FACA Senior All-Star Classic Info & Watch List #1



As we're now about halfway through the 2022 cross country season, it's time to start discussing one of Florida's most prestigious events of the year, the Florida Athletic Coaches Association's Senior All-Star Classic! Every year during the post season, after the FHSAA State Championship, the F-A-C-A extends official invitations to the top 64 senior athletes from around the state (32 boys and 32 girls) to be able to participate in an intimate, fun, and entertaining competition.

For the sixth consecutive year this competition will be held at Holloway Park in Lakeland. This venue has been the home to more than a dozen cross country competitions, including the flrunners.com Invitational and the FLYRA MS State Championship. This year's competition will be held on Saturday, November 12th, with the festivities starting on Friday the 11th. That weekend is one week after the FHSAA State Championship, and two weeks before the Eastbay South and Nike Cross Southeast Region races.

FACA Senior All-Star Classic Meet Page: http://fl.milesplit.com/meets/487212/info

For all of those earning the honor of competing for their respective geographical locations from around the state, the selected seniors will be honored at the event in a variety of fashions. All competing seniors have received a variety of gifts over the years such as: official FACA team jerseys, FACA commemorative t-shirts, FACA drawstring shoe bags, and more! The FACA wants to ensure that all of our state's top seniors come home with many great memories and keepsakes from this great annual event!


The 2021 top ten female All-Star finishers with their award medals and championship plaque.

Last year was a great event which saw the North girls team winning for the first time since 2015, while the West boys earned their third victory in four years by beating out the North team and ruining the back-to-back championship hopes. Individually, the West earned a couple more championships. Christian Giller brought home the win by a 12 second margin, while Lily Henne earned the win by an 18 second margin, and marking the fifth consecutive individual girls champion for the West!

2021 FACA Senior All-Star Results: https://fl.milesplit.com/meets/438617/results

2021 FACA Senior All-Star Videos: https://fl.milesplit.com/meets/438617/videos

Looking ahead to the 2022 edition of this event, here is a preliminary listing of all of the top male and female seniors from the geographical locations around the state: East, North, South, and West. We will continue to post watch lists throughout the remainder of the season and won't make final selections for each team (top 8 per team) until after the FHSAA State Championship. Although the selections are more heavily decided with State Series results, overall season performance does count as well. So here's a first look at which seniors have performed well this season through mid-September...

Girls FACA Senior All-Star Watch List #1:

East Girls - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 18:56.30
Boone HS
2023
2 18:57.00
Bishop Moore HS
2023
3 18:59.70
Winter Springs HS
2023
4 19:07.00
Trinity Prep
2023
5 19:23.00
Spruce Creek HS
2023
5 19:23.00
Lake Placid HS
2023
7 19:31.80
Spruce Creek HS
2023
8 19:33.90
Timber Creek HS
2023
9 19:39.60
New Smyrna Beach HS
2023
10 19:52.71
Boone HS
2023
11 20:14.87
George Jenkins HS
2023
12 20:27.00
Winter Park HS
2023
13 20:29.10
Celebration HS
2023
14 20:31.10
Vero Beach HS
2023
15 20:44.00
Circle Christian School
2023
16 20:46.50
Dr. Phillips HS
2023
17 20:54.87
Viera HS
2023
18 21:00.30
Edgewater HS
2023
19 21:07.75
Viera HS
2023
20 21:13.40
McKeel Academy
2023
21 21:14.00
West Orange HS
2023
22 21:16.60
Olympia HS
2023
23 21:22.96
Windermere High School
2023
24 21:23.80
Sebastian River HS
2023
25 21:24.30
DeLand HS
2023
26 21:26.20
Seabreeze HS
2023
27 21:38.30
DeLand HS
2023
28 21:48.20
Timber Creek HS
2023
29 21:50.80
Dr. Phillips HS
2023
30 21:52.00
Melbourne HS
2023


North Girls - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 17:45.00
Bolles HS
2023
Bale n Trail 1st F
2 18:26.40
Bolles HS
2023
Bale n Trail 2nd F
3 18:37.50
North Bay Haven
2023
4 18:44.00
Leon HS
2023
5 18:55.00
Buchholz HS
2023
6 19:06.26
Leon HS
2023
7 19:15.79
Niceville HS
2023
8 19:19.80
Bolles HS
2023
Bale n Trail 5th F
9 19:20.70
Oak Hall School
2023
10 19:29.63
Oakleaf HS
2023
11 19:36.40
Bishop Kenny HS
2023
12 20:03.91
Leon HS
2023
13 20:07.80
North Bay Haven
2023
14 20:08.00
Fleming Island HS
2023
15 20:19.00
Florida High School
2023
16 20:22.37
Pensacola Christian Academy
2023
17 20:23.00
Leon HS
2023
18 20:27.00
Fort Walton Beach HS
2023
19 20:34.00
Ocala Vanguard HS
2023
20 20:36.00
Nease HS
2023
20 20:36.00
Choctawhatchee HS
2023
22 20:41.20
Ponte Vedra HS
2023
Bale n Trail 10th F
23 20:42.60
Mandarin HS
2023
24 20:46.10
Choctawhatchee HS
2023
25 20:51.00
Fleming Island HS
2023
26 20:51.60
Episcopal School of Jacksonville
2023
27 21:06.50
South Walton HS
2023
28 21:18.70
Niceville HS
2023
29 21:21.00
Wolfson High School
2023
30 21:21.60
Ponte Vedra HS
2023
Bale n Trail 19th F


