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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>
Like teeth in a shark's mouth, Mount Tabor keeps replacing departed seniors with vastly improved younger runners.
| Mount Tabor (NC) | ||||
| 1) Brad Walter | 15:48.46 | 20 | ||
| 2) Kenny Kneisel | 16:02.00 | 31 | ||
| 3) Michael Madden | 16:49.00 | 142 | ||
| 4) Ian Nickel | 17:11.87 | 226 | ||
| 5) Ryan Armstrong | 17:23.70 | 282 | ||
| Average Time: 16:39.01 Total Time: 1:23:15.03 1-5 Split: 1:35.24 | ||||
| 6) Grayson Campanaro | 17:47.00 | 405 | ||
| 7) Isaac Ingram-Edwards | 17:50.55 | 429 | ||