Week 8 Class 4A Boys Team Top 10: Florida Cross Country Rankings

Florida Class 4A 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.

Flagler Palm Coast went to the Manhattan University Invitational in the Bronx and was third of 25 teams in Varsity Boys C with 123, with Douglas Seth fourth, Mateo Almeida ninth and Dylan Ciardi 26th. The Manhattan course is 2.5 miles, so we convert those times to a 5K before we price the course, and on that number FPC moves from seventh to third.

At the Snake Bite Invite in Boca Raton, Columbus won with 58, Braddock was second with 64, Spanish River third with 71 and Doral fourth with 77. Doral, fifth last week, drops below Spanish River, the team that beat it, and out of the ten. Lake Minneola won the Wildwood Invitational with 17. Buchholz won HMT in Gainesville, but we are treating Buchholz's day there as a workout, not a race.

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 4A 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 4A boys individuals are here, and last week’s edition of this list is here. The other classes this week: 4A girls, 1A boys, 2A boys, 3A boys.

1. Nease (Ponte Vedra): 179 points

Converted average 16:37.1 · 1-5 spread 0:55.7 · finished 11-14-45-46-63 in the class

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:17.6; Joseph Morley 16:50.0; Charles Carlson 16:50.4; Austin Courson 17:01.6.

Did not race. Seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions on October 3 with 291, Matthew Ishee 37th, and third at Roy Griak on September 19. First on our call.

2. Niceville: 149 points

Converted average 16:30.8 · 1-5 spread 1:00.2 · finished 6-18-35-41-49 in the class

Bryant Olson 15:51.6; Brody Mathis 16:22.3; Sebastian Riemer 16:40.9; Carson Jackson 16:47.2; Reid Sadowski 16:51.8.

Did not race. Won the Wildcat Invitational on October 3 with 22, and was sixth at the Southern Showcase on September 19. Best in the class-only virtual race; second here.

3. Flagler Palm Coast: 257 points

Converted average 16:45.1 · 1-5 spread 1:30.0 · finished 8-32-34-68-115 in the class

Douglas Seth 15:55.8; Dylan Ciardi 16:38.0; Mateo Almeida 16:40.5; Enzo McGovern 17:05.3; Owen Stackpole 17:25.9.

Third of 25 in Varsity Boys C at Manhattan on Saturday with 123: Seth fourth in 13:08.2, Almeida ninth in 13:17.1, Ciardi 26th, Enzo McGovern 43rd and Owen Stackpole 46th, a front five inside a minute for 2.5 miles. Up from seventh.

4. Hagerty (Oviedo): 286 points

Converted average 16:51.0 · 1-5 spread 1:07.3 · finished 20-24-52-60-130 in the class

Camden Thompson 16:23.8; Nate Winslow 16:26.7; Wesley Lizon 16:55.1; Reid Henson 16:58.3; Elijah Lizon 17:31.1.

Did not race. Won its own Hagerty Invitational on September 26 with 95 and the McKinney Classic on September 19. Camden Thompson and Nate Winslow lead.

5. Columbus (Miami): 296 points

Converted average 16:56.0 · 1-5 spread 0:52.2 · finished 16-43-70-81-86 in the class · This week: 1st of 15 at the Snake Bite Invite (58).

Nicholas Garcia 16:20.3; Lundin Steven 16:49.4; Lucas Saenz 17:07.5; Valerio Rodriguez 17:10.2; Bryce Barger 17:12.5.

Won the Snake Bite Invite on Saturday with 58: Nicholas Garcia fourth, Jose Luis Cordero 11th, Lundin Steven 13th. Ahead of Braddock and Doral, the two teams it beat.

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6. Braddock (Miami): 394 points

Converted average 17:07.1 · 1-5 spread 0:42.0 · finished 44-56-66-96-132 in the class · This week: 2nd of 15 at the Snake Bite Invite (64).

Yanliet Gomezdelafe 16:49.7; Jacob Castanedo 16:56.6; Ian Vicente 17:02.0; Lucas Knight 17:15.5; Liano Lacayo 17:31.6.