South Girls - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 18:27.80
St. Brendan HS
2023
2 18:34.06
Boca Raton HS
2023
3 18:37.51
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy (Miami)
2023
4 19:32.25
Park Vista HS
2023
5 19:56.71
South Florida HEAT
2023
6 19:57.98
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy (Miami)
2023
7 20:05.30
Benjamin School
2023
8 20:06.26
Park Vista HS
2023
9 20:10.04
Cypress Bay HS
2023
10 20:22.61
FAU High School
2023
11 20:29.25
Coral Gables HS
2023
12 20:42.81
Pine Crest HS
2023
13 20:45.58
St. Brendan HS
2023
14 20:49.46
Westminster Academy
2023
15 20:52.42
American Heritage MS/HS (Boca Delray)
2023
16 20:56.19
Homestead HS
2023
17 20:59.56
Felix Varela HS
2023
18 21:00.30
G. Holmes Braddock HS
2023
19 21:03.35
Cardinal Gibbons HS
2023
20 21:03.77
Fort Lauderdale HS
2023
21 21:08.30
Cardinal Gibbons HS
2023
22 21:10.36
Doral Academy Charter HS
2023
23 21:18.68
Doral Academy Charter HS
2023
24 21:21.40
American Heritage MS/HS (Boca Delray)
2023
25 21:29.17
TERRA Environmental Research Institute
2023
26 21:37.80
Dillard HS
2023
27 21:46.49
Cooper City HS
2023
28 21:53.80
Park Vista HS
2023
29 22:03.07
Benjamin School
2023
30 22:06.10
Dwyer HS
2023


West Girls - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 18:11.25
IMG Academy
2023
2 18:16.79
Evangelical Christian School
2023
3 18:23.20
Keswick Christian
2023
4 18:34.00
Osceola HS (Seminole)
2023
5 18:36.00
Osceola HS (Seminole)
2023
6 18:49.34
Montverde Academy
2023
7 18:54.93
Sickles HS
2023
8 19:00.75
River Ridge HS
2023
9 19:12.54
Cardinal Mooney HS
2023
10 19:16.27
Sarasota HS
2023
11 19:17.60
Berkeley Prep HS
2023
12 19:31.20
First Baptist Academy
2023
13 19:36.11
Canterbury School (Fort Myers)
2023
14 19:39.29
Berkeley Prep HS
2023
15 19:50.22
Venice HS
2023
16 20:05.99
Naples HS
2023
17 20:06.29
Palmetto Senior HS
2023
18 20:15.60
Calvary Christian (Clearwater)
2023
19 20:18.27
Alonso HS
2023
20 20:20.90
South Fort Myers HS
2023
21 20:25.10
Bishop Verot HS
2023
22 20:25.42
Cambridge (Christian) School
2023
23 20:29.40
Fort Myers HS
2023
24 20:30.96
IMG Academy
2023
25 20:40.57
Robinson HS
2023
26 20:49.00
The Villages HS
2023
27 20:50.07
East Ridge HS
2023
28 20:54.79
Riverview HS
2023
29 20:55.90
Lake Minneola HS
2023
30 20:56.04
Oasis HS
2023


Boys FACA Senior All-Star Watch List #1:

East Boys - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 15:30.00
Rockledge HS
2023
2 15:40.60
Satellite High School
2023
3 15:44.00
Viera HS
2023
4 16:04.00
Circle Christian School
2023
5 16:11.96
Viera HS
2023
6 16:15.54
Viera HS
2023
7 16:17.00
Sebring HS
2023
8 16:18.90
Oviedo HS
2023
9 16:19.20
Jensen Beach HS
2023
10 16:28.70
Harmony HS
2023
11 16:29.00
Rockledge HS
2023
12 16:31.40
Hagerty HS
2023
13 16:33.50
Jensen Beach HS
2023
14 16:35.80
Lake Mary HS
2023
15 16:40.04
Satellite High School
2023
16 16:44.82
Apopka HS
2023
17 16:50.18
Celebration HS
2023
18 16:50.70
Olympia HS
2023
19 16:51.00
Melbourne HS
2023
20 16:52.00
Circle Christian School
2023
21 16:55.80
University HS (Orlando)
2023
22 16:57.15
Boone HS
2023
23 16:59.60
Oviedo HS
2023
24 17:00.00
Rockledge HS
2023
25 17:03.70
Lake Region HS
2023
26 17:04.60
Hagerty HS
2023
27 17:07.10
Celebration HS
2023
28 17:09.00
Melbourne HS
2023
29 17:11.00
Melbourne HS
2023
30 17:13.60
Edgewater HS
2023


