Thomas Carrizo of FAU High and Emily Del Mazo of Community School of Naples lead Florida's seventh graders in the high school 5K. The top 10 boys and girls, with the times they ran.
Florida seventh graders, high school 5K, cross country season through October 8, 2026
Seventh graders racing the high school 5K are mostly at small private schools, and a lot of them are their team's scorers. This list ranks only them, and only in the 5K. Our September list, which mixed in the middle school 3K, is here.
Thomas Carrizo of FAU High leads the boys. He was 41st of 379 in the 1A-2A race at the Spanish River Invitational in 18:00.8, 21 places ahead of Daniel Hage. Reed Corbett of Lakeland Christian has the fastest time, 17:53.5 at the Raider Open, but that course runs fast.
The girls are led by Emily Del Mazo of Community School of Naples, who won the Cape Coral Seahawk Invite outright in 20:08.7, first of 151. Kaitlyn Conboy of Circle Christian and Natalie Kay of Oak Hall have the two fastest times by seventh-grade girls, 20:07.0 and 20:07.1.
A missed meet never counts against anyone, and we use data plus our own eyes, so we will miss one or two along the way.
About the times: every runner is listed with a time they actually ran. The number in parentheses is what we think that run is worth on the Cecil Field course in Jacksonville, the same scale as our weekly rankings, so a fast course and a slow course can be compared. When two runners on a list have raced each other, the finish decides it, and a loss stands until they meet again.
Seventh-Grade Boys Top 10
1. Thomas Carrizo, FAU High (Boca Raton) 2A - 18:11.8 at the Pine Crest meet (18:18.2)
Ran 18:11.8 for 38th of 406 at the Pine Crest meet and 18:00.8 for 41st at the Spanish River Invitational, ahead of Hage and Benjamin Airdo. He was fourth of 166 at the King's Academy Invitational.
2. Sutton Bolitho, Aletheia Christian Academy - 19:07.2 at the Wildcat Invitational (18:11.2)
Five races in the Panhandle and Alabama, every one in a varsity field. He ran 18:11.6 at the Dolphin Run and 19:07.2 for 26th of 137 at the Wildcat Invitational on October 3, a slow course where that is worth about 18:11. He beat Luke Haddox twice. He and Carrizo have not met.
3. Daniel Hage, Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale) 2A - 18:38.9 at the Dr. Garcia Bulldog Invite (18:11.8)
Won the JV race at the Dr. Garcia Bulldog Invite, first of 140 in 18:38.9. At Spanish River he ran 18:33.0, 21 places behind Carrizo.
4. Reed Corbett, Lakeland Christian 1A - 17:53.5 at the Raider Open (18:37.3)
The fastest seventh grader in Florida on the clock: 17:53.5 for 23rd of 161 at the Raider Open on September 19. That course runs fast, and the run is worth about 18:37 on ours. He beat Caleb Main that day and Wyatt Vose at the St. Cloud Invitational.
5. Caleb Main, Seffner Christian 1A - 19:42.3 at Jim Ryun (19:04.1)
Ran 18:28.4 at the Raider Open, behind Corbett, and 19:04.4 for 49th of 163 at the Don Bishop Invitational on October 3.
6. Luke Haddox, Pensacola Christian 1A - 19:15.0 at the Eagle Invitational at Pine Forest (19:04.1)
Third of 141 in the JV race at the Daphne Invitational in 18:35.6. Bolitho beat him at the Eagle Invitational at Pine Forest and again at the Dolphin Run.
7. Niam Merchea, Bolles (Jacksonville) 2A - 18:58.3 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational (19:03.5)
Ran 18:58.3 for 54th of 453 in the JV race at the Florida Horse Park Invitational, then went to North Carolina for the adidas XC Challenge and was 119th of 287 in the JV race.
8. Mason Matyas, Shorecrest Prep (St. Petersburg) 1A - 19:52.7 at the flrunners.com Invitational (19:21.2)
Ran 19:28.2 for 51st of 130 at the Mitchell Mustang Invite and 19:52.7 for 61st of 328 in the Friday varsity race at the flrunners.com Invitational.
9. Wyatt Box, Harvest Community (Jacksonville) 1A - 19:50.5 at the Craig Speziale Invitational (19:11.7)
Ran 19:50.5 for 59th of 101 in the varsity race at the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3. Speziale ran slow that day, so that is worth about 19:12, the best run of his season.
10. Wyatt Vose, Cornerstone Charter Academy 2A - 19:46.5 at the JT Memorial (19:29.2)
Ran 19:46.5 for 26th of 127 at the JT Memorial on September 11. Corbett beat him at St. Cloud.
Next up: Valiant Stoddard (Atlantic Christian, 1A) beat Benjamin Airdo at the South Fork Invitational on October 3. Benjamin Airdo (Westminster Academy, 1A) ran 19:00.1 at Spanish River. Joseph Flynn (Ridgeview Global Studies) ran 19:57.0 at the Lake Region Invitational. Andrew Miranda (Taylor) beat teammate Colin Hanks twice.
