Belen sat, Fort Myers won its own invitational with 47 and is second, Tavares won Astronaut with 64, and Bishop Kenny's Buchholz win puts it in the ten.
Florida Class 3A boys cross country team rankings through four weeks: August 21-September 12, 2026
Belen Jesuit did not race and is first by a distance. Fort Myers won the Fort Myers XC Invite with 47 in a 21-team field, Reed Hagen first, Noah Lefko fourth, and moves from fifth to second on a course we priced a minute slow. Ponte Vedra, Vanguard and Leon sat; Leon was entered at Nights of Thunder and the varsity race never ran. Tavares won the Astronaut Invitational with 64 in a 32-team field, Liam Ilea second in 16:21.5 and three boys between 17:13 and 17:18, and the win is not held against them. Bishop Kenny won the Buchholz Bobcats Classic with 138 over Buchholz 4A's 147, Dayne Kimball and Quinn Mullaney seventh and eighth, and moves from thirteenth to tenth. Fort Walton Beach, another team that lost its race to the lightning, is first out.
A team is ranked on its whole season, with the most recent race counting most, and a meet it won never counts against it. The virtual race behind these scores contains only Class 3A 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. Races are not won until the kids have run. Enjoy.
About the times. The average on each line is the season figure the scoring uses, in Cecil Field terms. The times next to each runner are season figures too; the race log for every runner is on the rankings page.
The statewide lists: Week 4 boys team top 10 and Week 4 girls team top 10. The 3A boys individuals are here, and the week 3 edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 3A girls, 1A boys, 2A boys, 4A boys.
1. Belen Jesuit (Miami) -- 58 points
Season average 15:54.4 · 1-5 spread 1:17.0 · finished 1-7-8-20-22 in the class Won in week 3; that run is not held against them.
Armando Cruz 15:06.0; Jack Michalak 15:47.0; Liam Salom 15:54.0; Nicholas Veloso 16:22.0; Dominic De Armas 16:23.0.
Did not race. The Horse Park win by 168 is left out because a win never lowers a team's figure, so the Cecil Field run ranks them, Cruz 15:06.0, Jack Michalak 15:47.0, Liam Salom 15:54.0, Nicholas Veloso 16:22.0, Dominic De Armas 16:23.0, a 15:54.4 average that is the only sub-16:00 team figure in Florida. Mantecon is not in the five because the only race he has run is the one that is not counted. First by 152 points in a 98-team class.
2. Fort Myers -- 210 points
Season average 16:38.5 · 1-5 spread 1:58.3 · finished 4-18-26-71-91 in the class · This week: 1st of 21 at the Fort Myers XC Invite (47).
Reed Hagen 15:33.9; Trae Britton 16:20.0; Noah Lefko 16:27.9; Elijah Brown 17:18.5; Brock Jackson 17:32.2.
Won the Fort Myers XC Invite with 47 over Naples 3A's 74 in a 21-team field: Reed Hagen first in 16:26.6, Noah Lefko fourth in 17:09.6, Elijah Brown ninth in 18:17.3, Brock Jackson eleventh in 18:31.2, Karol Mika 23rd. Trae Britton did not finish; his 16:20.0 from Cecil Field still counts. The course ran about a minute slow by the boys who have also run state, and that reading carries them from fifth to second. Britton healthy closes a 1:58.3 spread that is the widest in the top five.
3. Ponte Vedra -- 263 points
Season average 16:57.3 · 1-5 spread 1:13.6 · finished 9-60-61-66-67 in the class
Luke Ross 16:00.3; Jack Feather 17:09.1; Aiden Killoran 17:09.5; Logan Hunt 17:13.5; Colin Bovee 17:13.9.
Did not race. Sixth at the Horse Park with 298, the first 3A team behind Belen in that race: Luke Ross 16:00.3, then Jack Feather, Aiden Killoran, Logan Hunt and Colin Bovee inside five seconds of each other from 17:09 to 17:14. Second to third as Fort Myers went past on the season figures.
4. Vanguard (Ocala) -- 286 points
Season average 16:59.3 · 1-5 spread 1:37.9 · finished 21-34-35-59-137 in the class
Trevor Berquist 16:22.0; Lachlan Bryniarski 16:41.0; Jacob Rogers 16:47.5; Christopher Taylor 17:06.1; Cooper Gumpert 18:00.0.
Did not race. Three meets with the same five and the same figures: Trevor Berquist 16:22.0, Lachlan Bryniarski 16:41.0, Jacob Rogers 16:47.5, Christopher Taylor 17:06.1, Cooper Gumpert 18:00.0, a 16:59.3 average on a 1:37.9 spread. Third to fourth.
5. Tavares -- 287 points
Season average 16:58.5 · 1-5 spread 1:52.7 · finished 13-42-45-53-134 in the class · This week: 1st of 32 at the Astronaut Invitational (64).
Liam Ilea 16:05.1; Navid Lozano 16:51.4; Nicholas Alvarez 16:58.1; Emiliano Lozano 17:00.3; Omar Castillo 17:57.7.
Won the Astronaut Invitational with 64 over Wiregrass Ranch 4A's 84 in a 32-team field: Liam Ilea second in 16:21.5, Navid Lozano eighth in 17:13.1, Nicholas Alvarez ninth in 17:13.5, Emiliano Lozano twelfth in 17:18.0, Omar Castillo 33rd in 18:06.2. Astronaut reads slow, the run counts because it is their best, and it moves them from sixth to fifth, a point behind Vanguard. Four races in four weeks.
