Belen Jesuit holds first in the Class 3A boys team rankings, and St. Augustine and Bishop Kenny come into the ten after going one-two at the JAC Invitational.
Florida Class 3A 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.
St. Augustine won the JAC Invitational in Jacksonville with 49, one point ahead of Bishop Kenny, with Elijah Parkinson second individually and Keanan DiPrimo fourth. Kenny had its No. 1, Dayne Kimball, back, and both teams come into the ten, St. Augustine above the team it beat. Fleming Island was fourth at JAC with 75 and moves up to ninth. Ponte Vedra was fifth there with one of its top seven, and that race is not held against it. Lincoln and Osceola did not race and drop out: St. Augustine and Kenny are well clear of them on the figure.
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 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.
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 3A boys individuals are here, and last week’s 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
Converted average 15:47.6 · 1-5 spread 1:27.6 · finished 1-3-5-17-32 in the class
Marcelo Mantecon 15:06.4; Armando Cruz 15:21.1; Jack Michalak 15:38.8; Nicholas Veloso 16:17.9; Dominic De Armas 16:34.0.
Did not race. Second of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions on October 3 with 117: Mantecon first in 14:35.9, Cruz sixth, Michalak 19th, Veloso 55th. First by a long way.
2. Ponte Vedra: 237 points
Converted average 16:49.5 · 1-5 spread 1:43.0 · finished 6-39-47-51-94 in the class
Luke Ross 15:54.5; Colin Bovee 16:46.6; Aiden Killoran 16:52.7; Logan Hunt 16:56.3; Nathaniel Marciani 17:37.5.
Fifth at JAC on Saturday with one of its scoring seven, which is not held against it. Won the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3 with 26, three points ahead of Vanguard. Ahead of the team it beat.
3. Vanguard (Ocala): 172 points
Converted average 16:36.9 · 1-5 spread 0:57.9 · finished 21-22-25-29-75 in the class
Trevor Berquist 16:22.9; Jacob Rogers 16:24.2; Lachlan Bryniarski 16:27.0; Christopher Taylor 16:29.6; Cooper Gumpert 17:20.8.
Did not race. Second at Speziale on October 3 with 29. Christopher Taylor, Jacob Rogers, Lachlan Bryniarski and Trevor Berquist are seven seconds apart on the season.
4. Fort Myers: 205 points
Converted average 16:38.5 · 1-5 spread 1:58.3 · finished 4-18-27-71-85 in the class
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 Bulldog Invitational in Cape Coral on Saturday with 55 with one of its scoring seven in the race. Won the flrunners.com Race of Champions on October 3 with 86, Noah Lefko and Trae Britton 11th and 12th.
5. Leon (Tallahassee): 305 points
Converted average 16:58.7 · 1-5 spread 1:45.1 · finished 13-31-44-72-145 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.
Did not race. Won the St. John Paul II Panther Invite on September 26 with 15, Isaiah Renn first in 16:20.1.
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6. Tavares: 319 points
Converted average 16:59.7 · 1-5 spread 2:00.1 · finished 10-46-50-56-157 in the class
Liam Ilea 16:04.9; Navid Lozano 16:52.4; Nicholas Alvarez 16:56.3; Emiliano Lozano 16:59.9; Eric Chen 18:05.0.
Did not race. Second in the flrunners.com Race of Champions on October 3 with 111, behind Fort Myers; Liam Ilea was second individually.
7. St. Augustine: 403 points
Converted average 17:12.6 · 1-5 spread 1:43.2 · finished 23-37-45-137-161 in the class · This week: 1st of 7 at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational (49).
Elijah Parkinson 16:25.1; Keanan DiPrimo 16:44.5; Micah Parkinson 16:49.2; Thorian Olson-Buks 17:55.9; Bryce Wilkerson 18:08.4.
Won JAC on Saturday with 49, one point ahead of Bishop Kenny: Elijah Parkinson second in 16:32.2, DiPrimo fourth, Micah Parkinson sixth. Fifth at Bale-N-Trail on September 26. New to the ten.
8. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville): 370 points
Converted average 17:19.0 · 1-5 spread 0:50.7 · finished 40-64-67-98-101 in the class · This week: 2nd of 7 at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational (50).
Dayne Kimball 16:48.1; Quinn Mullaney 17:14.1; Brian Martinez 17:15.7; Ethan Reid 17:38.4; Jack Mosqueda 17:38.9.
Second at JAC on Saturday with 50, one point behind St. Augustine, with Dayne Kimball seventh, Brian Martinez tenth and Quinn Mullaney 11th. Forty-first of 44 at the Nike XC Town Twilight in Indiana on October 3. New to the ten.
9. Fleming Island: 424 points
Converted average 17:15.7 · 1-5 spread 1:49.8 · finished 24-28-69-128-175 in the class · This week: 4th of 7 at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational (75).
JP Strombeck 16:25.1; Luke Janke 16:29.1; Ryder Muyres 17:17.7; Andrew Lou 17:51.8; Jack Loehr 18:14.9.
Fourth at JAC on Saturday with 75, JP Strombeck eighth and Luke Janke ninth. Third at Bale-N-Trail on September 26 with 100. Up from tenth.
10. Chiles (Tallahassee): 492 points
Converted average 17:24.7 · 1-5 spread 2:23.4 · finished 14-48-84-121-225 in the class
Jonathan Kiros 16:13.7; Jack Nottingham 16:53.2; Emerson Gandy 17:30.7; Noah Olson 17:48.9; Camp Andrews 18:37.0.
Did not race. Fourth in the flrunners.com Race of Champions on October 3 with 179, ahead of Lincoln and Osceola. Jonathan Kiros leads.
Just missed
Naples won the McGarity Invitational on Saturday with 37 and beat Lincoln (Tallahassee) at flrunners.com on October 3. Lincoln, eighth last week, did not race. Osceola (Seminole) did not race and sits behind Chiles and Lincoln, which beat it at flrunners.com.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- Ponte Vedra over Vanguard: 1st and 2nd at the Craig Speziale Invitational, and they have not met since.
- St. Augustine over Bishop Kenny: 1st and 2nd at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational, and they have not met since.
- Chiles over Osceola: 4th and 7th at the flrunners.com Invitational, and they have not met since.
- Lincoln over Osceola: 6th and 7th at the flrunners.com Invitational, and they have not met since.
- Naples over Lincoln: 5th and 6th at the flrunners.com Invitational, and they have not met since.
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 3A team, scored the way cross country is scored. 121 3A 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.
- St. Augustine and Bishop Kenny pass Chiles, Lincoln and Osceola on figures well clear of theirs, not by beating them; none of those teams is marked down for sitting out.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
Logos: Belen Jesuit Preparatory School; Ponte Vedra High School; Vanguard High School. Card art: Run Florida Run.