Nease and Niceville hold the top two in the Class 4A boys team rankings after New World, Hagerty is third, Flagler Palm Coast is fourth at full strength, and Doral and Creekside join the ten.
Florida Class 4A 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.
Nease was second in the Boys Elite race with 93, behind only Belen Jesuit of 3A, and more than 100 points clear of every other 4A team. Niceville was the next 4A team across, fifth with 270, a week after Hurricane Isaias closed its school. They stay first and second.
Flagler Palm Coast ran without Mateo Almeida, its No. 3, and scored 397. With Almeida placed at 16:06, slower than his season says he runs, it scores 307, ahead of every other 4A team behind Nease and Niceville. Hagerty did not race, holds the place it has on our statewide list, and is third, with Flagler Palm Coast fourth. Columbus, Doral Academy, Braddock and Creekside come next, in the order they finished at full strength. Doral and Creekside are new to the ten.
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 9 boys team top 10 and Week 9 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): 138 points
Converted average 16:31.9 · 1-5 spread 0:42.3 · finished 10-15-35-37-41 in the class · This week: 2nd of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (93).
Matthew Ishee 16:06.3; Rishi Chopra 16:19.8; Charles Carlson 16:41.2; Joseph Morley 16:43.4; Austin Courson 16:48.6.
Second of 46 at New World with 93: Matthew Ishee 12th in 15:13, Rishi Chopra 21st, Charles Carlson 27th, Austin Courson 29th, Joseph Morley 36th, five runners inside 27 seconds. The only Florida team to beat it this fall is Belen. First.
2. Niceville: 182 points
Converted average 16:39.8 · 1-5 spread 0:59.7 · finished 6-24-47-48-57 in the class · This week: 5th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (270).
Bryant Olson 15:59.6; Brody Mathis 16:32.0; Sebastian Riemer 16:53.6; Reid Sadowski 16:54.4; Carson Jackson 16:59.4.
Fifth at New World with 270, the second 4A team: Bryant Olson ninth in 15:11, Brody Mathis 51st, Reid Sadowski 68th, Sebastian Riemer 100th, Carson Jackson 111th. Won the Wildcat Invitational on October 3 with 22. Second.
3. Hagerty (Oviedo): 265 points
Converted average 16:51.0 · 1-5 spread 1:07.3 · finished 17-19-50-54-125 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, two points ahead of Lake Highland Prep, with Camden Thompson and Nate Winslow leading. Third, the order of our statewide list, where it is sixth and Flagler Palm Coast seventh; the two have not met since August.
4. Flagler Palm Coast: 256 points
Converted average 16:47.1 · 1-5 spread 1:25.9 · finished 7-27-34-65-123 in the class · This week: 11th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (397).
Douglas Seth 16:04.2; Dylan Ciardi 16:34.9; Mateo Almeida 16:40.5; Enzo McGovern 17:05.9; Owen Stackpole 17:30.1.
Eleventh at New World with 397, without Mateo Almeida, its No. 3 on the season: Douglas Seth 20th in 15:26, Dylan Ciardi 28th, Enzo McGovern 86th, Owen Stackpole 165th, Brayden Murray 177th. With Almeida placed at 16:06, it scores 307 at full strength, ahead of Columbus, Doral, Braddock and Creekside. Fourth.
5. Columbus (Miami): 285 points
Converted average 16:56.0 · 1-5 spread 0:52.2 · finished 16-43-69-76-81 in the class · This week: 7th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (349).
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.
Seventh at New World with 349: Nicholas Garcia 37th in 15:40, Lundin Steven 61st, then Jeremiah Elington, Jose Luis Cordero and Thomas Stanley within five seconds of each other. Won the Miami-Dade Youth Fair on Friday with 49 and Snake Bite on October 10. Fifth.
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6. Doral Academy: 412 points
Converted average 17:07.2 · 1-5 spread 1:20.8 · finished 13-66-85-106-142 in the class · This week: 8th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (353).
Martin Fernandez 16:17.2; Rafaele D'Agostino 17:06.5; Pedro Rodriguez 17:13.3; Joaquin Cogo 17:21.0; Javier Parker 17:37.9.