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Seventh-Grade Girls Top 10
1. Emily Del Mazo, Community School (Naples) 1A - 20:08.7 at the Cape Coral Seahawk Invite (19:29.9)
Won the Cape Coral Seahawk Invite outright in 20:08.7, first of 151 varsity girls, then was second of 205 at the Fort Myers XC Invite in 20:37.2. Two varsity races, both near the front.
2. Kaitlyn Conboy, Circle Christian (Winter Park) 1A - 22:33.5 at the Bulldog Invitational (19:48.6)
Ran 20:07.0 for 42nd of 343 in the elite race at Cecil Field, the fastest time by a seventh-grade girl this year. She won the Bulldog Invitational and was eighth of 115 at the Hagerty Invitational on September 26, ahead of Scarlet Botic.
3. London Ross, Ransom Everglades (Miami) 2A - 21:07.6 at the Astronaut Invitational (20:26.1)
Ran 20:15.2 for eighth of 98 at the STU Bobcat Invitational on September 26. She was second at the Palmer Trinity Invitational, ahead of Lia Chaustre, and 16th of 155 at the Astronaut Invitational.
4. Ana Lucia Barba, FAU High (Boca Raton) 2A - 20:52.9 at the Pine Crest meet (20:49.1)
Ran 20:21.2 for 18th of 301 at the Spanish River Invitational and was fourth of 129 at the King's Academy Invitational. She beat Danika Mylett, Isla Oles and Anabelle Assad.
5. Natalie Kay, Oak Hall (Gainesville) 1A - 20:07.1 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (20:08.0)
Ran 20:07.1 for tenth of 163 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic, a tenth of a second off Conboy's best. She beat her teammate Madeline Kay there and at the Whispering Pines Invitational.
6. Evelyn George, P. K. Yonge (Gainesville) 2A - 20:50.8 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (20:51.7)
Second of 94 at the Indian Invite on October 3 in 20:51.5. Natalie and Madeline Kay beat her at Buchholz.
7. Lia Chaustre, True North (Miami) 1A - 21:42.2 at King of the Hill (21:15.0)
Tenth of 239 at King of the Hill in 21:42.2. Ross beat her at Palmer Trinity.
8. Harper McDonald, Seacrest Country Day (Naples) 1A - 21:50.4 at the MIA Invitational (21:17.1)
Won the JV race at the Fort Myers XC Invite, then ran 21:50.4 for third at the MIA Invitational on October 3.
9. Madeline Kay, Oak Hall (Gainesville) 1A - 20:31.0 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (20:31.9)
Ran 20:31.0 for 16th at Buchholz. She beat Natalie at the Florida Horse Park Invitational, but Natalie has the newer win.
10. Bri Gladstein, Community School (Naples) 1A - 22:16.3 at the 3D Sommers Invitational (21:37.7)
Ran 22:16.3 for 15th of 127 at the 3D Sommers Invitational. Del Mazo beat her at Cape Coral.
Next up: Danika Mylett (The Pine School, 1A) ran 21:22.2 at Spanish River, behind Barba. Lainey Evans (Foundation Academy, 1A) ran 21:09.1 at the West Orange Invitational. Scarlet Botic (Lake Highland Prep, 2A) has five varsity races. Isla Oles (Westminster Academy, 1A) and Anabelle Assad (Oxbridge Academy, 1A) are next.
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How we ranked them
- Seventh grade only (Class of 2032), and high school 5Ks only. We checked every runner's grade against the result files. Middle school 3K races do not count here; every runner on this list has run at least one high school 5K.
- Every 5K is weighed against how that course ran, the same way as our weekly rankings, with Cecil Field as the yardstick. A runner's whole season counts, the most recent race the most, and a race a runner won never counts against them.
- Where runners are already placed on our published week 7 statewide or class lists, that order holds here too.
- A head-to-head loss stands until the two runners meet again. Races on September 12 and earlier no longer order anyone, though their times still count. When results go in a circle, the newest race decides. Where no race settles it, the season figures do.
- Results through October 8, 2026. Meets outside Florida count only for Florida runners. Only runners who have raced this fall are ranked, and a missed meet is never held against anyone.
The other grades: sixth grade, eighth grade, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors. This week's statewide lists are in the rankings section, and every result is in the Florida XC results database.
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Through October 8, 2026, Reed Corbett of Lakeland Christian has the fastest high school 5K by a seventh-grade boy (17:53.5 at the Raider Open), and Thomas Carrizo of FAU High is No. 1 on our list. Kaitlyn Conboy of Circle Christian ran the fastest by a seventh-grade girl, 20:07.0 at Cecil Field; Emily Del Mazo of Community School of Naples is No. 1.