Pensacola Christian won the Daphne Invitational in Alabama with 43 and holds first, Maclay ran the Southern Showcase championship race and stays second, Cornerstone Classical moves to third past Holy Trinity, and Seacoast Collegiate climbs to ninth after finishing fifth at Daphne while Lakeland Christian drops out despite winning the Raider Open.
Newer list: Week 6 Class 1A Boys Team Top 10, built on the whole season through September 26.
Florida Class 1A boys cross country team rankings through five weeks: August 21-September 19, 2026
Pensacola Christian went to Alabama on Saturday and won the Daphne Invitational with 43 in a 25-team field, Isaiah Manderson first in 15:42.0 and four more inside 16:51, and is first for a fifth week on the best average and one of the tightest spreads in the class. Maclay took its varsity to Huntsville and finished 24th of 28 in the Southern Showcase championship race with David Barton 31st in 15:51.5, and stays second. Cornerstone Classical did not race its varsity and moves to third past Holy Trinity, on figure; the two have not met on a rated course this fall.
Holy Trinity was the first Class 1A team in the Spanish River 1A-2A race on Friday, 63 to Southwest Florida Christian's 75 in the 1A scoring, with an eighth grader, Zamari Blumenberg, leading them in 17:10.6. Spanish River reads about half a minute fast for boys, so those times leveled well slower than the Astronaut runs a week earlier, and the Cornerstone figure edges ahead. Holy Trinity stays above Southwest Florida Christian, which is what the grass said.
Seacoast Collegiate was fifth of 25 at Daphne with 184, behind Pensacola Christian, Gulf Breeze 3A and two Alabama teams, Carter Jackson 16th in 16:46.2, and climbs from twelfth to ninth. St. Johns Country Day, ninth at Katie Caples, goes past South Florida HEAT, which is tenth. Out-of-Door, 17th at the North Port Invite on the tightest five in the class, is first out at twelfth, level with Harvest Community and behind it on average, and Lakeland Christian won the Raider Open with 42 and sits thirteenth anyway: the win is not held against it, but three teams below it a week ago ran better figures on Saturday. Data and judgment, and we will miss somebody.
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 5 boys team top 10 and Week 5 girls team top 10. The 1A boys individuals are here, and the week 4 edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 1A girls, 2A boys, 3A boys, 4A boys.
1. Pensacola Christian: 120 points
Season average 17:23.0 · 1-5 spread 1:04.8 · finished 9-20-23-32-36 in the class · This week: 1st of 25 at the Daphne Invitational (43).
Isaiah Manderson 16:41.0; Carson Ohman 17:18.5; Jed Fears 17:26.7; Moses Peterlevitz 17:43.1; Walter Goncalves 17:45.7.
Won the Daphne Invitational at Historic Blakeley State Park in Alabama with 43 in a 25-team field, the first team win of the year: Isaiah Manderson first in 15:42.0, Carson Ohman fifth in 16:08.1, Jed Fears eighth in 16:17.5, Walter Goncalves eleventh in 16:32.8, Moses Peterlevitz 18th in 16:50.4. Five inside 1:08.5, and Spanish Fort was the closest team at 143. Blakeley reads about a minute fast for boys, so the leveled times sit close to the Gulf Coast Stampede figures, where they were second with 92 a week earlier, and a meet a team won is never counted against it. A 17:23.0 average, the best in the class. First for a fifth week, and the gap to second in the virtual race is 45 points.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee): 165 points
Season average 17:32.0 · 1-5 spread 1:36.2 · finished 3-37-39-40-46 in the class · This week: 24th of 28 at the Southern Showcase (581).
David Barton 16:19.9; Logan Phipps 17:46.4; Gavin McVay 17:48.3; Will Cintron 17:49.4; Beau May 17:56.1.
Twenty-fourth of 28 in the Southern Showcase championship race with 581, a field led by Belen Jesuit 3A: David Barton 31st in 15:51.5, then Will Cintron 17:21.7, Logan Phipps 17:23.5, Beau May 17:36.3 and Ben Lawson 17:52.7 in a 250-boy race. Barton is the best runner on any 1A team and the four behind him sit between 17:46 and 17:56 on the season. Second again, eight seconds a runner behind Pensacola Christian.
