McKeel (Lakeland)

5-man average 18:01.2 · 1-5 spread 3:08.0 · finished 3-16-47-110-112 · projected

The best 1-2 in the class after Bolles and the worst 3-5 in the top ten. Aidan Alam 16:18.4 — third in 2A, fourth on our individual board, a rising sophomore off a 16:17.8 state run as a freshman — and Cal Howard 16:56.0 at sixteenth. Then Nolan O'Steen 18:00.4 at 47th, and then it collapses: Andrew McKnight 19:24.9 and Nico Burke 19:26.4 at 110th and 112th.

McKeel has the lowest 5-man average of any team ranked 6th through 10th and it still scores 288, because two runners in the first sixteen do not outrun two runners past 110. The Wildcats did not enter a meet, so there is no evidence either way about whether their four and five moved this summer. It is the single most leveraged unknown in the class.

5-man average 17:19.8 · 1-5 spread 2:14.3 · finished 3-4-24-73-80 · Lake Region

Aidan Alam 16:46.8 (16:13.4); Cal Howard 16:56.5 (16:23.1); Nolan O'Steen 17:50.6 (17:17.2); Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:51.0 (18:17.6); Michael Danner 19:01.1 (18:27.7). Then Robert Hughes 19:08.8 (18:35.4); Alexander Costilla 19:32.8 (18:59.4).

Season average 17:19.8 · 1-5 spread 2:14.3 · finished 3-6-29-95-109 in the class · Lake Region

Aidan Alam 16:46.8 (16:13.4); Cal Howard 16:56.5 (16:23.1); Nolan O'Steen 17:50.6 (17:17.2); Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:51.0 (18:17.6); Michael Danner 19:01.1 (18:27.7). Then Robert Hughes 19:08.8 (18:35.4); Alexander Costilla 19:32.8 (18:59.4).

Still on the Lake Region run from August 29 and did not race this week. Aidan Alam 16:46.8 and Cal Howard 16:56.5 on the day, worth 16:13 and 16:23 at Cecil, are the No. 4 and No. 7 individuals in the class. Then a 54-second wait for Nolan O'Steen and a two-minute one for the fourth man. Third on the front two.

Season average 17:19.8 · 1-5 spread 2:14.3 · finished 2-6-29-96-114 in the class · This week: 1st of 13 at Land O' Lakes (61). Won in week 4; that run is not held against them.

Aidan Alam 16:13.4; Cal Howard 16:23.1; Nolan O'Steen 17:17.2; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:17.6; Michael Danner 18:27.7.

Won Land O' Lakes with 61 over Palm Harbor University 4A's 69: Aidan Alam second in 16:27.9, Cal Howard third in 16:41.8, then Lucas Caram-Andruet, Alexander Costilla and Michael Danner in 17th, 18th and 21st between 18:16 and 18:27. Land O' Lakes reads fast, the win would lower their figure, and a win never does, so they are ranked on Lake Region. The 2:14.3 spread between the second man and the third is the whole story of this team.

Season average 17:41.0 · 1-5 spread 2:07.0 · finished 10-17-25-136-139 in the class · This week: 4th of 15 at the Mitchell Mustang Invite (111).

Aidan Alam 16:40.1; Cal Howard 16:57.8; Nolan O'Steen 17:17.2; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:42.7; Alexander Costilla 18:47.1.

Fourth at the Mitchell Mustang Invite with 111, behind Dunedin: Aidan Alam second in 16:45.4, Cal Howard fifth in 17:09.5, then 32nd, 34th and 38th. Won Land O' Lakes with 61 a week earlier, and that win is not held against them. Alam, Howard and Nolan O'Steen are a top three most 2A schools would take; the 2:07.0 spread to Lucas Caram-Andruet and Alexander Costilla is the widest in the ten. Third to eighth, on the Mitchell result to Dunedin and on the figures of the three teams that went past.

Converted average 17:41.0 · 1-5 spread 2:07.0 · finished 12-19-26-133-135 in the class

Aidan Alam 16:40.1; Cal Howard 16:57.8; Nolan O'Steen 17:17.2; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:42.7; Alexander Costilla 18:47.1.

Did not race. Fourth at Mitchell on Sept. 19, behind Dunedin. Aidan Alam and Cal Howard are a strong one-two; the fourth and fifth are more than 1:30 back. Eighth.

Converted average 17:49.3 · 1-5 spread 2:12.2 · finished 10-18-99-126-134 in the class · This week: 4th of 15 at the Harmony Longhorn Invitational (119).

Aidan Alam 16:30.5; Cal Howard 16:58.0; Nolan O'Steen 18:19.9; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:35.5; Michael Danner 18:42.7.

Fourth of 15 at the Harmony Longhorn Invitational on Saturday with 119. Aidan Alam was third individually in 16:19.3 and Cal Howard is the No. 2. Ninth, behind Dunedin, which beat it at Mitchell.

Converted average 17:46.4 · 1-5 spread 2:19.4 · finished 7-13-97-122-134 in the class · This week: 2nd of 7 at the All Saints Invite (53).

Aidan Alam 16:26.1; Cal Howard 16:47.0; Nolan O'Steen 18:19.9; Lucas Caram-Andruet 18:33.5; Michael Danner 18:45.5.

Second of seven at the All Saints' Invitational on Saturday with 53, with Aidan Alam and Cal Howard first and second individually. Behind Dunedin on the Mitchell result.