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St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park)

1A Region 1 · District 2 · also appears as: St. Johns Country Day, St. Johns Country Day School

#9 Preseason 1A Girls#12 Preseason 1A Boys#4 Week 1 1A Girls#7 Week 1 1A Boys#5 Week 2 1A Girls#10 Week 2 1A Boys#6 Week 3 1A Girls#9 Week 3 1A Boys#7 Week 4 1A Girls#9 Week 4 1A Boys#7 Week 5 1A Girls#8 Week 5 1A Boys#8 Week 6 1A Boys#8 Week 6 1A Girls#8 Week 7 1A Boys#8 Week 7 1A Girls#8 Week 8 1A Boys#8 Week 8 1A Girls

Preseason returner projection (Boys): proj. rank 12 in 1A · score 253 · top-5 avg 19:06.3 · spread 0:45.3 · 6 returners from state
Arlo Kistner (SR) 18:45.5; Thomas Nichols (SR) 18:51.7; Judson Myers (FR) 19:03.2; Nathan Kipnis (SR) 19:20.3; Marcus Giles (JR) 19:30.8
Preseason returner projection (Girls): proj. rank 9 in 1A · score 279 · top-5 avg 22:39.0 · spread 3:52.0 · 7 returners from state
Kate Staten (SO) 20:04.6; Ella Rose Hanna (SO) 22:15.5; Matilda Morris (SO) 23:16.1; Hadley Price (FR) 23:42.2; Lillian Hanna (7th) 23:56.6

Current roster (27)

AthleteClassThis season (5k)Last season (5k)Races
GElla Rose Hanna202919:40.322:15.55
GCatherine Staten202919:46.2—4
GGraham Morris203221:32.9—5
GOlivia Morris202921:41.124:21.85
GEleanor Myers202722:04—3
GHadley Price203022:22.223:42.25
GMatilda Morris202922:30.523:16.15
GLillian Hanna203222:36.023:56.65
GXiaoxing Troxell203023:4123:58.95
GNatalia CONDE203224:29.8—5
GCaris Morgan202824:49.5—5
GLauren Nightingale203026:47.0—3
GLily Landwehr203235:51—4
GKate Staten2029—20:04.61
GOlivia RACHAL——2
BArlo Kistner202717:13.118:45.55
BNathan Kipnis202717:34.319:20.35
BJudson Myers203017:45.219:03.26
BThomas Nichols202717:52.918:51.75
BElijah Larsen203018:51.0—4
BMarcus Giles202819:00.019:30.86
BIsaiah Larsen202919:20.621:48.66
BJackson GITTINGS203223:27—5
BRyan MITCHELL203224:23.8—5
BSawyer Moreland203124:46.2—3
BWilliam BOOZER203135:41.2—4
BJackson Brand203235:48.3—2

Team results

DateMeetRacePlaceScoreAvg
2026-10-034th Annual Indian InviteMen (Varsity) 5 Kilometers152
2026-10-034th Annual Indian InviteWomen (Varsity) 5 Kilometers131
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC Original11th-12th Grade Boys17:14
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC Original11th-12th Grade Girls24:50
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC OriginalElite Boys1230118:13
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC OriginalElite Girls718621:01
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC OriginalMiddle School Boys14:51
2026-09-26Bale N Trail CC OriginalMiddle School Girls16:02
2026-09-19Katie Caples InvitationalBoys Elite923718:24
2026-09-19Katie Caples InvitationalGirls Elite924021:30
2026-09-12HOKA + Nights of Thunder Cross Country FestJunior Varsity Boys 5K
2026-09-12HOKA + Nights of Thunder Cross Country FestJunior Varsity Girls 5K
2026-09-12HOKA + Nights of Thunder Cross Country FestMiddle School Boys 3K
2026-09-12HOKA + Nights of Thunder Cross Country FestMiddle School Girls 3K
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicBoys B829118:45
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicGirls Elite2163021:57
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicMiddle School1236613:43.40

Team ranking writeups

#4 — 1A Girls Week 1 · 203 points

Cecil Field. Five-man average 21:57.2, spread 2:43.0.
Catherine Staten 20:30, Ella Rose Hanna 20:38, Lillian Hanna 22:40, Olivia Morris 22:45, Eleanor Myers 23:13, Graham Morris 23:25, Xiaoxing Troxell 23:54.

Ninth in the preseason, fourth now, and the improvement is team-wide rather than one runner. Against the 28.8-second tax: Ella Rose Hanna took 97.5 seconds off her state time, Olivia Morris 96.8, Lillian Hanna 76.6. Three girls each improved by more than a minute and a half in real terms.

A note for anyone checking our returner files against the results: Catherine Staten in the Cecil results is the same runner as "Kate Staten" in the returner rankings, 20:04.6 at state. She raced, ran 20:30, and is correctly scored here. She was not a no-show.

