2015 XC Preview Series: Top 500 Boys Returners Part 3 (300-201)

Runners 201-300 still haven't broken 17 minutes, but they have come mighty close. The top end of this list sits at 17 minutes flat. while number 300 is at 17:16. You can definitely see this group of runners break 17 minutes as early as the first weekend of the season if they play their cards right.

Highlighting this list is Kamil Jihad of Chester. The rising sophomore was the top 800 meter runner in the freshman class last year, breaking 2 minutes on several occasions. He leads the 15 sophomores that made this list. But the list is dominated by the new senior class, who account for exactly half of the runners. The class of 2017 has 35 runners.

20117:00.00

GREGORY SCHLEICHER

Pine-Richland

2016

PIAA State Championships74th

20117:00.00

KAMIL JIHAD

Chester

2018

PIAA District 1 Championships97th

20117:00.00

LOGAN KOCH

Easton Area

2017

Paul Short Run101st

20417:00.40

ELI URBAN

St Josephs Catholic Academy

2016

PIAA District 6 Championships2nd

20517:00.60

MICHAEL STEMMLER

Upper Saint Clair

2016

Mingo Classic15th

20617:01.00

CHRIS HERSHBERGER

Ephrata

2017

Conestoga Valley/Cedar Crest/Ephrata/Elizabethtown Area6th

20617:01.00

ANDREW FLINN

Archbishop Wood

2017

62nd Annual George School Invitational8th

20617:01.00

NOAH BEVERIDGE

Butler

2018

PIAA District 7 WPIAL Championships19th

20617:01.00

SEAN BROWN

Roman Catholic

2017

Paul Short Run27th

20617:01.00

DYLAN SMILEY

Phoenixville Area

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships99th

20617:01.00

JOSH FABER

Twin Valley

2017

Paul Short Run106th

21217:01.30

SEAMUS FROMHARTZ

Bishop Shanahan

2016

25th Bulldog Cross Country Invitational-Rose Tree8th

21217:01.30

STEPHEN PAUL

LaSalle College High School

2017

PIAA District 12 Championships8th

21417:01.50

DAVID WILES

Marion Center Area

2016

PIAA District 6 Championships3rd

21517:02.00

MATTHEW FOHNER

Archbishop Carroll

2016

DELCO Championships16th

21617:02.20

BRYTON HENRY

Boyertown

2016

35th Annual Centaur Invitational18th

21717:02.70

MATT BALOGH

State College Area High School

2016

PIAA District 6 Championships10th

21817:03.00

DILLON MCCONNELL

Grove City Area

2016

Grove City Invitational11th

21817:03.00

EVAN HASSMAN

Lower Merion

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships101st

22017:03.50

DOMINIC MAZZARIELLO

Somerset Area

2018

PIAA District 6 Championships3rd

22117:03.80

ZACH SCHWARTZ

Germantown Friends School

2016

adidas XC Challenge121st

22217:04.00

AQEEL BACCHUS

Bensalem

2017

47th Annual Mill Street Run8th

22217:04.00

JOE ULIANO

Altoona Area

2016

Big Valley Invitational10th

22217:04.00

HUNTER CRAWLEY

South Williamsport

2017

PIAA State Championships19th

22217:04.00

BEN BERKMAN

West Chester Henderson

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships103rd

22217:04.00

THOMAS JORDON

Central Bucks East

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships104th

22217:04.00

RAPHAEL ABADILLA

Hershey

2017

Paul Short Run112th

22817:04.40

MIKE BUTLER

Pittsburgh Central Catholic

2017

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational23rd

22917:04.80

SAM SNODGRASS

South Fayette High School

2018

Mingo Classic16th

22917:04.80

FLETCHER HUBSCH

Quaker Valley

2016

Sharpsville Blue Devil Invite20th

23117:04.85

ZACH BITNER

Boiling Springs

2016

Gettysburg XC Invitational19th

23217:05.00

GANNON LEECH

Shady Side Academy

2017

PIAA State Championships21st

23317:05.30

MATTHEW THOMAS

Chartiers Valley

2016

Mingo Classic17th

23417:05.60

BRETT GEORGE

Altoona Area

2016

PIAA District 6 Championships11th

23517:06.00

MICHAEL BLACKETTER

Lehighton

2017

Schuylkill League Championships4th

23517:06.00

MATT ROYER

Cedar Crest

2016

Conestoga Valley/Cedar Crest/Ephrata/Elizabethtown Area7th

23517:06.00

ANTHONY BACH

Lewisburg Area

2017

Big Valley Invitational11th

23517:06.00

IAN REID

Strath Haven

2016

DELCO Championships17th

23517:06.00

ROHAN BHANDARKAR

Council Rock North

2017

SOL National Conference Championship22nd

23517:06.00

SAMUEL LENZE

Indiana Area

2017

PIAA State Championships36th

23517:06.00

COLIN MIHALAK

Coatesville

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships108th

23517:06.00

ATA SHAHIDEH

Central Bucks East

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships109th

23517:06.00

PATRICK JOHNSON

Wallenpaupack

2016

Paul Short Run116th

23517:06.00

JOE DOUGHERTY

West Chester East

2017

Paul Short Run117th

24517:08.00

CALVIN SCHNECK

Whitehall

2016

Lions Invitational7th

24517:08.00

SIMEON SCHLICHER

Elizabethtown Area

2016

Conestoga Valley/Cedar Crest/Ephrata/Elizabethtown Area8th

24517:08.00

BRAD AMY

Saegertown

