Mid-Season All Classes Individual Rankings: Boys

The boys were fairly easy to rank, because so many of them ran the adidas XC Challenge (which formed the backbone of these rankings).  Credit had to be given to a few runners who did not get the opportunity to race in the cool temperatures of September 17 and the few days that followed it, as well as one or two runners who have only run on challenging courses.  Head-to-head results were considered whenever possible.  Take the example of George Oliver (Mount Tabor), who beat Steven Phillips and Bakri Abushouk at the Providence Invitational, but did not get the chance to drop time like those two did at adidas.  As usual, this reflects where I think the runners are right now, not where they will be at the end of the season, and they are based heavily on statistics but tweaked with other considerations mentioned above.

 

All Classes Top 25

 

1. Thomas Graham (Cary Academy)

2. Sam Roberson (Broughton)

3. Craig Engels (Reagan)

4. Jimmy Hollingsworth (Northern Guilford)

5. Jonathan Bivens (Weddington)

6. James McAlister (unattached)

7. Mitch McLeod (Chapel Hill)

8. Mason Boyles (Ashley)

9. Sam Miner (East Chapel Hill)

10. George Oliver (Mount Tabor)

11. Steven Phillips (Cardinal Gibbons)

12. Ben Huffman (Providence Day)

13. Tim Gruber (Cannon School)

14. Bakri Abushouk (Cary)

15. Steve Mulherin (Science & Math)

16. Trevor Sleight (Carolina Day)

17. Jacob Sears (Panther Creek)

18. Chris Reeder (Chapel Hill)

19. Madison Souder (Ardrey Kell)

20. Josh Crawford (South View)

21. Richard Miller (Millbrook)

22. Bobby Baraldi (Science & Math)

23. Clifford Buck (Jay M Robinson)

24. AJ Tucker (Cedar Ridge)

25. Cole Honeycutt (East Rowan)