Cornerstone Classical Academy

Cecil Field. Five-man average 17:38.2, spread 2:19.0.
Jack Kline 16:33, Broderick Olson 16:36, Finley Smith 17:52, Liam Rios 18:18, Benjamin Bishop 18:52, Noah Zimmer 19:13, Chandler Fike 19:32.

Third in the preseason, third now, and the improvement came from an unexpected direction. Kline was already the third-fastest returning 1A boy; the news is Olson, who was 55th in 1A at state in 17:51.7 and ran 16:36 at Cecil — 75.7 seconds off, three seconds behind his own teammate. Cornerstone now owns two of the seven fastest 1A boys in Florida.

What they do not own is a third man. The gap from Olson at 16:36 to Smith at 17:52 is 1:16, and the full one-to-five spread of 2:19.0 is the widest in the top six. Against Maclay's four-under-17:50, two elite runners and a soft middle scores 131 to 87. Cornerstone's ceiling is high and its floor moves with Smith and Rios.

Cecil Field. Five-man average 21:55.4, spread 3:41.0.
Faith Dykens 20:23, Abigail Love 20:45, Molly Kline 20:49, Elle Zimmer 23:36, Peyton Leavitt 24:04, Olivia Zimmer 24:51.

Eighth in the preseason, seventh now, and structurally the strangest team in the class: three girls inside 26 seconds of each other at 20:23, 20:45 and 20:49, and then a 2:47 gap to the fourth.

That front three would score with anyone — it is better than what Holy Trinity or Westminster put on the course. The four and five are what turn a potential 130-point team into a 229-point one. Cornerstone does not need improvement so much as it needs a fourth runner to appear.

Five-girl average 12:56.3, spread 0:53.4, all five raced.
Jayne McCarthy 12:28.9, Katelyn Milla 12:42.2, Haven Smith 12:56.8, Eliza Arthur 13:11.4, Kenadee Hagensick 13:22.2.

Fifty-three seconds one-to-five, seven girls raced at Cecil Field, nobody projected. No stars, no holes — the model mid-major.