Eighth at New World with 353, four points behind Columbus: Martin Fernandez 11th in 15:12, Rafaele D'Agostino 76th, Joaquin Cogo 89th, Pedro Rodriguez 113th, Sebastian Omegna 142nd. Fourth at Snake Bite the week before, behind Columbus, Braddock and Spanish River; New World is the newer meeting, and it beat Braddock there. New to the ten at sixth.
7. Braddock (Miami): 368 points
Converted average 17:07.1 · 1-5 spread 0:43.8 · finished 42-58-64-75-129 in the class · This week: 10th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (373).
Yanliet Gomezdelafe 16:49.1; Ian Vicente 16:59.5; Jacob Castanedo 17:04.6; Lucas Knight 17:09.6; Liano Lacayo 17:32.9.
Tenth at New World with 373: Yanliet Gomezdelafe 53rd in 15:54, Ian Vicente 64th, Lucas Knight 69th, Jacob Castanedo 120th, Liano Lacayo 154th. Creekside beat it by a point on the day, but at full strength they tie at 380 and Braddock wins the sixth-runner tiebreaker, 157th to 189th. Seventh.
8. Creekside (St. Johns): 719 points
Converted average 17:37.9 · 1-5 spread 1:00.4 · finished 74-112-147-156-230 in the class · This week: 9th of 46 at the New World Fall Spectacular (372).
Eli Scharf 17:09.3; Chase Petrick 17:24.4; Bryce Cunningham 17:41.0; Samuel Cassiani 17:45.0; Mihir Jha 18:09.7.
Ninth at New World with 372, one point ahead of Braddock: Eli Scharf 24th in 15:31, Bryce Cunningham 66th, Samuel Cassiani 77th, Chase Petrick 127th, Zachary Thomas 159th. Fifth at the Speziale Invitational on October 3 and second at Bale-N-Trail. New to the ten at eighth; our statewide list has it 12th in the state.
9. Lake Minneola: 363 points
Converted average 16:44.6 · 1-5 spread 2:50.5 · finished 2-14-21-39-287 in the class
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.
Did not race. Won the Wildwood Invitational on October 10 with 17, Quentin Thompson, Jacob Kelly, Matthew Lydiard and Drew Sasson first through fourth, and was third of 37 at PR'ville on September 26. Ninth, behind the three New World teams our statewide list ranks tenth through 12th.
10. Newsome (Lithia): 430 points
Converted average 17:03.7 · 1-5 spread 1:48.4 · finished 5-46-114-116-149 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 its varsity at New World. Won the Don Bishop Invitational on October 3 with 47, Jonas Williams second, and its underclassmen won the Hillsborough County freshman-sophomore meet on Wednesday. Holds tenth.
Just missed
Buchholz (Gainesville) ran New World without Finn Richards, its No. 3, and was 13th with 471; with Richards placed at 16:16 it scores 407 at full strength and moves ahead of Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel), which was 12th on the day with 433, Bogdan Anghel 15th in 15:20. They are 11th and 12th. Spanish River (Boca Raton) was 16th with 503, led by Casey Sangely, and is 13th.
Where the virtual race disagrees with this list
- Doral Academy over Braddock: 361 to 380 at the New World Fall Spectacular, scored at full strength.
- Hagerty over Flagler Palm Coast; Doral Academy, Braddock and Creekside over Lake Minneola; Creekside over Newsome: the order of our statewide list (Hagerty No. 6, Doral Academy No. 10, Braddock No. 11, Creekside No. 12). A class list never runs against the statewide one.
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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 4A team, scored the way cross country is scored. 141 4A 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.
- Flagler Palm Coast and Buchholz are ranked on their full-strength New World scores: Mateo Almeida went in at 16:06 and Finn Richards at 16:16.
- Hagerty, Lake Minneola and Newsome did not race at New World and hold their places against the teams they have not met. Lake Minneola is ninth because our statewide list ranks Doral, Braddock and Creekside, all New World teams, ahead of it.
Every result behind this list is in the rankings section, and the full weekend is in the weekend recap.
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