North Boys - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 15:34.00
Buchholz HS
2023
2 15:52.00
Buchholz HS
2023
3 15:55.02
Pensacola Christian Academy
2023
4 15:59.00
Chiles HS
2023
5 16:03.00
Creekside HS
2023
6 16:05.00
Creekside HS
2023
7 16:06.00
Bolles HS
2023
8 16:09.00
Niceville HS
2023
9 16:10.00
Mandarin HS
2023
10 16:15.50
West Florida Tech HS
2023
Bale n Trail 2nd F
11 16:15.80
Choctawhatchee HS
2023
12 16:16.00
Creekside HS
2023
13 16:17.00
Oak Hall School
2023
13 16:17.00
Ponte Vedra HS
2023
15 16:24.21
Maclay School
2023
16 16:27.70
Bolles HS
2023
Bale n Trail 5th F
17 16:29.80
Fleming Island HS
2023
18 16:32.00
Bolles HS
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19 16:33.00
Ponte Vedra HS
2023
20 16:39.80
North Bay Haven
2023
21 16:45.10
Nease HS
2023
22 16:47.50
Arnold HS
2023
23 16:55.23
Niceville HS
2023
24 16:58.00
Matanzas HS
2023
25 17:06.41
Pensacola Christian Academy
2023
26 17:10.90
Pace HS
2023
27 17:11.00
Nease HS
2023
28 17:12.40
St. Augustine HS
2023
Bale n Trail 13th F
29 17:15.00
Bolles HS
2023
30 17:17.40
West Florida Tech HS
2023
Bale n Trail 15th F


South Boys - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 15:45.43
The King's Academy
2023
2 16:03.21
St. Thomas Aquinas HS
2023
3 16:05.12
St. Thomas Aquinas HS
2023
4 16:13.21
Coral Reef HS
2023
5 16:17.90
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
6 16:19.56
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
7 16:20.23
Boca Raton HS
2023
8 16:31.00
Mater Lakes Academy HS
2023
9 16:31.20
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
10 16:42.00
The King's Academy
2023
11 16:48.32
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
12 16:49.77
Christopher Columbus HS
2023
13 16:59.04
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
14 16:59.91
Mater Lakes Academy HS
2023
15 17:02.40
Jupiter HS
2023
16 17:04.73
Pine Crest HS
2023
17 17:13.47
Cypress Bay HS
2023
18 17:16.45
Christopher Columbus HS
2023
19 17:16.60
Dillard HS
2023
20 17:19.89
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
2023
21 17:21.10
Spanish River HS
2023
22 17:26.55
Dreyfoos HS
2023
23 17:29.68
Christopher Columbus HS
2023
24 17:30.37
Nova HS
2023
25 17:38.73
Felix Varela HS
2023
26 17:39.50
Fort Lauderdale HS
2023
27 17:41.65
St. Thomas Aquinas HS
2023
28 17:47.30
West Broward HS
2023
29 17:47.42
Atlantic Christian Academy
2023
30 17:48.15
Western HS
2023


West Boys - Initial Watch List

Rank Time Athlete/Team Grade Meet Date Place
1 15:14.24
Cambridge (Christian) School
2023
2 15:24.00
Clearwater Central Catholic HS
2023
3 15:30.43
Sunlake HS
2023
4 15:46.00
Montverde Academy
2023
5 15:47.49
North Port HS
2023
6 15:48.95
Berkeley Prep HS
2023
7 15:50.73
Palmetto Ridge HS
2023
8 16:01.06
Palmetto Ridge HS
2023
9 16:03.90
HB Plant HS
2023
10 16:08.42
Cape Coral HS
2023
11 16:08.60
Sarasota HS
2023
12 16:10.22
Community School of Naples
2023
13 16:14.10
Sarasota HS
2023
14 16:17.13
River Ridge HS
2023
15 16:18.80
Canterbury School (St. Pete)
2023
16 16:24.53
Cape Coral HS
2023
17 16:25.21
Wiregrass Ranch HS
2023
18 16:26.00
Osceola HS (Seminole)
2023
19 16:27.10
Southwest Florida Christian Academy HS
2023
20 16:29.64
Fort Myers HS
2023
21 16:32.53
Bloomingdale HS
2023
22 16:33.50
HB Plant HS
2023
23 16:37.45
Lemon Bay HS
2023
24 16:41.90
Calvary Christian (Clearwater)
2023
25 16:42.82
Sunlake HS
2023
26 16:42.97
Montverde Academy
2023
26 16:42.97
Naples HS
2024
28 16:46.56
River Ridge HS
2023
29 16:48.72
North Port HS
2023
30 16:49.84
Newsome HS
2023


* Please note that these lists will change throughout the season and all final selections will not be until after the FHSAA State Finals. Although many athletes run great performances at the beginning of each season, we'll be looking for which seniors are performing the best at the end of the season, particularly during the state series, although performances throughout the season will be taken into consideration. Please remember that each geographical region will only have eight individuals selected to represent their team, so keep working hard to make that top-eight, seniors!

If you have any questions, please contact...

Ray Romero, FACA Cross Country State Chair - raycer131@aol.com

and/or Ryan Raposo, FACA All-Star Selection Coordinator - ryanraposo@gmail.com