Photo Credit: Mim Stonecipher
We are half way through the Florida 2025 cross country season. The most significant improvement from 2024 to 2025 at the half way point of the season is by Seffner Christian's Casey Claassen. The senior is ranked 18th in the state with a time of 15:32.73, which he ran in a 10th-place finish at the Northport Invitational. Claassen, in the 2024 season, had run 18:24.60 by the halfway point. He finished the 2025 season with a 23rd-place finish in the 1A state finals, running 16:37.90. That's an incredible 2:51.87 improvement!
THE MOST IMPROVED BOYS IN 2025 THROUGH WEEK 6
*NOTE: I went out to 1000 and edited down. The athlete had to have run in 2024 and in 2025 through the first six weeks of the season, had to have been in the top 1000 at that time in 2024, and had to have shown an improvement in their performance from 2024 to 2025.
The rankings are based on results recorded in our database as of September 30th at 2:00 p.m. ET. If you notice any missing or inc...
