<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>
Nick Linder leads a Providence Day team that returns both talent and one of the best cultures of any team in the state.
| Providence Day School (NC) | ||||
| 1) Nick Linder | 15:34.92 | 6 | ||
| 2) Jack Paddison | 15:45.00 | 13 | ||
| 3) Jake Gilbert | 16:56.00 | 161 | ||
| 4) Chad Matthews | 17:02.96 | 182 | ||
| 5) William Glenn | 17:14.00 | 234 | ||
| Average Time: 16:30.58 Total Time: 1:22:32.88 1-5 Split: 1:39.08 | ||||
| 6) Elias Eskind | 17:41.00 | 359 | ||
| 7) Reed Baker | 17:52.00 | 435 | ||