Week 6 Class 2A boys cross country team rankings for Florida: Bolles wins Bale-N-Trail and stays first, Gulliver second, and Wolfson and Dunedin keep the wins they earned over Eastside and McKeel.
Florida Class 2A boys cross country team rankings through six weeks: August 21-September 26, 2026
Bolles won Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 41 points. Aidan Chandler was fourth in the Elite race in 15:56.5, and Armaan Sharma, Aaron Ches, Wyatt Cleek and Vincent Barragan all finished inside the top 13. That is first in 2A by a wide margin. Gulliver Prep is second after Emilio Perez-Garcia won the STU Bobcat Invitational in 16:33.6.
One rule changed this week, and it matters here. Wolfson beat Eastside at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic, and Dunedin beat McKeel at the Mitchell Mustang Invite. Both winners raced again this weekend and the losers did not. Racing again used to let the loser move back ahead on the season figure. It doesn't anymore: a win stands until the two teams meet again. Wolfson stays fifth over Eastside, and Dunedin is seventh over McKeel.
Florida Runners is next weekend and Pre-State after that. A lot of this middle group will finally be on the same course.
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 2A 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 2A boys individuals are here, and last week’s edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 2A girls, 1A boys, 3A boys, 4A boys.
1. Bolles (Jacksonville): 42 points
Converted average 16:31.0 · 1-5 spread 0:41.8 · finished 3-5-7-11-16 in the class · This week: 1st of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (41).
Brantley Rigdon 16:14.4; Armaan Sharma 16:21.8; Aidan Chandler 16:24.8; Aaron Ches 16:38.0; Wyatt Cleek 16:56.2.
Won Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 41: Aidan Chandler fourth in the Elite race in 15:56.5, Armaan Sharma seventh in 16:09.1, Aaron Ches eighth in 16:13.8, Wyatt Cleek 11th in 16:23.8, Vincent Barragan 13th in 16:33.3. Seventh at the adidas XC Challenge in North Carolina the week before and third at the Horse Park. First.
2. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest): 106 points
Converted average 16:58.3 · 1-5 spread 1:14.2 · finished 4-8-15-39-40 in the class · This week: 2nd of 13 at the STU Bobcat Invitational (59).
Kayaan Ghaffar 16:20.6; Adrian Iziliaev 16:26.7; Emilio Perez-Garcia 16:55.3; Christopher Arana 17:34.2; Aston Conrad 17:34.8.
Second at the STU Bobcat Invitational on Saturday with 59, behind a Belen Jesuit second group: Emilio Perez-Garcia won in 16:33.6, Aston Conrad 11th in 17:04.3, Nicolas Altaba 16th, Vikram Sebastian 17th. Kayaan Ghaffar and Adrian Iziliaev did not run. Fourth at the Horse Park, behind Bolles. Second.
3. Calvary Christian (Clearwater): 267 points
Converted average 17:41.9 · 1-5 spread 1:30.0 · finished 18-35-43-60-111 in the class
Luke Lahaye 16:57.8; Maximus Brown 17:31.6; Eden Seagraves 17:36.7; Logan Milo 17:55.5; Nathan Sauer 18:27.8.
Did not race. Fourth of 22 at the North Port Invite on Sept. 19, the first 2A team there. Luke Lahaye leads, and Maximus Brown and Eden Seagraves follow. Third.
4. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando): 290 points
Converted average 17:48.3 · 1-5 spread 0:53.9 · finished 27-48-53-76-86 in the class
Santiago Salazar 17:17.6; Colten Scheuplein 17:40.4; Evan Okaty 17:48.5; Zachary Chaet 18:03.5; Alexander Betancourt 18:11.5.
Did not race. Second at Hawks on the Hill on Sept. 19 and second at St. Cloud before that. Santiago Salazar leads a five only 54 seconds apart. Fourth.
5. Wolfson (Jacksonville): 301 points
Converted average 17:51.1 · 1-5 spread 0:53.2 · finished 31-44-64-66-96 in the class · This week: 7th of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (172).
Beckett Nelson 17:24.1; Joseph Barry 17:37.0; Nathan Kilgore 17:58.1; Ryan Robinson 17:58.9; Rian Naik 18:17.2.