2016

PIAA State Championships24th

24817:08.50

ANDREW SAVILLE

Pennridge

2017

59th Annual William Tennent Invitational25th

24917:09.00

PATRICK JAMES

Cardinal O'Hara

2017

DELCO Championships1st

24917:09.00

JOHN CONNOR

Pope John Paul II

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships8th

24917:09.00

MATTHEW COAKLEY

Central Dauphin

2016

Paul Short Run30th

25217:09.30

COOPER LESLIE

Camp Hill

2016

Mid-Penn Conference Champs30th

25317:09.40

JOHN ZIEGLER

Our Lady Of Sacred Heart

2016

12th Annual Red, White & Blue Classic

25417:10.00

KEVIN COLE

Palmyra

2017

22nd Carlisle High School Invitational21st

25417:10.00

JOE MALAFRONTE

Danville Area

2016

PIAA State Championships42nd

25417:10.00

ZACH LIGA

Strath Haven

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships118th

25417:10.00

LANDON DETWEILER

Upper Perkiomen

2017

Paul Short Run125th

25417:10.00

MATHEW BIANCO

Parkland

2016

Paul Short Run128th

25917:10.10

CALEB JENSEN

Honesdale

2017

35th Annual Centaur Invitational22nd

26017:10.55

BENJAMIN REISENWEAVER

Schuylkill Valley

2018

Northampton Invitational3rd

26117:11.00

SAM BLECHMAN

North Allegheny

2016

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational1st

26117:11.00

JUSTIN BERGEN

Parkland

2016

Parkland, Pleasant Valley, Whitehall & Stroudsburg6th

26117:11.00

MICHAEL NEESON

Pottsgrove

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships9th

26117:11.00

APURVA DESHMUKH

West Chester Henderson

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships121st

26117:11.00

AVERY LEDERER

Penncrest

2018

PIAA District 1 Championships123rd

26617:11.20

BENNETT SNEATH

Upper Saint Clair

2017

Mingo Classic19th

26617:11.20

CONNER TODD

Harriton

2016

59th Annual William Tennent Invitational26th

26817:11.40

LOGAN CARUSO

Bradford Area

2018

Ridgway Invitational3rd

26917:11.50

TJ ROBINSON

North Allegheny

2018

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational29th

27017:11.70

RILEY LAMISON

Beaver Area

2016

12th Annual Red, White & Blue Classic

27117:12.00

MATTHEW HOUSER

Hazleton Area

2016

Ed Narkiewicz All-League Meet6th

27117:12.00

KYLE ORTIZ

Archbishop Wood

2016

62nd Annual George School Invitational11th

27117:12.00

AMADOU DIALLO

Taylor Allderdice

2017

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Invitational30th

27117:12.00

JOSEPH ANGELINA

Penncrest

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships124th

27117:12.00

MATT TOWN

Perkiomen Valley

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships128th

27617:12.10

DANIEL STASSEN

Germantown Friends School

2017

adidas XC Challenge133rd

27717:13.00

CYRUS LANAGER

West Branch

2017

St Joseph's Catholic Academy vs Juniata Valley and West Branch2nd

27717:13.00

FRANCO BALBUENA

James M. Coughlin

2016

8th PIAA Foundation XC Invitational11th

27717:13.00

BEN MCKNIGHT

Grove City Area

2018

Grove City Invitational13th

27717:13.00

SHANE AINSCOE

Spring Ford

2018

Paul Short Run130th

27717:13.00

ALEX OCHSNER

Downingtown East

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships132nd

28217:13.30

JOSHUA KALAPOS

Mount Lebanon

2016

The Legends Meet34th

28317:13.60

ETHAN KOZA

Council Rock North

2018

59th Annual William Tennent Invitational29th

28417:14.00

GARRET SMITH

Northeast Bradford

2017

NTL Coaches Invitational3rd

28417:14.00

CHRISTOPHER SCHARF

Elizabethtown Area

2018

Conestoga Valley/Cedar Crest/Ephrata/Elizabethtown Area10th

28417:14.00

BLAKE RISTAU

Warren Area

2017

Grove City Invitational14th

28417:14.00

WILLIAM SCHULZ

Central Bucks East

2016

CB West/CB East/Pennridge16th

28417:14.00

MAX FREYERMUTH

Knoch

2017

PIAA State Championships46th

28417:14.00

WILL RIEKE

Lower Merion

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships133rd

28417:14.00

CONNOR MCSWAIN

West Chester Henderson

2016

PIAA District 1 Championships134th

29117:14.40

BRYCE BRANDENSTEIN

Mount Lebanon

2018

12th Annual Red, White & Blue Classic

29217:15.00

DAN POWELL

Central Bucks East

2016

CB West/CB East/Pennridge17th

29217:15.00

STEVE CROMITY

Msgr Bonner & Abp Prendergast HS

2016

DELCO Championships22nd

29217:15.00

MATT POLONUS

Warwick

2016

22nd Carlisle High School Invitational23rd

29217:15.00

STEFFEN HUDE

Pennsbury

2017

SOL National Conference Championship24th

29217:15.00

JUSTIN BEASLEY-TURNER

Pottstown

2016

Paul Short Run31st

29217:15.00

DANIEL FORRY

Hempfield (3)

2017

Paul Short Run136th

29217:15.00

SCOTT PEDUTO

Great Valley

2017

PIAA District 1 Championships137th

29917:15.90

JACOB MINNICH

Waynesboro

2016

16th Annual Bear Mountain River Run11th

30017:16.00

ZACHARY TINGLEY

Lakeview

2018

Cochranton Cardinal Invitational7th