<p>
<span style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">NCRunners is counting down the top 25 boys teams heading into the fall season. The full rankings will be released on the first day of official practice: Friday, August 1st. These are subjective rankings (not computer generated); they take into account returning team rankings, returning team averages, team rankings in the 1600 and 3200 from indoor and outdoor track, and a school's "Improvement Rating." Improvement Rating is a custom metric developed by researching the improvement in a team's 5-person average from year to year, in comparison to that same team's ranking. Improvement Rating numbers and methodology will be released on the weekend of August 2nd.</span></p>
Pine Forest has a veteran team and a desire to prove that they can be as successful on the course as they have been on the track.
| Pine Forest (NC) | ||||
| 1) Sam Maxfield | 16:32.84 | 97 | ||
| 2) Antonio Domena | 16:34.05 | 100 | ||
| 3) Peyton Smith | 16:57.00 | 164 | ||
| 4) Thomas Dunlap | 17:09.22 | 217 | ||
| 5) Nate Leahy | 17:17.16 | 251 | ||
| Average Time: 16:54.05 Total Time: 1:24:30.27 1-5 Split: 44.32 | ||||
| 6) Chase Blackwell | 17:41.86 | 368 | ||
| 7) Cameron Reed | 18:10.00 | 547 | ||