Second at Snake Bite on Saturday with 64, six points behind Columbus: Jacob Castanedo sixth, Yanliet Gomezdelafe ninth, Ian Vicente tenth, Lucas Knight 12th. Won the Larry Wooten Invitational on September 25 with 23.

7. Lake Minneola: 375 points

Converted average 16:44.6 · 1-5 spread 2:50.5 · finished 3-15-27-38-292 in the class · This week: 1st of 12 at the Wildwood MH School Invitational (17).

Quentin Thompson 15:39.3; Jacob Kelly 16:19.1; Drew Sasson 16:29.8; Matthew Lydiard 16:44.9; Noah Perez 18:29.8.

Won the Wildwood Invitational on Saturday with 17: Quentin Thompson, Jacob Kelly, Matthew Lydiard and Drew Sasson first to fourth. Third of 37 at PR'ville on September 26.

8. Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel): 430 points

Converted average 17:08.1 · 1-5 spread 1:23.7 · finished 26-39-79-108-178 in the class

Avi Bhatia 16:29.1; Bogdan Anghel 16:45.2; Wade Pheffer 17:10.1; Dominic Martin 17:23.5; Christian Gonzalez 17:52.8.

Did not race. Sixth of 19 at the Wild Bulldog Invitational on October 3, and won the Stampede Sprint on September 26 with 49. Holds its place.

9. Newsome (Lithia): 439 points

Converted average 17:03.7 · 1-5 spread 1:48.4 · finished 7-51-113-114-154 in the class

Jonas Williams 15:52.8; Johnathan Robison 16:53.5; Drake Jones 17:25.1; Ronald Ramos 17:25.7; Caden King 17:41.2.

Did not race. Won the Don Bishop Invitational on October 3 with 47, Jonas Williams second to Jaxon Kiper. Holds its place.

10. Buchholz (Gainesville): 506 points

Converted average 17:12.8 · 1-5 spread 1:33.6 · finished 22-42-50-193-199 in the class

Andrew Sides 16:25.7; Quinn Meyer 16:47.3; Finn Richards 16:52.6; Jacob Motamarry 17:58.9; Reece Davis 17:59.3.

Won HMT on Saturday with 52, a day we are treating as a workout. Eighteenth of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions on October 3, nine places ahead of Spanish River, which keeps it above Spanish River. Andrew Sides leads. New to the ten.

Just missed

Spanish River (Boca Raton) was third at Snake Bite with 71, Casey Sangely first individually, and beat Doral Academy by six points; Doral, fifth last week, sits behind it. St. Cloud won the Harmony Longhorn Invitational on October 3.

Where the virtual race disagrees with this list

Spanish River over Doral Academy: 3rd and 4th at the Snake Bite Invite, and they have not met since.
Buchholz over Spanish River: 18th and 27th at the Great American XC Festival, and they have not met since.
Nease over Niceville: Nease over Niceville is the statewide call: Nease was seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions and third at Roy Griak, and no Florida team but Belen has beaten its full varsity.
Braddock over Lake Minneola: Braddock over Lake Minneola matches the statewide list; the two have not met.
Wiregrass Ranch over Buchholz: Wiregrass Ranch did not race this weekend and holds its place. Buchholz's HMT run is treated as a workout, not a race, so its last result is 18th of 40 at the Great American, and the two have not met.
Newsome over Buchholz: Newsome did not race this weekend and holds its place. It won the Don Bishop Invitational on Oct. 3, and it has not met Buchholz.

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 4A team, scored the way cross country is scored. 139 4A 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.
Manhattan is counted: times are converted from 2.5 miles to a 5K before the course is priced.
Buchholz's runs at HMT on October 10 are treated as a workout, not a race.
Braddock over Lake Minneola matches the statewide list; Wiregrass Ranch and Newsome did not race and hold their places.

Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.

Logos: Nease High School; Niceville High School; Flagler Palm Coast High School. Card art: Run Florida Run.

The week 8 class team lists for boys: 1A · 2A · 3A · 4A.