Pensacola Christian holds first in the Class 1A boys team rankings, and Cornerstone Classical moves up to second after Jack Kline won the JAC Invitational.
Florida Class 1A boys cross country team rankings through eight weeks: August 21-October 10, 2026
The FSU Pre-State Invitational, the biggest meet of the fall, was canceled for Hurricane Isaias, and most of the state's best teams did not race. A team that sat out the weekend holds its place.
Cornerstone Classical was third of seven teams at the JAC Invitational in Jacksonville with 57, behind St. Augustine and Bishop Kenny of 3A, with Jack Kline winning the race in 16:29.1 and Broderick Olson fifth. That moves Cornerstone past Maclay, which did not race, on a figure that is now well clear of Maclay's. Circle Christian won the Merritt Island Christian Invitational with 28, Matteo Kirwan and Jonah Lehman-Saba first and second, and Oak Hall was fifth at HMT.
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 8 boys team top 10 and Week 8 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 10-18-23-32-35 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 the Daphne Invitational in Alabama on September 19 with 43 against 25 teams, and won the Mako Invite on October 3. Isaiah Manderson leads.
2. Cornerstone Classical (Jacksonville): 137 points
Converted average 17:15.6 · 1-5 spread 1:59.1 · finished 3-8-26-44-56 in the class · This week: 3rd of 7 at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational (57).
Jack Kline 16:08.8; Broderick Olson 16:34.9; Finley Smith 17:29.7; Boone Bishop 17:56.4; Liam Rios 18:07.9.
Third at JAC on Saturday with 57, with Kline first and Olson fifth, Finley Smith 12th and Boone Bishop 17th. Up from third.
3. Maclay (Tallahassee): 185 points
Converted average 17:36.5 · 1-5 spread 1:50.6 · finished 4-38-39-45-59 in the class
David Barton 16:19.0; Gavin McVay 17:48.3; Logan Phipps 17:48.3; Will Cintron 17:57.6; Beau May 18:09.6.
Did not race. Twenty-eighth of 39 at the Alexander Invitational in Georgia on October 3, where David Barton was tenth of 341 in 15:29.0.
4. Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers): 251 points
Converted average 17:58.3 · 1-5 spread 0:54.0 · finished 19-42-58-65-67 in the class
Nash Akers 17:21.3; Ty Piper 17:53.8; Mason Weston 18:08.9; Liam Piper 18:12.6; Shepard Anderson 18:15.2.
Did not race. Tenth of 17 in the flrunners.com Race of Champions on October 3 with 256. Nash Akers leads a five that is 54 seconds apart.
5. Holy Trinity (Melbourne): 258 points
Converted average 18:01.1 · 1-5 spread 1:18.1 · finished 22-31-53-55-97 in the class
Zamari Blumenberg 17:26.7; Jesus Martinez 17:41.5; Daniel Penny 18:06.0; Roman La Starza 18:06.6; Cormac Schutte 18:44.8.
Did not race. Twenty-ninth in the Blue Invitational at the Great American XC Festival on October 3. Zamari Blumenberg, an eighth grader, and Jesus Martinez lead.
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6. Circle Christian (Winter Park): 292 points
Converted average 17:56.9 · 1-5 spread 2:32.7 · finished 7-17-36-115-117 in the class · This week: 1st of 12 at the Merritt Island Christian Invitational (28).
Matteo Kirwan 16:34.0; Jonah Lehman-Saba 17:12.1; Aschalew Parker 17:46.0; Corban Houdashelt 19:05.7; Kade Copeland 19:06.7.
Won the Merritt Island Christian Invitational on Saturday with 28 against 12 teams: Kirwan first in 16:31.8, Lehman-Saba second, Kade Copeland fourth.
7. Oak Hall (Gainesville): 353 points
Converted average 18:15.3 · 1-5 spread 1:57.5 · finished 16-24-89-111-113 in the class · This week: 5th of 15 at the Half-Mile Timing XC Invitational (166).
Dylan Kirk 17:06.0; Henri Pelletier 17:29.4; James McDonald 18:36.5; Nathaniel Parrott 19:01.4; Alexander Braithwaite 19:03.5.
Fifth of 15 at HMT in Gainesville on Saturday with 166. Dylan Kirk was fifth individually in 17:31.8 and Henri Pelletier 12th.
8. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park): 400 points
Converted average 18:27.3 · 1-5 spread 1:35.2 · finished 33-64-71-91-141 in the class
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.
Did not race. Won the Indian Invite on October 3 with 52, ahead of Oakleaf. Arlo Kistner and Judson Myers lead.
9. Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville): 501 points
Converted average 18:23.6 · 1-5 spread 4:35.0 · finished 1-79-86-101-234 in the class
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.
Did not race. Fifth of 17 at the Argonaut Invitational on September 26, where Dominic Ferguson won. Ferguson is the best runner in the class on figure.
10. South Florida HEAT (Sunrise): 542 points
Converted average 18:51.1 · 1-5 spread 1:42.9 · finished 52-81-87-135-187 in the class
David Dorn 18:05.2; Jacob Ryle 18:30.6; Carlos Broderick 18:35.0; Zeb Dorn 19:16.5; Zach Dorn 19:48.1.
Did not race. Fourth of 27 teams at the South Fork Invitational on October 3 with 160. David Dorn and his brothers Zeb and Zach are three of the five.
Just missed
Seacoast Collegiate (Santa Rosa Beach) did not race and is 11th, four points of figure from South Florida HEAT, which holds tenth. Out-of-Door Academy (Sarasota) and Lakeland Christian are next.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- South Florida HEAT over Seacoast Collegiate: South Florida HEAT holds tenth: neither team raced this weekend, and Seacoast's four-point edge in the figure is drift from other teams' results, not anything either team did.
Up next
Most of the state's top teams race this weekend at the New World Fall Spectacular, October 16-17 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville. Next week's lists will lean heavily on it.
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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 eight times, last week seven, 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. 107 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 until they meet again. Where results go round in a circle, the newest meeting decides. A race run without a team's No. 1 or without two of its scoring five is not held against it.
- Results from September 12 and earlier no longer order teams. The times still count in the figures.
- The FSU Pre-State Invitational, the biggest meet of the fall, was canceled for Hurricane Isaias. A team that did not race this weekend holds its place.
- 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.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
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