There is a pretty solid group of 8 runners who are forming as the state's top tier of boys cross country runners this fall in Tyler Stutzman, Thomas Porter, Ben Dejarnette, Andrew Colley, Alex Ott, Kyle Satterwhite, Josh Morris, and Bobby Peavey. Who is this week's #1? It is tough to call with none of the mentioned runners having raced head to head yet. The Oatlands Invitational this weekend will change that with Stutzman, Porter, Dejarnette, Ott, and Satterwhite racing in a field which will also include of the nation's top returning runners in Solomon Haile (Sherwood HS of MD), the Nike Indoor and Outdoor Nationals 5K champ last year.
New faces in this week's top 15 individual rankings are John Holt of Jamestown, Drew Paisley of Ocean Lakes, and Dante Morales of Oakton. Holt finished second to his teammate Colley at the Lee-Davis Invite in a solid time of 16:18 and ran well ahead of third place finisher Chris Foley of Chantilly, who won at Monroe Parker this past week over a solid fi...