast Stampede and holds first, Holy Trinity was fourth at Astronaut and moves to third, and South Florida HEAT won Kings Academy.
Florida Class 1A boys cross country team rankings through four weeks: August 21-September 12, 2026
Pensacola Christian went to the Gulf Coast Stampede and finished second with 92 behind Scottsboro of Alabama, the first Florida team in a 32-team field, Isaiah Manderson sixth in 16:35.0 and Jed Fears and Carson Ohman fifteenth and sixteenth. That is a third race in three weeks, each better than the last, and they hold first. Maclay did not race its varsity and is second. Holy Trinity was fourth at the Astronaut Invitational with 210 and moves from fourth to third, past Cornerstone Classical, which sat. Southwest Florida Christian was third at the Fort Myers XC Invite with 85 and holds fifth. Oak Hall was tenth at Buchholz with 242. South Florida HEAT won the Kings Academy Invitational with 45 on a course we could not rate and is eighth on its earlier races.
A team is ranked on its whole season, with the most recent race counting most, and a meet it won never counts against it. The virtual race behind these scores contains only Class 1A teams, so a team's place here and on the statewide list can differ. As always, this is data plus judgment, and we will miss somebody along the way. A (P) beside a team means it has not put its returning five on a starting line and is entered on what they ran last November. How we sorted it out is at the bottom. Races are not won until the kids have run. Enjoy.
About the times. The average on each line is the season figure the scoring uses, in Cecil Field terms. The times next to each runner are season figures too; the race log for every runner is on the rankings page.
The statewide lists: Week 4 boys team top 10 and Week 4 girls team top 10. The 1A boys individuals are here, and the week 3 edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 1A girls, 2A boys, 3A boys, 4A boys.
1. Pensacola Christian -- 126 points
Season average 17:24.0 · 1-5 spread 1:09.7 · finished 10-21-24-28-43 in the class · This week: 2nd of 32 at the Gulf Coast Stampede (92).
Isaiah Manderson 16:41.0; Carson Ohman 17:22.0; Jed Fears 17:29.5; Moses Peterlevitz 17:36.7; Walter Goncalves 17:50.6.
Second at the Gulf Coast Stampede with 92 behind Scottsboro of Alabama, the first Florida team in a 32-team field: Isaiah Manderson sixth in 16:35.0, Jed Fears and Carson Ohman fifteenth and sixteenth in 17:09.2 and 17:10.2, Moses Peterlevitz 17:45.4, Walter Goncalves 17:50.0. Three races in three weeks, and the second, third and fourth men have run their best time of the season in each of the last two. A 1:09.7 spread and a 17:24.0 average, the best in the class. First for a fourth week.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee) -- 163 points
Season average 17:31.2 · 1-5 spread 1:28.5 · finished 3-35-39-41-45 in the class
David Barton 16:23.5; Logan Phipps 17:43.2; Gavin McVay 17:48.3; Beau May 17:48.9; Will Cintron 17:52.1.
Did not race its varsity; the JV ran Nights of Thunder. David Barton 16:23.5 and then four boys between 17:43 and 17:52, the Cecil Field and Horse Park runs folded together. Seven seconds a runner behind Pensacola Christian, and they were 59 points behind them on the same course at the Horse Park. Second.
3. Holy Trinity (Melbourne) -- 177 points
Season average 17:35.3 · 1-5 spread 1:09.1 · finished 14-18-31-52-62 in the class · This week: 4th of 32 at the Astronaut Invitational (210).
Zamari Blumenberg 17:00.8; Jesus Martinez 17:08.5; Daniel Penny 17:38.9; Roman La Starza 17:58.4; Cormac Schutte 18:09.8.
Fourth at the Astronaut Invitational with 210 in a 32-team field, behind Tavares 3A, Wiregrass Ranch 4A and Seminole 4A. Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, 17th in 17:21.2, Daniel Penny 17:47.2, Cormac Schutte 18:23.8, Roman La Starza 18:25.1, on a course that reads slow. Jesus Martinez, their best runner on the season at 17:08.5, did not run. Fourth to third past Cornerstone, on a 1:09.1 spread that is the second-tightest in the class.
4. Cornerstone Classical (Jacksonville) -- 198 points
Season average 17:32.5 · 1-5 spread 1:58.5 · finished 6-11-38-66-77 in the class
Jack Kline 16:30.0; Broderick Olson 16:47.0; Finley Smith 17:44.8; Liam Rios 18:12.5; Boone Bishop 18:28.4.
Did not race. Jack Kline 16:30.0 and Broderick Olson 16:47.0 are still the best one-two in the class; Finley Smith 17:44.8, Liam Rios 18:12.5 and Boone Bishop 18:28.4 make a 1:58.5 spread that is the widest in the top five. Third to fourth without running.
5. Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers) -- 227 points
Season average 17:48.3 · 1-5 spread 1:08.4 · finished 15-48-50-51-63 in the class · This week: 3rd of 21 at the Fort Myers XC Invite (85). Won in week 1, week 3; that run is not held against them.
Nash Akers 17:01.5; Liam Piper 17:55.4; Shepard Anderson 17:56.6; Ty Piper 17:58.3; Mason Weston 18:09.9.
