Ferguson never got a gun at Nights of Thunder, Logan Haley won Buchholz out of 203 and is in at fifth, the top four sat, and Eli Domico's 17:12 at Seffner Christian drops him out with Isaiah Manderson in at tenth.
The week 5 list is up: Week 5 Class 1A Boys Top 10, built on the whole season through September 19 with the most recent race weighted highest.
Florida Class 1A boys cross country through four weeks: August 21-September 12, 2026
Dominic Ferguson was entered at Nights of Thunder and the varsity race was called off for lightning, so the top of 1A is where it was: Ferguson on his Pace run, Elijah Arterburn on three races, Sean Cunningham and David Barton on August. The new name is Logan Haley of Branford, who won the Buchholz Bobcats Classic out of 203 in 16:17.9 on a course that reads a shade fast, and goes in at fifth. He was listed as a Suwannee returner a week ago; he races for Branford, and a runner who has raced for another school this season is not projected at the old one. Eli Domico of Indian Rocks Christian was ninth at Seffner Christian in 17:12.7, a minute off his IMG run on the clock, and drops from sixth to eleventh. Isaiah Manderson of Pensacola Christian, sixth at the Gulf Coast Stampede in 16:35.0, goes in at tenth.
A runner is ranked on his whole season, with the most recent race counting most, and a race he won never counts against him. As always, this is data plus judgment, and we will miss somebody along the way. A (P) next to a name means that runner has not opened yet and we are going on last November. How we sorted everybody out is at the bottom. Races are not won until the kids have run. Enjoy.
The statewide lists: Week 4 boys top 10 and Week 4 girls top 10. The week 3 edition of this list is here, and the week 4 1A boys team rankings are here. The other classes this week: 1A girls, 2A boys, 3A boys, 4A boys.
1. Dominic Ferguson, Rocky Bayou Christian, Sr.
Was entered at Nights of Thunder and the varsity race was called off for lightning. His season is one run, second at the Pace Patriot Invitational in 16:28.3, 20 seconds behind Bryant Olson on a course that reads slow, worth about 15:49 leveled. Nobody else in 1A has a mark within 20 seconds of it. First, on one race, for a fourth week.
2. Elijah Arterburn, Atlantic Christian, Sr.
Did not race. Three runs that agree with each other: 16:19.0 at Cecil Field, 16:16.9 for second at Pine Crest out of 406, and the Dr. Garcia Bulldog Invite win in 16:23.9 out of 232, priced at the course's conservative reading. Twenty-one seconds behind Ferguson on the season, and the only boy in the class with three rated races.
3. Sean Cunningham, Providence, Sr.
Cecil Field, 16:23.0 for 34th in the elite race, and nothing since August 21. He ran 15:47.8 at state last fall, the fastest returning time in the class by twenty seconds, and three weeks without a start have not moved him. Third on one race that is getting old.
4. David Barton, Maclay, Sr.
Did not race; Maclay ran only its JV at Nights of Thunder. 16:15.0 at Cecil Field and 16:21.1 for 21st at the Horse Park out of 549, the best finish by a 1A boy in that race. Fourth, half a second behind Cunningham on the season.
5. Logan Haley, Branford, Jr.
Won the Buchholz Bobcats Classic out of 203 in 16:17.9, 9.4 seconds ahead of Evan Kirby of Fletcher 4A, in his first race of the season. Buchholz reads a shade fast, so the run is worth about 16:30 leveled, and that puts a new name fifth. He was on last year's Suwannee returner list; he races for Branford, and that is where he is ranked.
6. Jack Kline, Cornerstone Classical Academy, Jr.
Did not race. 16:33.0 at Cecil Field and 16:23.7 for 23rd at the Horse Park, two races ten seconds apart on the clock and four apart leveled. Sixth, up one place without racing as Domico dropped, and the best runner on the fourth-ranked team in the class.
7. Lucian Burns, Marathon, So.
Fourth at King of the Hill on Thursday in 17:14.4 out of 339, worth about 16:40 on a course that reads slow, a week and a half after 16:37.1 for sixth at Pine Crest. Two races within three seconds of each other leveled. Fifth to seventh, not because he ran badly but because Haley arrived above him and Kline is within two seconds.
8. Benjamin Francis, Highlands Christian, Sr.
Did not race. Fifth at Pine Crest in 16:36.2 and fourth at Dr. Garcia in 16:53.4, which is worth about 16:26 on the conservative reading of that course. A senior who ran 16:35.9 at state last fall and has been right at that number twice.
9. Matteo Kirwan, Circle Christian, So.
16:34.0 for 50th in the Cecil Field elite race on opening night, and Circle Christian has not put him on a starting line since. He ran 17:56.6 at state last fall as a freshman, so that one August race was an 82-second improvement. Ninth on it, and the boys directly behind him have all raced twice or three times.
10. Isaiah Manderson, Pensacola Christian, Sr.
Sixth at the Gulf Coast Stampede out of 258 in 16:35.0, the third Florida boy home in a field led by Alabama's Scottsboro, worth about 16:25 leveled, after 17:34.7 at Pine Forest and 16:28.4 at the Horse Park. Three races, each better than the last. New to the ten at tenth, seven seconds behind Kirwan on the season.
Just missed
Eli Domico (Indian Rocks Christian, So.) is first out. Ninth at Seffner Christian in 17:12.7, worth 16:57 on a course that reads 16 seconds slow, a minute off the 16:11.2 he ran at IMG a week earlier on the clock, and the season figure slides from 16:18 to 16:43, sixth to eleventh. The IMG run is still the best 1A race by a sophomore this fall. Broderick Olson (Cornerstone Classical Academy, Sr.) is twelfth on 16:36.0 at Cecil and 16:45.4 at the Horse Park. John Curley (St. Edward's, Sr.) was 15th at Astronaut in 17:19.3 and is thirteenth. Conor Kiley (Admiral Farragut, Sr.) was 19th there in 17:25.6. Zamari Blumenberg (Holy Trinity, 8th grade) was 17th at Astronaut in 17:21.2, worth 16:51, the best of his three races, and is fifteenth as an eighth grader.
Lukas Arrojo (True North, So.), tenth a week ago, ran 17:52.5 at King of the Hill and drops out.
How we ranked them
- Courses do not all run the same speed, so we do not compare raw times. Cecil Field is the yardstick; for other meets we use runners who raced both that course and last year's state meet to work out what a time was worth.
- A runner is ranked 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 is never allowed to lower that figure.
- Where two ranked runners have raced each other and neither has raced since, the finish orders them. A real result within a few seconds of a projection outranks the projection.
- Runners who have not opened are ranked on last November and marked (P). A missed week is never held against anyone.
- Grades and classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.
- Logan Haley appears on last year's Suwannee returner list and has raced for Branford this season; he is ranked with Branford and not projected at Suwannee.
- This edition was updated on Sunday, September 13 to add the Seffner Christian XC Invitational, whose timing file arrived after the morning edition. That course reads about 16 seconds slow for boys and 44 seconds slow for girls against the runners who have also run the state meet.