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VIRGINIA CROSS COUNTRY

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The best Virginia high-school teams of each season, ranked by a virtual cross country meet: the 30 teams with the best averages each enter their top seven runners, placed on their season-best Statistical Rating, and the lowest points win. Open a team to see its top seven and their places.

THE TEAM LEADERBOARD

Boys · 2023

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Top 10 of the 30 teams in the virtual meet (308 Virginia teams eligible) · 3,905 rated runners on their rosters2023 historical snapshot · Statistical Rating: higher is faster
2023 boys team leaderboard: the top 10 Virginia teams by points in a virtual meet of the top 30 teams by average, with each team’s average. Each team row is followed by a list of its top seven runners and their places.
RankTeamPointsAverageDepth
01Blacksburg190169.141
Top seven runners of Blacksburg
Blacksburg: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
22Henry Strahm173.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
25Ryan Bagchi173.1VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
34Harrison Whitfield170.8Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
54Asher Roach163.9Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
55Miles Wilson163.7Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
(56)Zander Krisch163.0Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
(75)Benjamin Bailey158.2Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
02Woodbridge195169.714
Top seven runners of Woodbridge
Woodbridge: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
4Hayden Goodman184.1Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
24Nathanael McMahon173.5VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 2
42Cameron McDuffie167.5VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 2
59Owen Renquist162.5Octoberfest Invitational · Oct 7
66Deaven Roberts160.9VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 2
(72)Collin Keehan159.3VTCA Fall Classic · Sep 30
(180)Bradley Johnson135.5VHSL Region 6B Cross Country Championships · Nov 2
03Charlottesville234166.327
Top seven runners of Charlottesville
Charlottesville: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
19Nathaniel McKee174.5Judges Classic · Sep 30
27Nathaniel Orban172.6Judges Classic · Sep 30
58Graham Goodale162.6MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
62Jordan Chorbaji161.4VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
68Samson Palmer160.3Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
(69)Jack Helmke160.3Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
(132)Ethan Havran148.3VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
04Lake Braddock276165.111
Top seven runners of Lake Braddock
Lake Braddock: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
17Christian Bachmann176.42023 Glory Days Grill Invitational · Sep 30
23Patrick Gaffney173.52023 Glory Days Grill Invitational · Sep 30
46Bobby Leone165.42023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
71Timothy Asady-Kany159.72023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
119Kevin Dermody150.42023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
(120)Will Thomas150.42023 Patriot District CC Championship · Oct 26
(130)Nelson Lattimer148.62023 Occoquan Region CC Championship · Nov 2
05Chantilly289165.612
Top seven runners of Chantilly
Chantilly: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
3Tristan Thurneysen186.3Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
41Jack Morgan168.42023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
52Luke Barlow164.7Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
91Alex Morris155.62023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
102William Breslin152.92023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
(107)Sebastian Nowicki151.8Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
(186)Liam Westenbroek132.82023 Glory Days Grill Invitational · Sep 30
06Maggie Walker Gov. School315161.627
Top seven runners of Maggie Walker Gov. School
Maggie Walker Gov. School: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
51Oliver Frankel165.0MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
63Anthony Bastardi161.4VHSL Class 3 State XC Meet · Nov 11
64Rehaan Jain161.3MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
67Kavi Rajappa160.6MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
70Colston Wisotzki159.8VHSL Class 3 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(73)Patrick Doherty159.2MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
(135)Leo Chenoweth148.1MileStat.com XC Invitational · Oct 14
07Jefferson Forest324164.419
Top seven runners of Jefferson Forest
Jefferson Forest: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
7Alex Jordan182.5Knights Crossing XC Invitational · Sep 9
31Macon Smith171.5VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
33Luke Gaylor170.8VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
97Andrew Johnson153.7Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
156David Hiss143.4VHSL Class 4 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(161)Jake Laneve141.9Region 4D Championships · Nov 1
(179)Grayson West136.4Great American XC Festival · Oct 6
08Centreville345160.915
Top seven runners of Centreville
Centreville: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
32Elijah Post171.0Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
44Danny McGlynn166.72023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
79Chris Siriwardene157.7Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
86Wyatt Jessup156.7Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
104Hubert Chang152.6Great American XC Festival · Oct 6
(106)Jackson Loyer152.0Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
(139)Evan Plath147.6Monroe Parker Invitational · Sep 9
09Albemarle376159.133
Top seven runners of Albemarle
Albemarle: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
39Eli Phillips168.8Great American XC Festival · Oct 6
74Kuyper DeBoer158.8VHSL Class 5 State XC Meet · Nov 11
80JT Hillis157.5Third Battle Invitational · Oct 14
83Baelin Duncan157.1VHSL Class 5 State XC Meet · Nov 11
100Jacob Mackey153.5VHSL Class 5 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(125)Hayes Costello149.6VHSL Class 5 State XC Meet · Nov 11
(147)Caleb Gatlyn145.0VHSL Class 5 State XC Meet · Nov 11
10Oakton399161.724
Top seven runners of Oakton
Oakton: its top 7 runners by season-best Statistical Rating, with their places in the virtual meet
PlaceRunnerStatistical RatingSeason best from
2Junior Allen187.0Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
38Landon Newell169.6Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
89Conor Eklund156.0Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
133Daniel Malakoff148.3Northern Region Cross Country Championship · Nov 2
137Tristan Welsh147.72023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
(141)Harrison Willens147.02023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26
(144)Shane Roy146.32023 Concorde District CC Championship · Oct 26