3. Cornerstone Classical (Jacksonville): 188 points
Season average 17:32.5 · 1-5 spread 1:58.5 · finished 5-10-35-60-78 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.
The varsity did not race; a JV group ran the Katie Caples JV race. Jack Kline 16:30.0 and Broderick Olson 16:47.0 up front, the best one-two on any team in the class, then Finley Smith 17:44.8, Liam Rios 18:12.5 and Boone Bishop 18:28.4, a 1:58.5 spread. Twenty-first at the Horse Park with 610 two weeks ago, two places behind Maclay. Fourth to third past Holy Trinity, on figure; the two have not met on a rated course.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne): 221 points
Season average 17:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:19.3 · finished 19-29-31-56-86 in the class
Zamari Blumenberg 17:16.4; Jesus Martinez 17:40.4; Daniel Penny 17:41.9; Roman La Starza 18:04.3; Cormac Schutte 18:35.7.
The first 1A team in the Spanish River 1A-2A race on Friday, 63 to Southwest Florida Christian's 75 in the 1A scoring: Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, tenth overall in 17:10.6, Daniel Penny 17:18.4, Jesus Martinez 17:31.8, Roman La Starza 17:44.7, Cormac Schutte 18:44.2. Fourth at Astronaut with 210 a week earlier. Spanish River reads about half a minute fast, so Friday's times leveled slower than the Astronaut ones and Cornerstone's figure went past. Third to fourth, and above Southwest Florida Christian on Friday's result.
5. Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers): 230 points
Season average 17:53.2 · 1-5 spread 1:12.1 · finished 16-43-48-55-68 in the class Won in week 1, week 3; that run is not held against them.
Nash Akers 17:08.5; Liam Piper 17:55.4; Ty Piper 17:57.8; Shepard Anderson 18:03.8; Mason Weston 18:20.6.
Second to Holy Trinity in the 1A scoring at Spanish River with 75: Nash Akers sixth overall in 16:49.2, Ty Piper 17:29.7, Shepard Anderson 17:44.6, Mason Weston 18:05.6. Third at the Fort Myers Invite with 85 on September 12 behind Fort Myers 3A and Naples 3A, and a win at 3D Sommers on September 5 that is not held against them. A 1:12.1 spread, second-tightest in the top five. Fifth for a second week, behind Holy Trinity on the grass.
6. Circle Christian (Winter Park): 308 points
Season average 18:01.2 · 1-5 spread 2:42.9 · finished 7-18-33-123-127 in the class · This week: 2nd of 7 at the Bulldog Invitational (34).
Matteo Kirwan 16:34.0; Jonah Lehman-Saba 17:15.4; Aschalew Parker 17:44.4; Corban Houdashelt 19:15.2; Kade Copeland 19:16.9.
Second of seven at the Bulldog Invitational on Saturday with 34, one point behind Melbourne 4A, on a course that reads about a minute slow for boys: Matteo Kirwan first in 17:39.2, Jonah Lehman-Saba second in 17:45.5, Aschalew Parker sixth, then 12th and 13th. The top three are as good as any in the class outside Pensacola Christian; the 2:42.9 spread behind them is the widest in the ten. Sixth for a second week.
7. Oak Hall (Gainesville): 348 points
Season average 18:17.0 · 1-5 spread 1:40.5 · finished 22-26-88-104-108 in the class
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.
Did not race. Tenth at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic with 242 on September 12, Dylan Kirk 11th in 17:01.1 and Henri Pelletier 15th in 17:11.0, then more than a minute back to James McDonald at 18:36.5 on the season. The front two are the strength and the third man is the question. Seventh for a second week.
8. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park): 449 points
Season average 18:38.9 · 1-5 spread 1:32.8 · finished 41-64-69-137-138 in the class · This week: 9th of 11 at the Katie Caples Invitational (237).
Arlo Kistner 17:50.7; Judson Myers 18:15.5; Thomas Nichols 18:21.5; Elijah Larsen 19:23.2; Nathan Kipnis 19:23.5.
