Nease (Ponte Vedra)

Cecil Field. Five-man average of 16:09.8, spread 0:55.0 — the tightest one-through-five of any team in this top 14. Rishi Chopra 15:39, Matthew Ishee 15:54, Gideon Churchill 16:20, Joseph Morley 16:22, Colin Lasota 16:34, with Ayden Dixon 17:00 and Matthew Myers 17:08 behind them.

They were second to Belen Jesuit in the Cecil Elite race and won the Boys B race outright, and in a 4A-only field they score 82 against a second-place 117. Four of their five scorers took time off their state marks, and one of them took a chunk: Gideon Churchill went 18:02.0 at state and 16:20 in August, a 102-second swing that turned Nease's fifth man into its third.

Then the part that should worry the rest of 4A: Charles Carlson did not run. He was 16:26.2 at the state meet, which would have been Nease's No. 3 scorer on Saturday, and he was not on the line. Nease opened at 16:09.8 with a returning state scorer in street clothes.

Cecil Field, third in the Girls C race. Average 20:22.2, spread 1:51.0. Lucia Misasi 19:33, Katherine Healey 19:55, Olivia Dhas 20:07, Ava Campbell 20:52, Emma Rodenkirch 21:24, with Natalia Lotinsky 21:26 and Katelyn Pitches 21:34 right behind.

The biggest riser in the class. Nease was 12th in the 4A preseason projection at 293 points and is fifth. All seven of their returning state runners raced, which nobody else in the top five managed, and six of the seven beat the 28.8-second August conversion. Against their raw state times, Misasi took off 35 seconds, Dhas 54 and Campbell 63.

The 1:51 spread with a sixth and seventh at 21:26 and 21:34 means their scoring five could survive losing anybody but Misasi. That is the most durable-looking team in the top five and the only one whose August number is fully checkable against November.

Cecil Field. 16:09.8 average with a 0:55 spread, the tightest one-through-five of any team that raced. Rishi Chopra 15:39, Matthew Ishee 15:54, then Churchill, Morley and Lasota in a fifteen-second knot from 16:20 to 16:34. Chopra took 37.7 seconds off his state time and Ishee 25.7.

Projected second in 4A at 99 points, second at Cecil Field, second here. There is nothing to argue about.

The biggest riser on the girls' side, and the best case for why racing matters. Nease was our twelfth-ranked 4A team at 293 projected points — had they sat out, this method would have entered them at a 21:30.8 average and ranked them somewhere in the thirties.

They raced instead, and went 19:33, 19:55, 20:07, 20:52, 21:24: a 20:22.2 average, a 1:51 spread, and tenth in Florida. Their boys were second in the state. Whatever happened at Nease this summer was not gender-specific.

5-man average 16:09.8 · 1-5 spread 0:55.0 · finished 5-10-23-25-36 · Cecil Field

Rishi Chopra 15:39.0; Matthew Ishee 15:54.0; Gideon Churchill 16:20.0; Joseph Morley 16:22.0; Colin Lasota 16:34.0. Then Ayden Dixon 17:00.0; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

5-man average 20:22.2 · 1-5 spread 1:51.0 · finished 17-31-39-66-94 · Cecil Field

Lucia Misasi 19:33.0; Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:07.0; Ava Campbell 20:52.0; Emma Rodenkirch 21:24.0. Then Natalia Lotinsky 21:26.0; Katelyn Pitches 21:34.0.

Cecil Field, 16:09.8, and a 0:55 spread that is still the tightest one-through-five in the top five. Chopra 15:39.0, Ishee 15:54.0, then Gideon Churchill 16:20.0, Joseph Morley 16:22.0 and Colin Lasota 16:34.0.

They took a second squad to Spikes & Spurs and finished fifth with a 19:00 average, which is not a result — it is a B team. Second at Cecil, second here, and a long way from first.

Season average 16:09.8 · 1-5 spread 0:55.0 · finished 4-9-20-21-32 in the class · Cecil Field

Rishi Chopra 15:39.0; Matthew Ishee 15:54.0; Gideon Churchill 16:20.0; Joseph Morley 16:22.0; Colin Lasota 16:34.0. Then Ayden Dixon 17:00.0; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

Cecil Field, 16:09.8, on a 0:55 spread: Rishi Chopra 15:39.0, Matthew Ishee 15:54.0, Gideon Churchill 16:20.0, Joseph Morley 16:22.0, Colin Lasota 16:34.0. Nothing since. Second in Florida across all classes on one race run fifteen days ago, and first here by 157 points. They need to run, and until they do this number stands.

Season average 20:22.2 · 1-5 spread 1:51.0 · finished 22-36-44-72-103 in the class · Cecil Field

Lucia Misasi 19:33.0; Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:07.0; Ava Campbell 20:52.0; Emma Rodenkirch 21:24.0. Then Natalia Lotinsky 21:26.0; Katelyn Pitches 21:34.0.

