Douglas Seth of Flagler Palm Coast and Annabella Tomasic of Bishop Moore lead Florida's tenth graders. The top 10 sophomore boys and girls, with three sophomore girls in the statewide top 10.
Florida sophomores, high school 5K, cross country season through October 8, 2026
Three of the top ten girls in Florida are sophomores. Annabella Tomasic of Bishop Moore won the Katie Caples Invitational and the Hagerty Invitational in 17:24 and 17:24.8. Lyla Hallick of Vanguard won the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3. Avery Hartley of Bartram Trail is tenth statewide.
Douglas Seth of Flagler Palm Coast leads the boys. His 15:20.7 for 13th of 250 in the championship race at the Southern Showcase is the fastest 5K by a Florida sophomore this year, and it came three places ahead of Bryant Olson of Niceville. Neither has raced since.
Our September sophomore list is here.
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.
Sophomore Boys Top 10
1. Douglas Seth, Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) 4A - 15:59.5 at the Spikes & Spurs Classic (15:31.7)
Won the Spikes & Spurs Classic, was fourth of 549 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational in 15:52.7, then ran 15:20.7 for 13th at the Southern Showcase, ahead of Olson. He has beaten every sophomore on this list he has raced.
2. Bryant Olson, Niceville 4A - 16:07.8 at the Pace Patriot Invitational (15:28.9)
Fifth of 354 in the elite race at Cecil Field in 15:44.0, then wins at the Eagle Invitational at Pine Forest and the Pace Patriot Invitational. He ran 15:27.6 at the Showcase, three places behind Seth.
3. Jeb Bremerman, Naples 3A - 16:44.3 at the Fort Myers XC Invite (15:40.4)
Five races. He won the Lehigh Invite and the Lakewood Ranch XC Invite, ran 15:39.0 for fifth at the North Port Invite, and was fourth of 153 in the Race of Champions at the flrunners.com Invitational on October 3.
4. Trevor Berquist, Vanguard (Ocala) 3A - 16:02.3 at the Rockledge Raider Classic (16:09.8)
Second of 104 at the Rockledge Raider Classic in 16:02.3, the best run of his season, and 18th of 549 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational. He was eighth at the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3 in 17:01.6, behind his teammates Christopher Taylor and Lachlan Bryniarski. One off day does not undo a season, so on our call that race does not order him; the time still counts in his figure. He beat Taylor and Bryniarski in all four of their races before Speziale.
5. Frederick Gunther, Pensacola Catholic 2A - 16:57.2 at the Pine Forest Invitational (15:55.4)
Six races. He won the Pine Forest Invitational and ran 15:52.8 for third of 217 at the Daphne Invitational. He was second at the Argonaut Invitational on September 26. Olson beat him twice in August.
6. Ryder Dempsey, Geneva Classical Academy - 16:30.3 at the Lake Region Invitational (15:56.9)
Won the SSAA championship and the Frostproof Invitational, and ran 15:57.2 for second of 172 at the Stampede Sprint on September 26. He was fifth of 276 at Jim Ryun in August.
7. Armaan Sharma, Bolles (Jacksonville) 2A - 16:01.5 at the adidas XC Challenge (16:21.4)
Ran 16:01.5 for 34th of 321 in the championship race at the adidas XC Challenge in North Carolina and was seventh in the elite race at Bale-N-Trail.
8. Christopher Taylor, Vanguard (Ocala) 3A - 16:38.9 at the Craig Speziale Invitational (16:00.2)
Second of 101 at the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3 in 16:38.9, ahead of Colin Bovee and his teammates Lachlan Bryniarski and Trevor Berquist, the best run of his season. Berquist had beaten him in all four of their races before that.
9. Dominic De Armas, Belen Jesuit (Miami) 3A - 15:57.0 at the Southern Showcase (16:22.5)
Ran 15:57.0 for 36th at the Showcase, ahead of Dylan Ciardi, and was 98th of 340 in the COROS Race of Champions at the Great American XC Festival.
10. Dylan Ciardi, Flagler Palm Coast (Palm Coast) 4A - 16:12.3 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational (16:17.5)
Fifteenth of 549 at the Horse Park in 16:12.3. De Armas beat him at the Showcase.
Next up: Aidan Alam (McKeel, 2A) was third at the Harmony Longhorn Invitational in 16:19.3. Lucian Burns (Marathon, 1A) was second of 379 in the 1A-2A race at the Spanish River Invitational in 16:18.7 and won the Race of Thoroughbreds Classic. Matteo Kirwan (Circle Christian, 1A) won the Bulldog Invitational. Evan Kirby (Fletcher, 4A) was second at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic, and Colin Bovee (Ponte Vedra, 3A) was fifth at Speziale.
