Bolles leads the Class 2A boys team rankings after finishing fourth at New World, Gulliver Prep is second, and McKeel, Eastside and Wolfson are reordered by their New World meeting.
Florida Class 2A boys cross country team rankings through nine weeks: August 21-October 17, 2026
Most of the state's best teams met at the New World Fall Spectacular in Jacksonville on Saturday, the deepest meet of the Florida season so far. Where two teams met there, that result orders them. Some teams were missing a top runner, so we also scored the race as if every team had its full top five, the same way our statewide lists did, and that full-strength result is the one we use. How we placed the missing runners is at the bottom.
Bolles was fourth in the Boys Elite race with 218, behind only Belen Jesuit, Nease and IMG Academy, and the first 2A team across by 126 points. Aaron Ches was 26th in 15:32. Gulliver Prep was sixth with 344, Kayaan Ghaffar 13th in 15:19. They stay first and second, third and eighth on our statewide list.
Calvary Christian (Clearwater) was the next 2A team at New World, 21st with 637, and holds third. Further back, McKeel beat Eastside and Wolfson, and Dunedin, which beat McKeel at the Mitchell Invitational in September, moves up to fifth.
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 9 boys team top 10 and Week 9 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): 46 points
Converted average 16:37.6 · 1-5 spread 0:37.4 · finished 4-6-8-11-17 in the class · This week: 4th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (218).
Aidan Chandler 16:22.2; Aaron Ches 16:23.7; Armaan Sharma 16:35.7; Wyatt Cleek 16:47.0; Vincent Barragan 16:59.6.
Fourth at New World with 218: Aaron Ches 26th in 15:32, Aidan Chandler 42nd, Armaan Sharma 49th, Wyatt Cleek 67th, Vincent Barragan 96th. Eighth of 32 at the Manhattan Invitational the week before. First, and third in the state.
2. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest): 121 points
Converted average 17:10.2 · 1-5 spread 1:20.6 · finished 3-15-21-40-42 in the class · This week: 6th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (344).
Kayaan Ghaffar 16:21.2; Emilio Perez-Garcia 16:53.9; Adrian Iziliaev 17:13.7; Aston Conrad 17:40.5; Nicolas Altaba 17:41.8.
Sixth at New World with 344: Kayaan Ghaffar 13th in 15:19, Emilio Perez-Garcia 48th, Nicolas Altaba 99th, Adrian Iziliaev 131st, Tyler Keating 132nd. Fifth at Snake Bite the week before. Second.
3. Calvary Christian (Clearwater): 217 points
Converted average 17:38.1 · 1-5 spread 0:58.1 · finished 19-31-41-48-78 in the class · This week: 21st of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (637).
Luke LaHaye 17:09.3; Eden Seagraves 17:27.5; Maximus Brown 17:41.7; Logan Milo 17:44.8; Nathan Sauer 18:07.3.
Twenty-first at New World with 637: Luke LaHaye 91st in 16:15, Eden Seagraves 136th, Maximus Brown 144th, Logan Milo 185th, Nathan Sauer 204th. Third at the flrunners.com Invitational on October 3. Holds third.
4. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando): 247 points
Converted average 17:44.7 · 1-5 spread 0:43.4 · finished 23-44-50-63-67 in the class
Santiago Salazar 17:17.2; Colten Scheuplein 17:43.3; Evan Okaty 17:45.8; Zachary Chaet 17:56.5; Alexander Betancourt 18:00.7.
Did not race. Second at the Hagerty Invitational on September 26 with 97, two points behind Hagerty of 4A. Holds fourth.
5. Dunedin: 408 points
Converted average 18:09.5 · 1-5 spread 0:23.9 · finished 62-72-81-95-98 in the class · This week: 1st of 19 at the 2026 Clearwater Central Catholic Invitational (44).
Braden Workman 17:56.3; Carson Bews 18:03.3; Jeffery Tanner Turley 18:09.3; Owen Kalshoven 18:18.5; Jack Greene 18:20.2.
Did not race at New World. Won the Clearwater Central Catholic meet on Saturday with 44, Braden Workman second in 17:36.0. Beat McKeel at the Mitchell Invitational on September 19, 78 to 111, so it moves up with McKeel, from seventh to fifth.
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6. McKeel (Lakeland): 384 points
Converted average 17:50.9 · 1-5 spread 2:10.3 · finished 7-16-97-131-133 in the class · This week: 35th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (900).