Cecil Field, and nothing since. Lucia Misasi 19:33.0, Katherine Healey 19:55.0, Olivia Dhas 20:07.0, Ava Campbell 20:52.0, Emma Rodenkirch 21:24.0, with two more at 21:26 and 21:34. Fourth for the third week, on a race run fifteen days ago. Nease's boys are in the same position. Both teams need to run.

Cecil Field, 16:09.8, on a 0:55 spread: Rishi Chopra 15:39.0, Matthew Ishee 15:54.0, Gideon Churchill 16:20.0, Joseph Morley 16:22.0, Colin Lasota 16:34.0. They did not race in week three, so the Cecil run is still their whole season, and it is a better number than anything anybody but Belen has produced since. Second on one race, run fifteen days ago. They need to run again.

Season average 16:09.8 · 1-5 spread 0:55.0 · finished 4-8-21-22-30 in the class · This week: 7th of 25 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (187).

Rishi Chopra 15:39.0; Matthew Ishee 15:54.0; Gideon Churchill 16:20.0; Joseph Morley 16:22.0; Colin Lasota 16:34.0.

Ran a second unit in the Buchholz varsity race, seventh with 187, while the August five, Ishee, Churchill, Massaglia and Lasota, ran the JV race together at 19:47 and Chopra sat. A group run is not a race and it is not scored. Nease is on Cecil Field: Rishi Chopra 15:39.0, Matthew Ishee 15:54.0, Gideon Churchill 16:20.0, Joseph Morley 16:22.0, Colin Lasota 16:34.0, a 16:09.8 average on a 0:55 spread, one real race from August 21.

Season average 20:22.2 · 1-5 spread 1:51.0 · finished 24-38-44-75-111 in the class

Lucia Misasi 19:33.0; Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:07.0; Ava Campbell 20:52.0; Emma Rodenkirch 21:24.0.

Ran only its JV at Nights of Thunder, second with 86. The varsity is on Cecil Field: Lucia Misasi 19:33.0, Katherine Healey 19:55.0, Olivia Dhas 20:07.0, Ava Campbell 20:52.0, Emma Rodenkirch 21:24.0. Fourth, where they were, on a number from August 21.

Season average 16:09.8 · 1-5 spread 0:55.0 · This week: 7th of 25 at the Buchholz Bobcats Classic (187).

Rishi Chopra 15:39.0; Matthew Ishee 15:54.0; Gideon Churchill 16:20.0; Joseph Morley 16:22.0; Colin Lasota 16:34.0.

Ran a second group in the Buchholz varsity race, seventh with 187, led by Daniel Itkin in 23rd, while Chopra sat and Ishee, Churchill, Massaglia and Lasota ran the JV race together at 19:47. Nease's JV won that race 39 to 42. None of it is scored. They are ranked on the Cecil Field run, 16:09.8 on a 0:55 spread, one real race from August 21, still the second-best figure in Florida. One of their coaches said afterward that the varsity group was not the top eleven. We believe him. We would still like to see the top five race somebody.

Season average 16:37.6 · 1-5 spread 1:02.2 · finished 10-13-35-64-81 in the class · This week: 3rd of 40 at the Roy Griak Invitational (240).

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:11.3; Joseph Morley 16:40.9; Charles Carlson 17:01.7; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

Third of 40 at the Roy Griak Invitational championship race in St. Paul with 240, behind Sioux Falls Lincoln's 165 and Dowling Catholic's 227: Matthew Ishee fifteenth in 15:13.2, Rishi Chopra 24th in 15:22.8, Joseph Morley 59th in 15:49.7, Austin Courson 68th in 15:53.4, Charles Carlson 95th in 16:06.7, the first real race for the front of the team since Cecil Field. Roy Griak is priced from those five and nobody else, so the reading is thin, and the season figures moved less than the clock did. First for a second week, on a 1:02.2 spread: three points behind Niceville in the 4A virtual race, and above them on the Cecil Field result, 158 to 341, until the two meet again.

Season average 20:35.9 · 1-5 spread 1:26.8 · finished 31-41-44-100-107 in the class · This week: 6th of 11 at the Katie Caples Invitational (149).

Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:10.2; Lucia Misasi 20:13.7; Emma Rodenkirch 21:18.8; Ava Campbell 21:21.8.

Sixth at the Katie Caples Invitational with 149, behind Ponte Vedra 3A and ahead of Montverde Academy 2A: Olivia Dhas 17th in 19:41, Lucia Misasi 23rd in 19:52, Emma Rodenkirch 37th in 20:48, Katelyn Pitches 38th in 20:56, Natalia Lotinsky 39th in 20:58, Ava Campbell 40th in 20:58. Katherine Healey, their best on the season at 19:55.0, did not run. The course reads about half a minute fast for girls, and the runs leveled behind the Cecil Field figures. Fourth to seventh, on a 1:26.8 spread.

Season average 16:37.6 · 1-5 spread 1:02.2 · This week: 3rd of 40 at the Roy Griak Invitational (240).

