Week 6 Class 1A boys cross country team rankings for Florida: Pensacola Christian first, Maclay and Cornerstone Classical behind, and Rocky Bayou Christian comes in at ninth behind an Argonaut win from Dominic Ferguson.
Florida Class 1A boys cross country team rankings through six weeks: August 21-September 26, 2026
Pensacola Christian is first in 1A again after winning Daphne with 43 the week before. Most of the top of the class sat out this weekend, and nobody lost a spot for it.
Cornerstone Classical was eighth at Bale-N-Trail. Jack Kline was sixth in the Elite race in 16:06.1, and the team ran without its No. 2, Broderick Olson. Rocky Bayou Christian raced its first full team of the season at Argonaut and was fifth of 17. Dominic Ferguson won the race in 16:17.3, and that puts Rocky Bayou ninth.
Pre-State is two weeks out. The Panhandle teams and the Jacksonville teams have barely seen each other, and that is where this list will get sorted.
A team is ranked on its whole season, with the most recent race counting most, and a meet it won never counts against it. A team that sat out the weekend is not marked down for 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.
About the times. The average on each line is the converted season figure the scoring uses, in Cecil Field terms, and so are the times beside each runner's name. Times in the write-ups are what the kids actually ran that day; the race log for every runner is on the rankings page.
The statewide lists: Week 6 boys team top 10 and Week 6 girls team top 10. The 1A boys individuals are here, and last week’s edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 1A girls, 2A boys, 3A boys, 4A boys.
1. Pensacola Christian: 118 points
Converted average 17:23.0 · 1-5 spread 1:04.8 · finished 9-19-23-31-36 in the class
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.
Did not race. Won Daphne on Sept. 19 with 43, first of 25, after a second at the Gulf Coast Stampede. Isaiah Manderson leads a five only 1:05 apart, the tightest in the top five. First.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee): 164 points
Converted average 17:32.0 · 1-5 spread 1:36.2 · finished 4-37-38-40-45 in the class
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.
Did not race. Twenty-fourth at the Southern Showcase on Sept. 19 against a big out-of-state field. David Barton is one of the best front runners in 1A; Logan Phipps, Gavin McVay, Will Cintron and Beau May are close together behind him. Second.
3. Cornerstone Classical (Jacksonville): 176 points
Converted average 17:32.0 · 1-5 spread 1:49.5 · finished 5-12-39-57-63 in the class · This week: 8th of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (185).
Jack Kline 16:26.4; Broderick OLSON 17:02.4; Finley Smith 17:48.8; Liam Rios 18:06.5; Boone Bishop 18:15.9.
Eighth at Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 185, without its No. 2, Broderick Olson: Jack Kline sixth in the Elite race in 16:06.1, Finley Smith 36th in 17:30.5, Boone Bishop 38th, Liam Rios 42nd, Benjamin Bishop 71st. The best 1A team finish at Bale. Third, where it was.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne): 218 points
Converted average 17:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:19.3 · finished 18-28-30-56-86 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.
Did not race. Fourth at Astronaut on Sept. 12 and second at the Indian River Fairgrounds meet in August. Zamari Blumenberg leads, and Jesus Martinez and Daniel Penny are close behind. Fourth.
5. Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers): 229 points
Converted average 17:53.2 · 1-5 spread 1:12.1 · finished 15-43-47-55-69 in the class
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.
Did not race. Third at the Fort Myers meet on Sept. 12, after wins at Lemon Bay and 3D Sommers. Nash Akers leads, and the Piper brothers, Liam and Ty, are next. Fifth.
6. Circle Christian (Winter Park): 316 points
Converted average 18:01.2 · 1-5 spread 2:42.9 · finished 7-17-33-128-131 in the class
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.
Did not race. Second at the Bulldog meet on Sept. 19. Matteo Kirwan and Jonah Lehman-Saba are a strong one-two; the fourth and fifth are more than 1:30 back. Sixth.
7. Oak Hall (Gainesville): 355 points
Converted average 18:17.0 · 1-5 spread 1:40.5 · finished 20-25-89-108-113 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 on Sept. 12. Dylan Kirk and Henri Pelletier lead. Seventh.
8. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park): 391 points
Converted average 18:27.3 · 1-5 spread 1:35.2 · finished 32-60-68-93-138 in the class · This week: 12th of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (301).
Arlo Kistner 17:44.1; Judson Myers 18:12.6; Thomas Nichols 18:19.4; Nathan Kipnis 18:41.1; Elijah Larsen 19:19.3.
Twelfth at Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 301: Nathan Kipnis 41st in the Elite race in 17:34.3, Judson Myers 46th, Thomas Nichols 53rd. Its No. 1, Arlo Kistner, ran the 11-12 grade race and was fifth of 200 in 17:13.1. Eighth, where it was.
9. Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville): 490 points
Converted average 18:23.6 · 1-5 spread 4:35.0 · finished 1-79-84-101-225 in the class · This week: 5th of 17 at the Argonaut Invitational (139).
Dominic Ferguson 15:45.8; Coda Barnes 18:28.7; Daniel Boswell 18:34.4; Jack Carlin 18:48.2; David Stueckle 20:20.8.
Fifth of 17 at Argonaut on Saturday with 139, its first scored team race of the season: Dominic Ferguson won in 16:17.3, then Coda Barnes 25th, Daniel Boswell 26th, Jack Carlin 29th, David Stueckle 66th. Ferguson is one of the best runners in 1A, and the gap behind him is big. New at ninth.
10. Seacoast Collegiate (Santa Rosa Beach): 528 points
Converted average 18:51.8 · 1-5 spread 1:20.2 · finished 72-74-82-129-171 in the class
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.
Did not race. Fifth at Daphne on Sept. 19. Josiah Berry, Josiah Hicks and Carter Jackson run together at the front. Tenth.
Just missed
11. Out-of-Door (551) was tenth at Lakewood Ranch with three of its top seven. 12. Lakeland Christian (555) won the Raider Open on Sept. 19. 13. South Florida HEAT (580) was fifth at STU, David Dorn 20th in 17:46.9, and was tenth last week. 14. Sheridan Hills Christian (587) was fourth at the Marathon meet.
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.
- Each runner is scored on his whole season, weighted toward the most recent race: this week counts six times, last week five, and so on back to opening weekend, which counts 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, scored the way cross country is scored. 104 1A boys teams cleared the bar; 0 of them are projections. Points climb as more teams enter and are not comparable to last week's; compare the order.
- Where two teams in this class have raced each other with at least three of their scoring seven, the team that won ranks ahead of the team it beat. New this week: a win keeps counting when the winner races again, and a team that sat out the weekend does not lose ground to a team that beat nobody it had to beat. A race run without a team's No. 1 or without two of its scoring five is not held against it.
- A team whose returning five have not raced is entered on last November's state times and marked (P).
- Classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.
Florida Runners is next weekend, then Pre-State, and the Great American is on the way. Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
Featured image: logos of Pensacola Christian Academy, Maclay School and Cornerstone Classical Academy, restyled by Run Florida Run.