Seventh at Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 172: Beckett Nelson 24th in the Elite race in 16:56.1, Joseph Barry 27th in 17:15.0, Ryan Robinson 32nd, Nathan Kilgore 43rd, Rian Naik 56th. Beat Eastside at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic on Sept. 12, 164 to 174. Eastside has a better figure now, but it has not raced Wolfson since, so the win stands. Fifth, where it was.
6. Eastside (Gainesville): 299 points
Converted average 17:42.8 · 1-5 spread 1:42.9 · finished 10-33-70-85-101 in the class
Luke Engels 16:37.8; Elijah Stringer 17:24.9; Chesley McDonald 18:00.4; Ethan Nonato 18:10.2; Griffin Morris 18:20.7.
Has not raced since Buchholz on Sept. 12, where it was fifth, ten points behind Wolfson. Luke Engels is one of the best in 2A, and Elijah Stringer is second. Sixth, directly behind the team that beat it.
7. Dunedin: 395 points
Converted average 18:06.9 · 1-5 spread 0:23.5 · finished 62-69-75-91-98 in the class · This week: 2nd of 18 at the Todd Howsare Memorial (71).
Braden Workman 17:56.7; Jeffery Tanner Turley 18:00.3; Carson Bews 18:02.5; Owen Kalshoven 18:14.7; Jack Greene 18:20.2.
Second at the Todd Howsare Memorial on Saturday with 71, behind Osceola 3A: Jeffery Tanner Turley eighth in 17:13.6, Owen Kalshoven 13th in 17:33.2, Braden Workman 15th, Jack Greene 17th, William Vricos 18th. Five inside 42 seconds. Beat McKeel at the Mitchell Mustang Invite on Sept. 19, 78 to 111, and that stands until they meet again. Seventh.
8. McKeel (Lakeland): 325 points
Converted average 17:41.0 · 1-5 spread 2:07.0 · finished 12-19-26-133-135 in the class
Aidan Alam 16:40.1; Cal Howard 16:57.8; Nolan O'Steen 17:17.2; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:42.7; Alexander Costilla 18:47.1.
Did not race. Fourth at Mitchell on Sept. 19, behind Dunedin. Aidan Alam and Cal Howard are a strong one-two; the fourth and fifth are more than 1:30 back. Eighth.
9. Episcopal (Jacksonville): 388 points
Converted average 18:01.4 · 1-5 spread 1:26.3 · finished 24-61-71-105-127 in the class
Grayson SMITH 17:10.4; Will BUNCH 17:56.4; Rick SCHULTZ 18:00.9; William Bunch 18:22.7; Dylan PATTERSON 18:36.7.
Did not race. Thirty-fifth at the adidas XC Challenge on Sept. 19. Grayson Smith leads. Ninth.
10. Berkeley Prep (Tampa): 406 points
Converted average 18:02.4 · 1-5 spread 1:35.5 · finished 21-72-83-102-128 in the class
Cole Galuski 17:02.7; Adrian Nel 18:01.7; Rai Mehta 18:08.3; Colin Maloney 18:21.0; Tim Paige 18:38.3.
Did not race. Eighth at the North Port Invite on Sept. 19. Cole Galuski leads. Tenth.
Just missed
11. Cocoa Beach (432), 12. Pine Crest (471), 13. West Shore (566) and 14. FAU (627) all sat out the weekend.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- Wolfson over Eastside: Wolfson beat Eastside at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic on Sept. 12, 164 to 174, and the two have not met since; Wolfson racing again at Bale-N-Trail does not hand Eastside the spot (Darrin, 2026-09-29: loss stands).
- Dunedin over McKeel: Dunedin beat McKeel at the Mitchell Mustang Invite on Sept. 19, 78 to 111, and the two have not met since; Dunedin racing again at the Todd Howsare Memorial does not hand McKeel the spot (Darrin, 2026-09-29: loss stands).
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 2A team, scored the way cross country is scored. 114 2A 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 The Bolles School, Gulliver Preparatory School and Calvary Christian High School, restyled by Run Florida Run.