5th Man National Rankings: Which Boys Squads Have The Best 5th Scorer?

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Joe Boyle of CBA

In cross country, a team is only as good as their pack. We were curious to see which teams had the best No. 5 runner. These rankings were compiled by looking at athletes' season-best 5K times from 2015 and are not indicative of any other PR times or competition record.


RankNameTimeTeam
1Drew Watson15:59.70Carmel High School (IN)
2Joe Boyle16:00.64Christian Brothers Academy (NJ)
3Chris Leymeister16:01.00Indian Hills HS (NJ)
4Brayden Watson16:07.80Hamilton Southeastern High School (IN)
5Justin Touhey16:10.00Don Bosco Prep (NJ)
6Joseph Deck16:12.60Bellarmine College Prep (CC) (CA)
7Josh Peters16:13.00Davis High School (UT)
8Ike Tamanaha16:13.92West Torrance (SS) (CA)
9Ben Keller16:15.66Ogden (UT)
10Wes Heal16:17.90Wayzata High School (MN)
11Scott Healy16:18.43Mira Costa High School (SS) (CA)
12Sam Stitt16:18.90Fremont (MI)
13Connor Rutledge16:19.31Southlake Carroll (TX)
14Ethan Mercado16:19.76The Woodlands (TX)
15Daniel Vo16:20.50Green Hope (NC)
16Ryan Kennedy16:20.60Neuqua Valley High Sch...