Boys Middle School Individual Rankings — Week 5
#1 Drake Matyka — East Lake Middle School Academy (2031) · 10:19.3 at Jim Ryun (projects 9:41.3)
Won Running on the Range in 9:58.3 out of 169, four seconds ahead of Destremps and 30 ahead of Jobe, both of whom had beaten him at the Horse Park. Third at Jim Ryun, sixth at the Horse Park in 10:16.6. The Range course reads eight seconds fast by 70 runners, so Saturday projects 10:06 and his Jim Ryun run still carries the figure. First because he beat Destremps and nobody has beaten him since.
#2 RJ Destremps — Hillsborough Harriers (2031) · 10:08.4 at Jim Ryun (projects 9:30.4)
Second at Running on the Range in 10:01.9, his first loss of the season after wins at Jim Ryun and the Horse Park. His Jim Ryun run still projects 9:30.4, the best figure on the list by nine seconds. He is second because Matyka beat him on Saturday, and he holds second over Lomoriello because he beat him at Jim Ryun and they have not met since.
#3 Luke Lomoriello — Hobbs Middle School (2031) · 10:17.3 at Jim Ryun (projects 9:39.3)
Did not race. His 9:42.6 at the Gulf Coast Stampede on September 12 is still the fastest raw time by a Florida middle schooler this fall. He beat Matyka at Jim Ryun on August 22, but Destremps beat him in that race and Matyka beat Destremps on Saturday; the newer chain orders the three, and he is third. The day he races either of them, the grass decides.
#4 Tommy Schulte — Gulfview Middle (GCR) (2031) · 10:19.3 at Jim Ryun (projects 9:41.3)
Has not raced since Jim Ryun, where he finished fourth in the same time as Matyka. Four weekends off are not held against him. Fourth on figure; he has not met Jopling or Jobe.
#5 Lucca Wiseman — Pioneer Middle School (2031) · 10:43.3 at Markham Park (projects 9:51.2)
Won the middle school race at Week 3 at Markham Park in 10:43.3, 36 seconds ahead of the field, in his first race. Markham is a slow course and the reading here rests on two runners plus the pooled small-meet prior, so the projection is a guess with a number on it. Fifth on the arithmetic, and we will know a lot more the first time he runs a course we have measured.
#6 Liam Jopling — Ruckel Middle School (2031) · 10:25.0 at Nights of Thunder (projects 10:15.6)
Did not race. Won Nights of Thunder on the Apalachee Regional Park state course in 10:25.0 on September 12; ran 10:01.3 at the FLYRA state meet last November, the fastest returning time in Florida. Sits directly above Jobe on the common-opponent reading made a week ago (Jack Ilea 30 seconds behind Jopling at Nights of Thunder, 29 behind Jobe at the Horse Park) and below the four boys above him, none of whom he has raced.
#7 Colton Jobe — Villages Charter Middle School (Middleton) (2031) · 10:44.5 at Seffner Christian (projects 9:59.6)
Third at Running on the Range in 10:29.0, 30 seconds behind Matyka and 27 behind Destremps, and both go above him for it. Second at the Horse Park in 10:05.2, won Seffner Christian. He holds seventh over Cardoso, Moylan and Claypool because he beat all three at the Horse Park and none of them has met him since.
#8 Joao Cardoso — Neptune Middle School (2031) · 10:44.0 for two miles at the JT Memorial (projects 9:53.9)
Did not race. Won the JT Memorial two-mile in 10:44.0 on September 11, worth about 9:58 for 3K on the clock, and was fifth at the Horse Park in 10:14.7. Sixth on figure, eighth here because Jobe beat him at the Horse Park and Jopling sits with Jobe.
#9 Aidan Moylan — Imagine Town Center (2031) · 10:05.3 at the Horse Park (projects 10:11.4)
Did not race. Third at the Horse Park in 10:05.3, a tenth behind Jobe, after wins at Spikes and Spurs and a second at Indian River. Holds ninth over Claypool on the Horse Park result.
#10 Maxwell Claypool — Canterbury (Fort Myers) (2031) · 10:36.5 at Jim Ryun (projects 9:58.5)
Did not race. Fifth at Jim Ryun, seventh at the Horse Park in 10:22.2, where Jobe and Moylan beat him. Tenth for the same reason as a week ago.
Next five: Warren Wilson (Sifted Sports, 8th grade) 10:02.0; Elliot Lasota (No Excuses RC, 7th grade) 10:03.6; Jace Lewis (VCMS Middleton, 7th grade) 10:03.9, fifth at Running on the Range; Javier Parker (Doral Academy, 8th grade) 10:04.8, who won the Spanish River middle school race in 9:55.6 out of 314 on a course that reads nine seconds fast; Andrew LaHayne (Harmony Middle School, 8th grade) 10:04.8.
How these rankings were built
- Every 3K result in the database from middle school races is matched to the runner's 2025 FLYRA state time by name. Each course's reading is the median of those differences, shrunk toward the pooled small-meet reading (20.2 seconds) so a course with two anchors does not get a wild number. This week: Running on the Range -8.2 (n=70), Spanish River -9.2 (n=96), Bulldog +28.5 (n=19), Katie Caples Middle School Meet +17.6 (n=37), Run with the Devils +23.9 (n=10), Gray Middle School (two miles, converted) +53.6 (n=30), Lion's +16.4 (n=5), Hawks on the Hill +31.5 (n=4), Week 3 at Markham Park +52.1 (n=2, essentially the prior).
- A head-to-head loss stands until the two runners meet again. Where results form a loop, the most recent meeting decides and a newer chain of results outranks an older direct one: Matyka beat Destremps on Saturday, Destremps beat Lomoriello at Jim Ryun, so Matyka sits above Lomoriello although Lomoriello beat him at Jim Ryun.
- Jopling sits with Jobe on the common-opponent reading from a week ago; that call is Darrin's and stands until either of them races.
- A raced mark within five seconds of a seeded state time outranks the seed. Runners with no 2025 grad year on file are not seeded.
- Two-mile races are converted to 3K by the Riegel formula before the course reading is applied. Grades are from the timer files; where a grade is missing the heading carries none.
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