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:11.3; Joseph Morley 16:40.9; Charles Carlson 17:01.7; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

Third of 40 at Roy Griak with 240, behind Sioux Falls Lincoln and Dowling Catholic, in a 383-boy championship race: Ishee 15:13.2, Chopra 15:22.8, Morley 15:49.7, Courson 15:53.4, Carlson 16:06.7. The Griak course reads 55 seconds fast by Nease's own five against the state meet, which is the only sample we have, so the trip barely moved the figure; the five are still ranked mostly on Cecil Field. The performance was the best by a Florida team outside Belen this week and the number does not show it. We say so rather than adjust it.

Converted average 16:37.6 · 1-5 spread 1:02.2 · finished 10-13-35-60-77 in the class

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:11.3; Joseph Morley 16:40.9; Charles Carlson 17:01.7; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

Did not race its top five at Bale-N-Trail; Matthew Ishee, Rishi Chopra, Joseph Morley and Charles Carlson ran together in the 11-12 grade race and are not scored for or against the team. The last full race is still the big one: third of 40 at Roy Griak in Minneapolis on Sept. 19. Ishee and Chopra are a one-two nobody in 4A matches. First.

Converted average 20:35.9 · 1-5 spread 1:26.8 · finished 32-43-45-106-112 in the class

Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:10.2; Lucia Misasi 20:13.7; Emma Rodenkirch 21:18.8; Ava Campbell 21:21.8.

Did not race. Sixth at Katie Caples on Sept. 19 and second at Nights of Thunder a week before. Katherine Healey, Olivia Dhas and Lucia Misasi run close together; the fourth and fifth are a minute back. Seventh.

Season average 16:37.6 · 1-5 spread 1:02.2

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:11.3; Joseph Morley 16:40.9; Charles Carlson 17:01.7; Matthew Myers 17:08.0.

Did not race as a team. The top boys, Ishee, Chopra, Morley and Carlson among them, ran the Bale-N-Trail 11th-12th grade race together in 18:57, and the Elite team, 11th with 287, was a second group; we count neither. Third of 40 at Roy Griak on Sept. 19, and the only Florida team to beat its full varsity this season is Belen. Second here by our call: the virtual race has Nease third, 103 points behind Bolles.

Converted average 16:37.1 · 1-5 spread 0:55.7 · finished 11-15-45-46-64 in the class · This week: 7th of 40 at the Great American XC Festival (291).

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:17.6; Joseph Morley 16:50.0; Charles Carlson 16:50.4; Austin Courson 17:01.6.

Seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions with 291: Matthew Ishee 37th in 15:35.4, Rishi Chopra 62nd, then Charles Carlson, Austin Courson and Joseph Morley. Third at Roy Griak on September 19. First on our call.

Converted average 20:35.9 · 1-5 spread 1:26.8 · finished 33-42-45-107-113 in the class

Katherine Healey 19:55.0; Olivia Dhas 20:10.2; Lucia Misasi 20:13.7; Emma Rodenkirch 21:18.8; Ava Campbell 21:21.8.

Did not race. Sixth at Katie Caples on September 19. Katherine Healey leads. Seventh.

Season average 16:37.1 · 1-5 spread 0:55.7

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:17.6; Joseph Morley 16:50.0; Charles Carlson 16:50.4; Austin Courson 17:01.6.

Seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions with 291, led by Matthew Ishee in 15:35.4 and Rishi Chopra in 15:52.5. Third at Roy Griak two weeks earlier, and no Florida team but Belen has beaten its full varsity this year; it beat Bolles at Cecil Field, 158 to 236. Fourth in the virtual race. Second here by our call.

Converted average 16:37.1 · 1-5 spread 0:55.7 · finished 11-14-45-46-63 in the class

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:17.6; Joseph Morley 16:50.0; Charles Carlson 16:50.4; Austin Courson 17:01.6.

Did not race. Seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions on October 3 with 291, Matthew Ishee 37th, and third at Roy Griak on September 19. First on our call.

Converted average 20:17.3 · 1-5 spread 1:47.2 · finished 18-25-27-102-107 in the class · This week: 3rd of 9 at the 2026 JAC Cross Country Invitational (65).

Katherine Healey 19:29.8; Lucia Misasi 19:38.1; Olivia Dhas 19:47.8; Emma Rodenkirch 21:13.8; Ava Campbell 21:17.0.

Third of nine at JAC on Saturday with 65, behind Episcopal and Bishop Kenny: Misasi fifth in 19:48.0, Katherine Healey ninth, Olivia Dhas tenth. Up from seventh.

Season average 16:37.1 · 1-5 spread 0:55.7

Matthew Ishee 16:05.8; Rishi Chopra 16:17.6; Joseph Morley 16:50.0; Charles Carlson 16:50.4; Austin Courson 17:01.6.

Did not race. Seventh of 40 in the Great American Race of Champions with 291, led by Matthew Ishee in 15:35.4 and Rishi Chopra in 15:52.5. Third at Roy Griak, and no Florida team but Belen has beaten its full varsity this year; it beat Bolles at Cecil Field, 158 to 236. Fourth in the virtual race, second here by our call.