Seven runners on the course, seven state returners in the program. This is the deepest 1A girls team in Florida and the one most likely to still be climbing in October.

#7 — 1A Boys Week 1 · 263 points

Cecil Field. Five-man average 18:45.2, spread 1:48.0.
Nathan Kipnis 18:08, Arlo Kistner 18:11, Judson Myers 18:45, Thomas Nichols 18:46, Elijah Larsen 19:56.

Twelfth in the preseason, seventh now, on a clean four-man front — Kipnis, Kistner, Myers and Nichols inside 38 seconds of each other. The fifth man is the whole issue: Larsen at 19:56 is 1:10 behind Nichols and turns a 1:11 four-man spread into a 1:48 five-man one.

No individual heroics here, just a team that moved up on being complete on a day several teams above it were not.

#5 — 1A Girls Week 2 · 265 points

5-man average 21:57.2 · 1-5 spread 2:43.0 · finished 14-18-70-73-90 · Cecil Field

Catherine Staten 20:30.0; Ella Rose Hanna 20:38.0; Lillian Hanna 22:40.0; Olivia Morris 22:45.0; Eleanor Myers 23:13.0. Then Graham Morris 23:25.0; Xiaoxing Troxell 23:54.0.

#10 — 1A Boys Week 2 · 414 points

5-man average 18:45.2 · 1-5 spread 1:48.0 · finished 50-53-81-82-148 · Cecil Field

Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0; Arlo Kistner 18:11.0; Judson Myers 18:45.0; Thomas Nichols 18:46.0; Elijah Larsen 19:56.0. Then Marcus Giles 20:57.0; Isaiah Larsen 21:11.0.

Just missed

11. Out-of-Door (Sarasota) 437; 12. Lakeland Christian 439; 13. South Florida HEAT (Sunrise) 465; 14. Harvest Community (Jacksonville) 484.

#6 — 1A Girls Week 3 · 286 points

Season average 21:57.2 · 1-5 spread 2:43.0 · finished 13-15-76-79-103 in the class · Cecil Field

Catherine Staten 20:30.0; Ella Rose Hanna 20:38.0; Lillian Hanna 22:40.0; Olivia Morris 22:45.0; Eleanor Myers 23:13.0. Then Graham Morris 23:25.0; Xiaoxing Troxell 23:54.0.

Cecil Field, and nothing since. Catherine Staten 20:30.0 and Ella Rose Hanna 20:38.0, then a two-minute gap to Lillian Hanna, Olivia Morris and Eleanor Myers at 22:40 to 23:13. Fifth to sixth, passed by All Saints' while sitting out.

#9 — 1A Boys Week 3 · 471 points

Season average 18:45.2 · 1-5 spread 1:48.0 · finished 59-62-87-90-173 in the class · Cecil Field

Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0; Arlo Kistner 18:11.0; Judson Myers 18:45.0; Thomas Nichols 18:46.0; Elijah Larsen 19:56.0. Then Marcus Giles 20:57.0; Isaiah Larsen 21:11.0.

Cecil Field, and nothing since. Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0 and Arlo Kistner 18:11.0, then two at 18:45 and a fifth at 19:56. Tenth to ninth without racing. The same warning as Holy Trinity: this is a two-week-old number in a class that ran on Saturday.

#7 — 1A Girls Week 4 · 300 points

Season average 21:57.2 · 1-5 spread 2:43.0 · finished 17-20-79-81-103 in the class

Catherine Staten 20:30.0; Ella Rose Hanna 20:38.0; Lillian Hanna 22:40.0; Olivia Morris 22:45.0; Eleanor Myers 23:13.0.

Cecil Field, and nothing since August 21. Catherine Staten 20:30.0, Ella Rose Hanna 20:38.0, then Lillian Hanna 22:40.0, Olivia Morris 22:45.0 and Eleanor Myers 23:13.0. Sixth to seventh on a number that is a month old.

#9 — 1A Boys Week 4 · 477 points

Season average 18:45.2 · 1-5 spread 1:48.0 · finished 58-63-89-91-176 in the class

Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0; Arlo Kistner 18:11.0; Judson Myers 18:45.0; Thomas Nichols 18:46.0; Elijah Larsen 19:56.0.

Cecil Field, and nothing since August 21. Nathan Kipnis 18:08.0, Arlo Kistner 18:11.0, Judson Myers 18:45.0, Thomas Nichols 18:46.0, Elijah Larsen 19:56.0. Ninth, where they were, on a number that is a month old.

#7 — 1A Girls Week 5 · 371 points

Season average 22:03.2 · 1-5 spread 3:23.3 · finished 17-21-87-91-155 in the class · This week: 9th of 11 at the Katie Caples Invitational (240).