Aidan Alam 16:32.8; Cal Howard 16:58.6; Nolan O'Steen 18:19.9; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:40.0; Michael Danner 18:43.0.
Thirty-fifth at New World with 900, without Nolan O'Steen, one of its top five: Aidan Alam 55th in 15:55, Cal Howard 135th, Gideon Secrist 285th, Michael Danner 294th, Lucas Caram-Andruet 326th. Ahead of Eastside and Wolfson on the day and at full strength. Second at the All Saints' meet on October 10. Up from eighth to sixth.
7. Eastside (Gainesville): 338 points
Converted average 17:51.3 · 1-5 spread 1:43.2 · finished 14-32-61-107-124 in the class · This week: 42nd of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (1007).
Luke Engels 16:50.8; Elijah Stringer 17:31.0; Chesley McDonald 17:55.2; Griffin Morris 18:25.3; Benjamin White 18:34.0.
Forty-second at New World with 1007, without Elijah Stringer, one of its top five: Luke Engels 79th in 16:10, then Griffin Morris, Chesley McDonald, Benjamin White and Matheus Ribeiro do Valle. With Stringer placed at 16:56 it scores 921, six points behind McKeel and ahead of Wolfson. Third at HMT on October 10. Seventh.
8. Wolfson (Jacksonville): 339 points
Converted average 17:59.2 · 1-5 spread 0:51.6 · finished 38-45-68-70-118 in the class · This week: 40th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (993).
Beckett Nelson 17:39.2; Joseph Barry 17:44.2; Ryan Robinson 18:00.7; Nathan Kilgore 18:01.2; Joseph Morgenthal 18:30.8.
Fortieth at New World with 993, without Joseph Morgenthal, one of its top five: Joseph Barry 203rd in 16:59, Beckett Nelson 208th, Ryan Robinson 228th, Nathan Kilgore 230th, Noah Doudna 312th. With Morgenthal placed at 17:56 it scores 1029, behind Eastside. Down from fifth to eighth.
9. Berkeley Prep (Tampa): 459 points
Converted average 18:08.1 · 1-5 spread 2:01.5 · finished 10-77-112-120-140 in the class · This week: 41st of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (1004).
Cole Galuski 16:45.1; Rai Mehta 18:06.7; Adrian Nel 18:29.4; Colin Maloney 18:32.6; Tim Paige 18:46.6.
Forty-first at New World with 1004: Cole Galuski 38th in 15:40, then Rai Mehta, Colin Maloney, Tim Paige and Adrian Nel. Ahead of Episcopal on the day and at full strength. Ninth.
10. Episcopal (Jacksonville): 389 points
Converted average 18:03.3 · 1-5 spread 1:11.0 · finished 26-56-82-99-126 in the class · This week: 46th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (1253).
Grayson Smith 17:23.2; Rick Schultz 17:48.8; Will Bunch 18:09.9; Dylan Patterson 18:20.3; Chase Fallucco 18:34.2.
Forty-sixth at New World with 1253, with five finishers and without three of its top five, Rick Schultz, Will Bunch and Chase Fallucco: Grayson Smith 181st in 16:52. With all three placed, it scores 1091, still behind Berkeley Prep. Tenth.
Just missed
Cocoa Beach did not race and is 11th; it was seventh at the Harmony Longhorn Invitational on October 3. FAU (Boca Raton) and Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale) are 12th and 13th; FAU beat Pine Crest at Snake Bite on October 10.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- McKeel over Eastside: 915 to 921 at the New World Fall Spectacular, scored at full strength.
- Dunedin over McKeel: 3rd and 4th at the Mitchell Mustang Invite, and they have not met since.
- Berkeley Prep over Episcopal: 1053 to 1091 at the New World Fall Spectacular, scored at full strength.
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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 nine times, last week eight, 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. 118 2A boys teams cleared the bar; none of them is a projection. 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.
- New World is read at full strength, the same way as on the statewide list: for every Florida team there missing one of its season top five, we put the missing runner back at his season figure converted to the New World course, added 19 seconds to be conservative, and re-scored the whole race. Those added times are estimates, not results.
- These lists follow the statewide team list: a team ranked on it is ahead of every team in its class that is not, and teams on both lists are in the same order. 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.
- McKeel, Eastside, Wolfson and Episcopal are ranked on their full-strength New World scores. Episcopal's has three added runners, so treat it as an estimate.
- Lake Highland Prep and Cocoa Beach did not race this week and hold their places. Clearwater Central Catholic is not rated this week, so Dunedin's win there does not move its figure.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
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