Jr. Demetrie Meyers of Buchholz HS is having a standout year and has moved into the subjective rankings at #7. Shown here on the right, battling at the finish at Cecil Field with Sunlake Jr. Oscar Brown and Indian Rocks Sr. Blake Young.
There were some great performances in August and the first two weeks of September. It's always interesting to see who put in the off-season work and was ready to run early. The top 10 saw some movement and we are expecting some fast times to come out of the Northport Invitational this weekend on a historically fast course. Of course, time is not the only driving factor, especially in XC. It is important, however, along with effort, place, and consistency throughout the season. I would expect, just like the girls, we will see more movement in the 11-20 positions in the next two weeks.
Top 20 Boys Subjective XC Rankings
| cURRENT | aTHLETE | PREVIOUS | FL RANKING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So. MARCELO MANTECON Belen Jesuit Preparatory School Currently ranked #15 in the MileSplit National rankings. Won his opener at Cecil Field in a new Meet/Course record 15:01. | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sr. JONATHAN PENA Westminster Academy 2nd at Cecil Field in 15:24. 1st at the Park Vista Cobra XC Invite in 16:03.70. | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Sr. LIAM JORDAN Berkeley Prep HS 15:13.60 2nd Finals Florida Horse Park Invitational in 15:13.60. 11th Annual Sep 1st Finals Dunedin Falcon Invitational in 16:13.61. | 10 | 2 |
| 4 | Sr. JOSEPH SOCARRAS Belen Jesuit Preparatory School 6 4 6th at Cecil Field with a 15:42. 3rd at the Florida Horse Park in 15:27.20 and 12th at the Southern Showcase in 15:39.06. | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Sr. MARCO PRIEGUEZ Belen Jesuit Preparatory School 15:36 opener in 4th place at Cecil Field. 15th at Florida Horse Park in 16:12.20, and 32nd at Southern Showcase in 16:14.45. | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Sr. JUSTIN RUIZ Belen Jesuit Preparatory School 7th at Cecil Field in 15:42. 5th at Florida Horse Park in 15:42.20. 14th at Southern Showcase in 15:42.64. | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 15:57.00 15th at Cecil Field in 15:57.00.1st Buchholz Bobcat Classic in 16:33.30 and 4th at Florida Horse Park in 15:29.00. | NR | 5 |
| 8 | Sr. DIEGO MAGARINO Belen Jesuit Preparatory School 5th at Cecil Field in 15:37. 6th at Florida Horse Park in 15:45.30 and 22nd at Southern Showcase in 16:01.89. | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | So. ANDREW BEROSET Gulf Breeze HS 3 6 3rd at Cecil Field in 15:32.00. 1st at Gulf Coast Stampede in 15:41.80 and did not run as well as expected at the Southern Showcase, finishing 33rd in 16:15.97. | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | He was 8th at Cecil Field in 15:48, 1st in the FCA Cross Country Preseason Invitational and 2nd at Whispering Pines. 2nd at Astronaut in 16:20.50 and 1st at West Orange Invitational in 16:26. | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | MARK MEISTER Cambridge (Christian) School 15:49.20 Florida Horse Park in 11th place finish. | NR | 12 |
| 12 | ARMANDO CRUZz Belen Jesuit Preparatory School 9th at Cecil Field in 15:47.00. 7th at Florida Horse Park in 15:48.30 and 27th at Southern Showcase in 16:10.00. | NR | 11 |
| 13 | 15:55.50 1st at Wickham Jamboree in 15:55.50 and 1st at Indian River Fairgrounds in 16:12.20. | NR | 16 |
| 14 | Sr. BLAKE YOUNG Indian Rocks Christian 16 19 Opened at Cecil Field with a 16th place finish in 15:58 and has won his last two races at the Green Devil Invite with a 16:03.70 and at Seffner Christian Invitational with a 16:24.60. | 11 | 19 |
| 15 | Was 11th at Cecil Field with a 15:51. 1st in next two races at HOKA + Nights of Thunder in 16:17.00 and Wakulla XC in 16:48.10. | 12 | 15 |
| 16 | Sr. TANNER ANDRADE-BRINSKO Ponte Vedra HS 1st at the Middleburg Bronco Classic in 15:59.60 and 9th at Florida Horse Park Invitational in 15:59.50 | 11 | 21 |
| 17 | Sr. ANDREW MARINO Bishop Verot HS Opener at North Port this weekend. | 17 | NR |
| 18 | Sr. TANNER PRITCHARD Westminster Academy 11th at Cecil Field in 15:50, 2nd at the Park Vista Cobra XC Invite in 16:09.80 and 1st at the Miami County Day Open in 16:38.70. His 2nd at Pak Vista was to #2 ranked Jonathan Pena in a close race. Pena took it in 16:03.70. | 18 | 13 |
| 19 | 16:09.50
1st
Finals
HIGH SCHOOL Duval 5k XC Challenge | 19 | 31 |
| 20 | Sr. CRAIG ALLARD JR. Fort Myers HS Won his season opener at the Dunbar Tiger Jamboree 16:11.70. 1st Finals DDD Sommer Invitational in 16:46.00. He will test himself at Northport this weekend. | 13 | 34 |
WATCH LIST
21 are young men are now Sub-16 in the rankings through Week 4. We should start to see some faster times and some consistency in weeks 5 & 6.
So. Juan Pablo Castillo-Zima Bishop Kenny HS
Sr. Jacob Campbell Fleming Island HS
Jr. Mathew Hauser Lincoln Hs
Jr. Luca Martin George Steinbrenner