Catherine Staten 20:25.7; Ella Rose Hanna 20:34.5; Eleanor Myers 22:40.3; Graham Morris 22:46.5; Lillian Hanna 23:49.0.

Ninth at the Katie Caples Invitational elite race with 240 in an 11-team field: Catherine Staten 25th in 19:55, Ella Rose Hanna 27th in 20:04, Eleanor Myers 69th in 22:04, Graham Morris 72nd in 22:09, Lillian Hanna 88th in 23:33. Katie Caples reads about half a minute fast for girls, so the two up front leveled close to their Cecil Field figures. First race since August 21. Seventh, where they were, on a 3:23.3 spread.

#8 — 1A Boys Week 5 · 449 points

Season average 18:38.9 · 1-5 spread 1:32.8 · finished 41-64-69-137-138 in the class · This week: 9th of 11 at the Katie Caples Invitational (237).

Arlo Kistner 17:50.7; Judson Myers 18:15.5; Thomas Nichols 18:21.5; Elijah Larsen 19:23.2; Nathan Kipnis 19:23.5.

Ninth of 11 in the Katie Caples Invitational elite race with 237, against a field of bigger schools led by Buchholz 4A: Arlo Kistner 25th in 17:33, Judson Myers 41st in 17:56, Thomas Nichols 53rd in 18:03, then Elijah Larsen and Nathan Kipnis together at 19:23 on the season. Katie Caples reads about 14 seconds fast for boys. Ninth to eighth past South Florida HEAT, on figure; the two have not met.

#8 — 1A Boys Week 6 · 391 points

Converted average 18:27.3 · 1-5 spread 1:35.2 · finished 32-60-68-93-138 in the class · This week: 12th of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (301).

Arlo Kistner 17:44.1; Judson Myers 18:12.6; Thomas Nichols 18:19.4; Nathan Kipnis 18:41.1; Elijah Larsen 19:19.3.

Twelfth at Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 301: Nathan Kipnis 41st in the Elite race in 17:34.3, Judson Myers 46th, Thomas Nichols 53rd. Its No. 1, Arlo Kistner, ran the 11-12 grade race and was fifth of 200 in 17:13.1. Eighth, where it was.

#8 — 1A Girls Week 6 · 324 points

Converted average 21:50.9 · 1-5 spread 2:50.2 · finished 15-16-80-92-121 in the class · This week: 7th of 14 at Bale-N-Trail (186).

Catherine Staten 20:24.7; Ella Rose Hanna 20:26.1; Graham Morris 22:28.5; Eleanor Myers 22:40.3; Hadley Price 23:14.9.

Seventh at Bale-N-Trail on Saturday with 186, without its No. 1, Catherine Staten: Ella Rose Hanna tenth in the Elite race in 19:40.3, Graham Morris 47th, Olivia Morris 52nd. Eighth, behind Cornerstone, which beat it.

#8 — 1A Boys Week 7 · 403 points

Converted average 18:27.3 · 1-5 spread 1:35.2 · finished 33-64-72-92-142 in the class · This week: 1st of 11 at the Indian Invite (52).

Arlo Kistner 17:44.1; Judson Myers 18:12.6; Thomas Nichols 18:19.4; Nathan Kipnis 18:41.1; Elijah Larsen 19:19.3.

Won the Indian Invite on Saturday with 52, ahead of Oakleaf with 61. Arlo Kistner and Judson Myers lead. Eighth.

#8 — 1A Girls Week 7 · 348 points

Converted average 21:50.9 · 1-5 spread 2:50.2 · finished 16-20-88-97-127 in the class · This week: 1st of 10 at the Indian Invite (31).

Catherine Staten 20:24.7; Ella Rose Hanna 20:26.1; Graham Morris 22:28.5; Eleanor Myers 22:40.3; Hadley Price 23:14.9.

Won the Indian Invite on Saturday with 31, Catherine Staten, a freshman, first in 20:38.1. Eighth.

#8 — 1A Boys Week 8 · 400 points

Converted average 18:27.3 · 1-5 spread 1:35.2 · finished 33-64-71-91-141 in the class

Arlo Kistner 17:44.1; Judson Myers 18:12.6; Thomas Nichols 18:19.4; Nathan Kipnis 18:41.1; Elijah Larsen 19:19.3.

Did not race. Won the Indian Invite on October 3 with 52, ahead of Oakleaf. Arlo Kistner and Judson Myers lead.

#8 — 1A Girls Week 8 · 354 points

Converted average 21:50.9 · 1-5 spread 2:50.2 · finished 17-21-89-98-129 in the class

Catherine Staten 20:24.7; Ella Rose Hanna 20:26.1; Graham Morris 22:28.5; Eleanor Myers 22:40.3; Hadley Price 23:14.9.

Did not race. Won the Indian Invite on October 3 with 31, Catherine Staten first.

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