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Sophomore Girls Top 10
1. Annabella Tomasic, Bishop Moore (Orlando) 3A - 17:24.8 at the Hagerty Invitational (17:43.6)
Won the Katie Caples Invitational in 17:24.0, the fastest 5K by a Florida sophomore this year, and the Hagerty Invitational in 17:24.8. She was third at the Florida Horse Park Invitational behind Hallick. She is sixth statewide and first in 3A.
2. Lyla Hallick, Vanguard (Ocala) 3A - 18:40.8 at the Craig Speziale Invitational (17:53.9)
Won the Rockledge Raider Classic in 18:10.8 and the Craig Speziale Invitational on October 3 in 18:40.8, a slow day there, ahead of Hartley. She beat Tomasic at the Horse Park in September; our 3A list has Tomasic first on her two wins since.
3. Avery Hartley, Bartram Trail (St. Johns) 4A - 18:13.0 at Cecil Field
Second of 343 in the elite race at Cecil Field in 18:13.0, and a win in the elite race at Bale-N-Trail in 18:17.5, ahead of Eva Delaney. She was 11th at Speziale on October 3, behind Hallick. She is tenth statewide.
4. Mary Summers, Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto) 1A - 18:32.9 at the Lecanto Invitational (18:29.3)
Won the Lecanto Invitational in 18:32.9 and was fourth at the Whispering Pines Invitational, behind Hallick. She has not raced since August 29. She is first in 1A.
5. Elise Brown, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) 4A - 19:15.7 at King of the Hill (18:48.5)
Seventh at Cecil Field in 18:50.0 and a win at King of the Hill, first of 239, ahead of teammate Kendall Parrott and Sofia Jimenez. She has not raced since September 10.
6. Emma-Claire Tanenbaum, Chiles (Tallahassee) 3A - 18:48.0 at Cecil Field
Third of 181 in the Race of Champions at the flrunners.com Invitational on October 3 in 19:04.5, ahead of Ana Cecilia Maia Menard. She was sixth at Cecil Field.
7. Sofie Stam, Bolles (Jacksonville) 2A - 18:20.1 at the adidas XC Challenge (19:03.9)
Ran 18:20.1 for eighth of 241 in the championship race at the adidas XC Challenge in North Carolina. She was second to Stella Krueger in the 3200 at the state track meet in May.
8. Holland McKinney, Episcopal (Jacksonville) 2A - 18:56.0 at the Katie Caples Invitational (19:25.8)
Fourth at Katie Caples in 18:56.0, ahead of Delaney, and 112th in the COROS Race of Champions at the Great American XC Festival.
9. Eva Delaney, Creekside (St. Johns) 4A - 18:44.8 at the Florida Horse Park Invitational (18:49.0)
Ran 18:19.0 for second in the Bale-N-Trail elite race, behind Hartley, and was sixth of 411 at the Horse Park. McKinney beat her at Katie Caples.
10. Ana Cecilia Maia Menard, Sunlake (Land O' Lakes) 4A - 19:32.8 at the flrunners.com Invitational (19:19.5)
Fourth at the FLRunners meet in 19:32.8, right behind Tanenbaum. She was second at the Nature Coast Shark Invitational.
Next up: Kendall Parrott (St. Thomas Aquinas, 4A) was third in the Race of Champions at the Spanish River Invitational in 19:11.7. Sofia Jimenez (Our Lady of Lourdes, 3A) was fifth there. Makaela Morilla (Spanish River, 4A), Brooke Pelkey and Brooklyn Brown (IMG Academy) are next.
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How we ranked them
- Sophomore only (Class of 2029), and high school 5Ks only. We checked every runner's grade against the result files.
- 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.
- Trevor Berquist's Craig Speziale race (October 3) does not order him against anyone. That is our call: one bad day, after he had beaten the runners ahead of him there in every earlier race. The time still counts in his season figure.
The other grades: sixth grade, seventh grade, eighth grade, freshmen, juniors, seniors. This week's statewide lists are in the rankings section, and every result is in the Florida XC results database.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Through October 8, 2026, Douglas Seth of Flagler Palm Coast has the fastest 5K by a Florida sophomore boy, 15:20.7 at the Southern Showcase, and leads our list. Annabella Tomasic of Bishop Moore has the fastest by a sophomore girl, 17:24.0 at the Katie Caples Invitational, and leads the girls.