By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

The Top 30, 10/31

1 (1). Nico Young, senior, Newbury Park CA: The Marmonte League finals are coming up next week. 

2 (2). Leo Daschbach, senior, Highland AZ: He was the fastest at Mt. SAC at 14:32.4, which is pretty impressive for someone traveling in from out of state.

3 (3). Cole Sprout, senior, Valor Christian CO: He broke his own state meet course record in Colorado by clocking 15:12.7 and is going to be tough to beat from here on out.

4 (4). Evan Holland, senior, Ashland OR: He won won his district meet easily Wednesday but there is so much more left in the tank. He's been waiting in the weeds.

5 (6). Graydon Morris, senior, Aledo TX: His district and regional wins are right in line with previous performances that eventually led to top-three finishes at Foot Locker.

6 (5). Matt Strangio, senior, Jesuit CA: The Delta League Championships are Saturday.

7 (8). Liam Murphy, senior, Allentown NJ: He won the Mercer County Championship.

8 (9). Jonas Price, senior, Eisenhower WA: The Big 9 District meet is today.

9 (12). Connor Ohlson, senior, Dakota Ridge CO: He was the second-fastest at the Colorado state meet.

10 (7). Thomas Boyden, senior, Skyline UT: He slipped and fell at the Utah state meet. Not going to punish him too much for that.  

11 (10). Josh Methner, senior, Hersey IL: He won his regional meet handily.

12 (11). Carter Solomon, senior, Plymouth MI: He is 12 for 12 heading into the Michigan state meet.

13 (17). Ryan Schoppe, senior, LaPorte TX: He ran 14:59.2 in his regional meet and won by 43 seconds.

14 (14). Nathan Green, junior, Borah ID: The Idaho state meet is Saturday.

15 (15). Evan Bishop, senior, East Grand Rapids MI: He ran 14:56.4 at his regional meet. It will be interesting to see if he can run faster than Solomon in Michigan. They are in separate races.

16 (18). Daniel O'Brien, senior, Virginia Episcopal VA: He an 14:57 at the Milestat invitational in Virginia.

17 (NR). Gavin Sherry, sophomore, Conard CT: He ran 15:24 at Wickham Park to win the LL title in Connecticut. That's six seconds faster than Cozean but they will finally go head to head this weekend. 

18 (13). Robbie Cozean, senior, Xavier CT: He won the Division L title in 15:30. 

19 (19). Jace Aschbrenner, senior, Newbury Park CA: The Marmonte League finals are coming up next week. 

20 (NR). Cruz Culpepper, senior, Niwot CO: He won the Colorado 4A championship race for the second year in a row.

21 (NR). Caleb Brown, senior, Shelby Senior OH: He has run run back-to-back sub 15 minute 5Ks leading up to the state meet.

22 (23). Patrick Anderson, senior, Mt Lebanon PA: He's the favorite going into the Pennsylvania state meet.

23 (20). Matthew Farrell, senior, The Loomis Chaffee School CT: The Founders League Championships are Saturday.

24 (29). Brett Gardner, senior, Lincoln-Way East IL: He beat Jared Kreis in the conference and regional meets.

25 (22) Graham Blanks, senior, Athens Academy GA: Great American XC Festival winner won his 1A Area 2 Private meet title last week.

26 (NR). Parker Wolfe, junior, Cherry Creek CO: He was third in the Colorado Class 5A final. 

27 (21). Jarrett Kirk, senior, Lewisville Flower Mound TX: He won the 6A Region 1 title.

28 (25). Carlos Shultz, senior, Loudoun Valley VA: He rested at the Dulles District meet.

29 (26). Judson Greer, junior, Melissa TX: He is cruising to the 4A title repeat in Texas.

30 (NR). Anthony Grover, senior, J Serra Catholic CA: He won the Orange County Championship and was second-fastest at Mt. SAC.

Watchlist - Justin Wachtel GA, Jared Kreis IL, Mason Norman CO, Michael Abeyta TX, Dalton Mortensen UT, Creed Thompson UT, Reece Gibson IN, Mhalicki Bronson OH, Oliver Paleen MN, Sam Lawler NY, Luke Johnson NJ, Aidan Puffer CT, Caleb Johnson UT, Silas Winders TN, Luke Combs IN, Peter Visser WY, Jack Jennings NJ, Easton Allred UT, Wil Smith WA, Michael Mireles CA, Aidan Palmer OR, Spencer Cardinal TX, Brady Yoder ND, Kevin Antczak NJ