The Boys Top 30, 11/17

This Week (Two Weeks Ago)

1 (1). Casey Clinger, senior, American Fork (Utah): Revving to go for NXR Southwest.

2 (2). Noah Affolder, senior, Carlisle (Pennsylvania): Focus: Foot Locker.

3 (5). David Principe Jr, senior, La Salle (Rhode Island): Big wins at Rhode Island state meet and New Englands bode well.

4 (10). Finn Gessner, senior, Madison La Follette (Wisconsin): He edged out future Wisconsin teammate Seth Hirsch to win the NXR Heartland.

5 (3). Seth Hirsch, senior, Millard West (Nebraska): Ran toe to toe with Gessner at NXR Heartland.

6 (4). Brodey Hasty, junior, Brentwood (Tennessee): He won the Tennessee state title. 

7 (7). Cooper Teare, senior, St. Joseph Notre Dame (California): Gearing up for a big push into CIF finals.

8 (NR). Soren Knudsen, senior, Minooka (Illlinois): Class 3A Illinois winner is getting ready for Foot Locker Midwest.

9 (12). Sam Worley, senior, Comal Canyon (Texas): He won the Texas 6A state meet in 14:40.

10 (11). Luis Grijalva, senior, Armijo (California): He won the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship.

11 (NR). Elliot Gindi, senior, Ocean Township (New Jersey): He won the Group 3 title at Holmdel Park in 15:27.

12 (28). Taylor Vroon, senior, Brentwood (Tennessee): Lives on Hasty's shoulder; second at Tennessee state meet.

13 (NR). James Mwaura, junior, Lincoln (Washington): Win at NXR Northwest feels like a breakout. 

14 (NR). Danny Kilrea, junior, Lyons Township (Illinois): Huge win at the NXR Midwest. 

15 (14). Joe Benson, senior, Timpanogos (Utah): Has NXR Southwest on Saturday.

16 (15). Alex Maier, sophomore, Flower Mound (Texas): Finishing second a lot, but it will pay off soon.

17 (16). Michael Vernau, senior, Davis Sr (California): Right behind Grijalva at Sac-Joaquin Section Championships.

18 (NR). Matt Grossman, senior, Millburn (New Jersey): Just a hair behind Gindi at Groups on the Holmdel course.

19 (NR). Connor Lane, senior, Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina): He broke the state meet course record in North Carolina.

20 (13). McKay Johns, senior, American Fork (Utah): Ready to resume the season at NXR Southwest. 

21 (19). Tanner Norman, senior, Classical Academy (Colorado): Top guy in Colorado has big test at NXR Southwest.

22 (8). Noah Jacobs, senior, Corunna (Michigan): Michigan D2 champion still undefeated with Foot Locker on the horizon.

23 (24). Chase Equall, senior, Bozeman (Montana): Strong second at NXR Northwest.

24 (NR). Milo Greder, senior, Omaha Westside (Nebraska): Third place finisher at NXR Heartland.

25 (30). Dylan Jacobs, junior, Carl Sandburg (Illinois): Right behind Kilrea at NXR Midwest.

26 (NR). Ty Brownlow, senior, Liverpool (New York): He won the New York Class A title.

27 (17). Daniel Bernal, senior El Paso Eastwood (Texas): He was third at the Texas 6A meet.

28 (9). Reed Brown, senior, Southlake Carroll (Texas): He was fourth in a hotly competitive Texas 6A race.

29 (20). Talon Hull, senior, Weber (Utah): He was third in the Utah Class 5A race -- a long time ago.

30 (NR). Marcelo Rocha, senior, Peabody (Massachusetts): He rolled to the Massachusetts Eastern State title.

Watch list -- Curtis Eckstein IN, Waleed Suliman VA, Jack Aho IL, Chris Tibbets NY, Seth Eliason MN, Alex Miley MN, Noah Carey NY, Dustin Horter OH, Yacine Guermali WA, Jordan Lesansee NM, Caleb Pottorff FL, Charles Hicks FL, Gabe Fendel IN, Austin Hindman MO, Patrick O'Brien NH, Riad Rababeh MI, Tibebu Proctor WA, Nathan Henderson PA, Callum Bolger CA, Peter Morris VA, Jordan Brannan NJ, Nathan Lawler NY, Rey Rivera NJ, Erik Gonzalez CA, Jacob McLeod GA, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos CA, Dalton Hengst MD, Patrick Parker UT, Ryan Raff UT, Andy Monroe OR, Christian Ricketts CA