In each team’s runner list, each rating is the runner’s season best on the day, from any rated varsity race, and Place is the runner’s place in the virtual meet; the first five places score, and the sixth and seventh, in parentheses, displace.

The ranking is a virtual cross country meet. Its field is the top 30 teams by average, the mean season-best Statistical Rating of a team’s five best runners, shown to 0.1 point on 2023’s K (489.934). Each team’s top seven runners take places by season-best rating, highest first. A team’s points are the sum of its five best places; its sixth and seventh runners take places but do not score, so they push other teams’ runners back. Lowest points rank first; a tie goes to the team whose sixth runner placed better (a team without one ranks below), then the higher average. A team needs at least five rated runners to be eligible and a top-30 average to be in the field; with fewer than seven it is marked thin (45 of 308 eligible teams this season).

Rated varsity runners count, not only the verified runners on the Rankings. A runner with a verified Virginia profile counts. A runner with an unresolved profile counts only with at least one rated varsity race in Virginia that season. A runner with a verified profile from another state does not count. Each runner counts for the school they raced for most. Regional and national finals count for individuals only: NXR Southeast, the Champs, Foot Locker and Brooks South regionals, Nike Cross Nationals, Foot Locker Nationals, Brooks, RunningLane and HXN. Their races stay on the individual leaderboards, but a runner’s team value is their best race elsewhere, and a runner who ran only those meets counts for no team. 532 rated runners who raced in Virginia had no school record on any result, so they count for no team and some teams’ depth is undercounted. Middle-school runners are left out. The virtual meet is scored from observed season bests; it is not a prediction of a real meet. How team rankings work

Statistical Rating. Higher is faster: points = K − adjusted seconds ÷ 3, so 1 point = 3 s; shown to 0.1 point, with a dash below 0. K is set for each sex and season so that our ratings sit on TullyRunners’ scale at meets both systems rated.Rank. Order by points in the virtual meet, lowest first. A tie goes to the team whose sixth runner placed better (a team without a sixth ranks below), then the higher average.Points. Cross country points in the virtual meet of the top 30 teams by average: the sum of the team’s five best places. Lowest wins.Team. A Virginia high school (VHSL, VISAA or independent). Each runner counts for one team: the one they raced for most that season.Average. The average Statistical Rating of the team’s five best runners, each on their season best: it picks the 30 teams in the virtual meet. Higher is faster; shown to 0.1 point.Depth. The team’s rated varsity runners this season. A team needs five to be ranked, and is marked thin with fewer than seven.Place. The runner’s place in the virtual meet, from their season-best rating. The first five places score; the sixth and seventh, in parentheses, take places but do not score.Runner. A rated varsity runner on the team: one with a verified Virginia profile, or with an unresolved profile and a rated varsity race in Virginia that season. A runner verified in another state does not count.Season best from. The meet and date of the runner’s season best, their lowest adjusted time from any rated varsity race. A best from a D or E race is flagged.