6. Leon (Tallahassee) -- 292 points
Season average 16:58.7 · 1-5 spread 1:45.1 · finished 17-28-40-72-135 in the class
Isaiah Renn 16:13.4; Carson Weiss 16:33.9; Asher McGrew 16:49.0; Andrew Barnes 17:18.5; Sam Ito 17:58.5.
Was entered at Nights of Thunder and the varsity race never ran; the JV was third. Still on Dueling Summits from August 22, a course we price from a thin sample: Isaiah Renn 17:09.8 there, worth about 16:13, Carson Weiss 16:33.9, Asher McGrew 16:49.0, Andrew Barnes 17:18.5, Sam Ito 17:58.5 leveled. Fourth to sixth, and a team that badly needs a rated race.
7. St. Augustine -- 393 points
Season average 17:17.0 · 1-5 spread 1:44.8 · finished 24-37-55-121-156 in the class
Elijah Parkinson 16:27.7; Keanan DiPrimo 16:48.3; Micah Parkinson 17:04.9; Thorian Olson-Buks 17:51.5; Dimitrios Chaconas 18:12.5.
Did not race. Second at DeLand with 65: Elijah Parkinson 16:27.7, Keanan DiPrimo 16:48.3, Micah Parkinson 17:04.9, Thorian Olson-Buks 17:51.5, Dimitrios Chaconas 18:12.5. Seventh, where they were.
8. Chiles (Tallahassee) -- 419 points
Season average 17:17.4 · 1-5 spread 2:21.7 · finished 11-56-70-103-179 in the class
Jonathan Kiros 16:01.7; Jack Nottingham 17:05.2; Emerson Gandy 17:17.0; Noah Olson 17:39.6; Camp Andrews 18:23.4.
Was entered at Nights of Thunder and the varsity race did not run. Jonathan Kiros 16:01.7, Jack Nottingham 17:05.2, Emerson Gandy 17:17.0, Noah Olson 17:39.6, Camp Andrews 18:23.4, a 2:21.7 spread that has been the problem since August. Eighth, where they were.
9. Osceola (Seminole) -- 441 points
Season average 17:25.7 · 1-5 spread 1:29.0 · finished 33-50-69-142-147 in the class Won in week 1; that run is not held against them.
Spencer Mehltretter 16:39.5; Sebastian Laviano 16:59.2; Duncan Mehltretter 17:16.1; Stone Gildner 18:05.0; Landen Whiteley 18:08.5.
Did not race. The Wellen Park win with 24 ranks them, the Ragin' Storm win before it does not because it would lower the figure: Spencer Mehltretter 16:39.5, Sebastian Laviano 16:59.2, Duncan Mehltretter 17:16.1, Stone Gildner 18:05.0, Landen Whiteley 18:08.5. Ninth, where they were.
10. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) -- 445 points
Season average 17:28.2 · 1-5 spread 1:11.2 · finished 44-51-79-127-144 in the class · This week: 1st of 25 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (138).
Quinn Mullaney 16:56.4; Dayne Kimball 17:00.0; Brian Martinez 17:23.6; Jack Mosqueda 17:53.5; Thomas Hurt 18:07.6.
Won the Buchholz Bobcats Classic with 138 over Buchholz 4A's 147 and Mandarin 4A's 153: Dayne Kimball seventh in 16:46.0, Quinn Mullaney eighth in 16:48.8, Jack Mosqueda 27th in 17:30.1, Thomas Hurt 42nd in 17:51.3, Cole Huron 54th in 18:01.9. Brian Martinez, their third man at the Horse Park, did not run. Thirteenth to tenth on the win, with a 1:11.2 spread that is the second-tightest in the ten.
Just missed
11. Fort Walton Beach, 451, lost its race to the lightning at Nights of Thunder and is still on the Dolphin Dash win; the 0:36.6 spread is the tightest in the class, and they are six points out of the ten. 12. Lincoln, 452, is still a projection; the group that ran Nights of Thunder was a JV. 13. Gulf Breeze, 485, was seventh at the Gulf Coast Stampede with 254, Owen Tucker fourth in 16:26.4 and a 2:31.3 spread behind him, and drops from tenth. 14. Rockledge, 495, was sixth at Astronaut with 245 on Noah Childrey and Brody Johnson in third and fourth and Jaxon Carter 17:15.9; the fourth man was 19:02.
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. The boys' field ran about a second slower in August than at state, and that is removed before a course is rated.
- Each runner is scored 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 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 3A team and are scored the way cross country is scored: top five count, sixth and seventh displace, five finishers required, low score wins. 98 3A boys teams cleared the bar; 2 of them are projections. Scores climb every week as more teams enter and are not comparable to last week's; compare the order and the averages.
- Where two teams in this class have raced each other with at least three of their scoring seven, and neither has raced since, the team that won ranks ahead of the team it beat. Those moves are listed above.
- A team whose returning five have not raced is entered on last November's state times and marked (P). A returner who has raced for another school this season is not projected at the old one.
- Classes are 2026-27, resolved against the FHSAA classification documents.