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<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>
The 4A West is ripe for the taking, and Lake Norman returns enough talent and leadership to be a contender for the title.
| Lake Norman (NC) | ||||
| 1) Ty Sauerbrey | 16:28.00 | 86 | ||
| 2) Jack Mastandrea | 16:42.00 | 124 | ||
| 3) Wes Anderson | 16:56.00 | 160 | ||
| 4) Wyatt Fedorka | 17:07.00 | 199 | ||
| 5) Jacob Ennis | 17:13.00 | 231 | ||
| Average Time: 16:53.20 Total Time: 1:24:26.00 1-5 Split: 45.00 | ||||
| 6) Jack Mueller | 17:24.00 | 285 | ||
| 7) Bradley Bocker | 17:37.00 | 341 | ||