The Boys Top 30, 12/1

This Week (Two Weeks Ago)

1 (1). Casey Clinger, senior, American Fork (Utah): Defending champion aiming to help team to title.

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

3 (3). David Principe Jr, senior, La Salle (Rhode Island): Course record at Bowdoin Park shows he’s rolling into NXN and a title contender.

4 (4). Finn Gessner, senior, Madison La Follette (Wisconsin): He won the NXR Heartland and punched a return ticket to San Diego.

5 (6). Brodey Hasty, junior, Brentwood (Tennessee): He won the NXR Southeast title. 

6 (5). Seth Hirsch, senior, Millard West (Nebraska): Double booked for nationals for the second straight year.

7 (7). Cooper Teare, senior, St. Joseph Notre Dame (California): CIF Division 5 champion for the second straight year and an NXN contender.

8 (9). Sam Worley, senior, Comal Canyon (Texas): He won NXR South and Foot Locker South.

9 (10). Luis Grijalva, senior, Armijo (California): California state champion targeting Foot Locker.

10 (25). Dylan Jacobs, junior, Carl Sandburg (Illinois): Getting better week by week and won Foot Locker Midwest.

11 (13). James Mwaura, junior, Lincoln (Washington): Comes into NXN with a lot of momentum.

12 (19). Connor Lane, senior, Cardinal Gibbons (North Carolina): He finished second at Foot Locker South.

13 (17). Michael Vernau, senior, Davis Sr (California): Right behind Grijalva at CIF Finals.

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

15 (26). Ty Brownlow, senior, Liverpool (New York): He won the New York NXR title.

16 (20). McKay Johns, senior, American Fork (Utah): Second man in American Fork’s 1-2-3 at NXR Southwest.

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

18 (15). Joe Benson, senior, Timpanogos (Utah): Making his third appearance at NXN and was 16th last year.

19 (NR). Callum Bolger, senior, San Luis Obispo (California): Impressive 14:57 for the CIF Division 4 title.

20 (11). Elliot Gindi, senior, Ocean Township (New Jersey): New Jersey champion punched his ticket to Foot Locker.

21 (NR) Patrick Parker, senior, American Fork (Utah): Finished third at the NXR Southwest race.

22 (NR) Sam Affolder, sophomore, Carlisle (Pennsylvania): Finished second behind his brother at Foot Locker Northeast.

23 (NR) Jack Aho, junior, Grayslake Central (Illinois): Finished second at Foot Locker Midwest.

24 (16). Alex Maier, sophomore, Flower Mound (Texas): He was third at Foot Locker South and is double booked for nationals. 

25 (12). Taylor Vroon, senior, Brentwood (Tennessee): If he can continue to stay on Hasty’s shoulder that means good things for Brentwood on Saturday.

26 (NR). Patrick O’Brien, senior, Oyster River (New Hampshire): He finished third at Foot Locker Northeast.

27 (NR). Isaac Green, senior, Monarch (Colorado): The Colorado 5A champ was fifth at NXR Southwest.

28 (29). Talon Hull, senior, Weber (Utah): Long wait since state meet ends at Foot Locker West.

29 (NR). Gabe Fendel, junior, Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana): Third at Foot Locker Midwest and double booked for nationals.

30 (NR). Tibebu Proctor, senior, Northwest School (Washington): Looked good at BorderClash on the way to Foot Locker West.

Watch list – Marcelo Rocha MA, Reed Brown, TX, Tanner Norman CO, Noah Jacobs MI, Milo Greder NE, Daniel Bernal TX, Soren Knudsen IL, Waleed Suliman VA, Chris Tibbets NY, Seth Eliason MN, Alex Miley MN, Noah Carey NY, Dustin Horter OH, Yacine Guermali WA, Jordan Lesansee NM, Daniel Viegra TX, Charles Hicks FL,Nathan Henderson PA, Ben Varghese TN, Peter Morris VA, Jordan Brannan NJ, Nathan Lawler NY, Erik Gonzalez CA, Jacob McLeod GA, Joaquin Martinez de Pinillos CA, Dalton Hengst MD, Ryan Raff UT, Andy Monroe OR, Liam Anderson CA, Evert Silva CA, Christian Ricketts CA