Ninth of 11 in the Katie Caples Invitational elite race with 237, against a field of bigger schools led by Buchholz 4A: Arlo Kistner 25th in 17:33, Judson Myers 41st in 17:56, Thomas Nichols 53rd in 18:03, then Elijah Larsen and Nathan Kipnis together at 19:23 on the season. Katie Caples reads about 14 seconds fast for boys. Ninth to eighth past South Florida HEAT, on figure; the two have not met.
9. Seacoast Collegiate (Santa Rosa Beach): 512 points
Season average 18:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:20.2 · finished 72-75-81-124-160 in the class · This week: 5th of 25 at the Daphne Invitational (184).
Josiah Berry 18:23.4; Josiah Hicks 18:25.5; Carter Jackson 18:30.7; Oliver Curtin 19:15.9; Hudson Osborn 19:43.5.
Fifth of 25 at the Daphne Invitational at Historic Blakeley State Park in Alabama with 184: Carter Jackson 16th in 16:46.2, Josiah Berry 24th in 17:00.3, Josiah Hicks 32nd in 17:28.1, Oliver Curtin 49th in 18:00.5, Hudson Osborn 70th in 18:39.4. Blakeley reads about a minute fast for boys, so the times level slower than they look, but it is the first rated race since Pace on September 5 and the average on the season came down eleven seconds. Twelfth to ninth.
10. South Florida HEAT (Sunrise): 521 points
Season average 18:51.0 · 1-5 spread 1:52.6 · finished 44-74-90-145-168 in the class
David Dorn 17:55.5; Carlos Broderick 18:24.1; Jacob Ryle 18:37.8; Zeb Dorn 19:29.4; Zach Dorn 19:48.1.
Seventh in the 1A scoring of the Spanish River 1A-2A race with 182: David Dorn 20th overall in 17:27.1, Jacob Ryle 18:14.1, and the five on the season are David, Zeb and Zach Dorn with Carlos Broderick and Ryle between them. Won the Kings Academy Invitational on September 12 with 45, a point ahead of FAU High 2A, on a course we could not price. Eighth to tenth: St. Johns Country Day went past on Saturday's figures, and Seacoast Collegiate came in above them from Alabama.
Just missed
11. Harvest Community (Jacksonville), 533, was fourth at the Lake Buena Vista Invitational with 110, James Roland winning in 16:42.4 and Sam Jacobo fifth in 17:22.4, and is up from fourteenth. 12. Out-of-Door (Sarasota), 533, level with Harvest and behind it on average, was 17th of 22 in the North Port Invite elite race with 422, Finn Randall 53rd in 17:32.6, on the tightest five in the class; North Port reads 44 seconds fast for boys. 13. Lakeland Christian, 535, won the Raider Open on Saturday with 42 on a course that reads very fast for boys; the win is not held against them, and three teams went past on their own Saturday figures. 14. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 567, was fourth in the 1A scoring at Spanish River with 131, Josh Cadelien 17:32.9 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 five times, last week four, week three three times, 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. 102 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 on a rated course 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.
- Revised Sunday evening: the Daphne Invitational file, from Historic Blakeley State Park in Alabama, arrived after the first edition of this list. The eight Florida programs there (Pensacola Christian, Pensacola Catholic, Gulf Breeze, Pace, Seacoast Collegiate, Jay, LEAD Academy and South Walton) are in the pool now; the Alabama teams are not.
- Blakeley reads about a minute fast for boys on twelve Florida returners whose mean and median readings disagree by ten seconds; the least generous reading is used. Pensacola Christian's win and Seacoast Collegiate's fifth are leveled on it.
- Spanish River scored its 1A-2A race by FHSAA class. Holy Trinity 63, Southwest Florida Christian 75, Marathon 106, Sheridan Hills 131 and South Florida HEAT 182 are the Class 1A scores from that race; the course reads about half a minute fast for boys.
- Kings Academy, where South Florida HEAT won on September 12, is a course we could not price. The Raider Open and North Port both read very fast for boys; Lakeland Christian's win and Out-of-Door's run are leveled accordingly.