After finishing third in the last two state meets, is this the year that Weddington breaks through for a 3A championship?
NOTE: virtual meets can only rank the teams that qualified, and do not include individual qualifiers. There will be full previews later in the week.
Top 25 Individuals from Qualifying Teams (Full Rankings)
| 1 | Philip Hall | 11 | Terry Sanford | 15:08.5 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tanis Baldwin | 11 | East Henderson | 15:14.3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Ryan Shannon | 12 | North Lincoln | 15:34.0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Andrew Fea | 12 | North Lincoln | 15:35.0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Jake Blizzard | 11 | Marvin Ridge | 15:44.0 | 5 | |
| 6 | Collin Vilen | 12 | Chapel Hill | 15:50.0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Ryan Hobbs | 11 | Weddington High School | 15:54.0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Drew Roeber | 11 | Chapel Hill | 15:58.1 | 8 | |
| 9 | Jared Buddington | 12 | Cedar Ridge | 15:58.3 | 9 | |
| 10 | Travis Leppi | 12 | North Buncombe | 16:08.0 | 10 | |
| 11 | Conor Honeycutt | 11 | East Rowan | 16:09.0 | 11 | |
| 12 | Mitchell Resor | 10 | Weddington High School | 16:13.0 | 12 | |
| 13 | Alex Hazan | 10 | Weddington High School | 16:15.0 | 13 | |
| 14 | Matthew Calvelo | 11 | Western Harnett | 16:17.0 | 14 | |
| 15 | Daniel Ferguson | 11 | Marvin Ridge | 16:18.0 | 15 | |
| 16 | Matthew Conner | 10 | Weddington High School | 16:19.0 | 16 | |
| 17 | Jarrett Swearingen | 11 | West Carteret | 16:19.0 | 17 | |
| 18 | Noah Hanley | 11 | Cedar Ridge | 16:20.6 | 18 | |
| 19 | Brandon Dalla Rosa | 11 | Weddington High School | 16:21.0 | 19 | |
| 20 | Connor Peeples | 10 | Cardinal Gibbons | 16:21.4 | 20 | |
| 21 | Jt Klimek | 11 | Cardinal Gibbons | 16:21.9 | 21 | |
| 22 | Patrick Fallon | 12 | Cedar Ridge | 16:23.4 | 22 | |
| 23 | Peter Williams | 11 | Chapel Hill | 16:23.6 | 23 | |
| 24 | Connor Lane | 9 | Cardinal Gibbons | 16:24.8 | 24 | |
| 25 | Joey Reitz | 11 | White Oak | 16:25.0 | 25 |
Top 10 Teams (Full Rankings)
| 1 | Weddington High School | 67 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | - | - |
| 2 | North Lincoln | 113 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 34 | 39 | - | - |
| 3 | Chapel Hill | 133 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 44 | 52 | - | - |
| 4 | Cedar Ridge | 151 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 48 | 54 | - | - |
| 5 | Cardinal Gibbons | 153 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 43 | 45 | - | - |
| 6 | Marvin Ridge | 167 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 53 | 62 | - | - |
| 7 | Asheville | 192 | 27 | 31 | 37 | 38 | 59 | - | - |
| 8 | West Carteret | 234 | 17 | 26 | 46 | 71 | 74 | - | - |
| 9 | Terry Sanford | 236 | 1 | 28 | 58 | 66 | 83 | - | - |
| 10 | East Rowan | 253 | 11 | 42 | 60 | 63 | 77 | - | - |