MSHSAA Class 1 Boys XC: Who's Back in 2026 – State Preview

Mark Dwyer

MileSplit Team Scores: See How Returning Teams Stack Up

With cross country season in its early stages, MileSplit is giving you a new way to see how returning teams stack up heading into the fall.

Team Scores use performances from returning athletes to create a snapshot of each program entering the season, making it easy to see which teams bring back the strongest lineups and where the competition stands.

Explore The Teams

The new Team Scores experience goes beyond the final ranking. Each team is displayed with its score, average time and scoring spread, along with a visual showing how its returning runners compare.

Want to take a closer look? Click the X to show the athletes contributing to a team's score, then click the dots to see the individual returners behind the team's ranking.

Use the interactive Team Scores below to explore the returning talent, compare teams and get a closer look at the programs to watch this cross country season.


What if every Boys Class 1 team in MSHSAA raced head-to-head? We scored the top 25 full squads using last season's returners' best times to see who comes out on top in our 2026 virtual meet.


Team Scores Virtual Meet
Class 1 XC Boys XC: The Virtual Meet -- Returners
Every full squad raced head-to-head on 2025 season bests · top 25 of 36 teams · 219 runners · top 5 count, 6--7 displace · 73 incomplete excluded
Front runner Scorers 2--5 1--5 pack spread
101PTS
1
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00
Avery Barnes · 16:58 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Cole Smith · 17:36 MSHSAA Class 1 - District 4 · Oct 31 Jack Ewing · 18:03 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Gideon Melling · 18:06 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Levi Dennis · 18:33 Battle of Lexington XC Invite · Oct 10
Breakdown
Avg 17:51.57 · Spread 1:34.95
181PTS
2
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00
Hunter Schwartze · 16:43 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Bryce Ewers · 17:38 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Paxten Jeremy · 18:18 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Kevin Russell · 19:25 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Tyler Hallahan · 19:26 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6
Breakdown
Avg 18:18.50 · Spread 2:43.50 · Behind #1 +26.9s per runner
202PTS
3
18:00 20:00 22:00 24:00 26:00
Slade Keller · 17:12 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Garrett Hopke · 17:33 Bowling Green Invite · Oct 23 Jaydon Hug-Hernandez · 18:49 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Brady Puls · 19:06 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6 Cristian Sastre · 19:38 MSHSAA State Cross Country Ch… · Nov 6
Breakdown
Avg 18:28.08 · Spread 2:26.30 · Behind #1 +36.5s per runner
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