Third at the Fort Myers XC Invite with 85 behind Fort Myers 3A and Naples 3A in a 21-team field: Nash Akers 17:54.2, worth about 16:50 on a course that ran a minute slow, Liam Piper 18:40.5, Shepard Anderson 18:46.4, Mason Weston 18:50.6, Ty Piper 19:02.2. Four races, two of them wins that are not held against them. Fifth, where they were, on a 1:08.4 spread.
6. Circle Christian (Winter Park) -- 298 points
Season average 18:02.6 · 1-5 spread 2:28.6 · finished 9-34-46-104-105 in the class
Matteo Kirwan 16:34.0; Aschalew Parker 17:42.1; Jonah Lehman-Saba 17:53.0; Corban Houdashelt 19:01.5; Joshua Chegwin 19:02.6.
Did not race as a team. Matteo Kirwan's 16:34.0 from Cecil Field is still the only race he has run, Aschalew Parker 17:42.1 and Jonah Lehman-Saba 17:53.0 are on two races each, and the fourth and fifth are 19:01 and 19:02. A 2:28.6 spread. Sixth, where they were, and a different team the day the whole five races together.
7. Oak Hall (Gainesville) -- 329 points
Season average 18:17.0 · 1-5 spread 1:40.5 · finished 19-26-83-99-102 in the class · This week: 10th of 25 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (242).
Dylan Kirk 17:20.1; Henri Pelletier 17:31.0; James McDonald 18:36.5; Alexander Braithwaite 18:56.7; Tom Gilor 19:00.6.
Tenth at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic with 242, and all five ran the best raw time of their season: Dylan Kirk 17:01.1, Henri Pelletier 17:11.0, James McDonald 18:09.6, Alexander Braithwaite 18:40.3, Tom Gilor 18:45.9. Three races, each better than the last. Seventh, where they were, on a 1:40.5 spread.
8. South Florida HEAT (Sunrise) -- 472 points
Season average 18:46.1 · 1-5 spread 1:33.4 · finished 49-73-79-134-137 in the class · This week: 1st of 9 at the Kings Academy Invitational (45).
David Dorn 17:56.1; Carlos Broderick 18:24.1; Jacob Ryle 18:33.7; Treyton Seeman 19:27.2; Zeb Dorn 19:29.4.
Won the Kings Academy Invitational with 45 over FAU High 2A's 46: David Dorn third in 18:11.2, Carlos Broderick fifth, Jacob Ryle seventh, Zeb Dorn twelfth, Solomon Rebolledo twentieth. Kings Academy could not be rated for the boys, so the win is reported and not scored, and they are ranked on Indian River and the Horse Park. Eighth, where they were.
9. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park) -- 484 points
Season average 18:45.2 · 1-5 spread 1:48.0 · finished 60-65-90-92-177 in the class
Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0; Arlo Kistner 18:11.0; Judson Myers 18:45.0; Thomas Nichols 18:46.0; Elijah Larsen 19:56.0.
Cecil Field, and nothing since August 21. Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0, Arlo Kistner 18:11.0, Judson Myers 18:45.0, Thomas Nichols 18:46.0, Elijah Larsen 19:56.0. Ninth, where they were, on a number that is a month old.
10. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood) -- 493 points
Season average 18:43.8 · 1-5 spread 3:03.6 · finished 32-47-57-122-235 in the class
Santiago Ospina 17:39.4; Josh Cadelien 17:54.2; Sebastien Calder 18:05.2; Hunter Smith 19:17.0; Adrian Lopez 20:43.0.
Did not race. Santiago Ospina 17:39.4 on his one race at Dr. Garcia, Josh Cadelien 17:54.2, Sebastien Calder 18:05.2, Hunter Smith 19:17.0, and Adrian Lopez's 20:43.0 from Jim Ryun as the fifth. A 3:03.6 spread, the widest in the ten. Tenth, where they were.
Just missed
11. Lakeland Christian, 522, won the Zak Lukas meet on Thursday with 40 on a course we could not rate; Kage Goldsmith 17:59.6 on three rated races. 12. Seacoast Collegiate, 549, has not raced since Pace. 13. Out-of-Door, 561, has the tightest raced five in the class at 54 seconds and has not raced since Wellen Park. 14. Harvest Community, 576, is on Cecil Field only, James Roland 17:03.0 and Sam Jacobo 17:51.0 up front.
How we ranked them
- Every mark is converted to a Cecil Field equivalent through the runners who ran both that course and last year's state meet. The boys' field ran about a second slower in August than at state, and that is removed before a course is rated.
- Each runner is scored on his whole season, weighted toward the most recent race: this week counts four times, last week three, week two twice, opening weekend once. A race he won never lowers that figure, and a meet a team won never lowers the team's. A school's five best runners on that basis are its team.
- Those five, with a sixth and seventh where they exist, go into one virtual race against every other Class 1A team and are scored the way cross country is scored: top five count, sixth and seventh displace, five finishers required, low score wins. 94 1A boys teams cleared the bar; 1 of them is a projection. Scores climb every week as more teams enter and are not comparable to last week's; compare the order and the averages.
- Where two teams in this class have raced each other with at least three of their scoring seven, and neither has raced since, the team that won ranks ahead of the team it beat. Those moves are listed above.
- A team whose returning five have not raced is entered on last November's state times and marked (P). A returner who has raced for another school this season is not projected at the old one.
- Classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.