These are subjective rankings (not computer generated) they take into account returning team rankings, team rankings in the 1600 and 3200 from outdoor track, and a school's "Improvement Rating." Improvement Rating is a metric developed by researching the improvement in a team's final place at State from 2011-2013. Each category is given rank points and added up coming to a final point total. Some squads made up for high point totals, getting ranked higher by virtue of number of returners (top 7) and by fastest returning XC team average. Not all XC runners do Track (Soccer mostly) which can affect Outdoor team rankings, but generally not the top 5-7 teams)
4A Boys Pre-Season Rankings #3- St. Pius X
There are alot of teams out there in contention who would not like to see this picture above in 2014. The Golden Lions have been on a roll winning 4 State consecutive 3A XC titles. Sprague and 3 others from their core have moved on, but expect some talent to be developed in their strong program this Fall. Returning to lead the hunt are seniors Stephen Martinez and Nik Calia. Martinez was 5th at State (pr of 15:51 at Clinton Farms) Calia placed 4th last season and sports a pr of 16:08 (Clinton Farms) Ryan Kelly is a formidable 3rd with a pr of 16:38. The Lions had the top rated 3200 Outdoor team average in the 3200m and 4th/1600. They do have some serious depth as their 3-7 all have ran sub 17:16.....
| St. Pius X (GA) | 118 | |||
| 1) Stephen Martinez | 15:51.61 | 4 | ||
| 2) Nik Calia | 16:08.46 | 10 | ||
| 3) Ryan Kelly | 16:37.83 | 24 | ||
| 4) Thomas Pardue | 16:59.94 | 39 | ||
| 5) Mack Hathaway | 17:02.03 | 41 | ||
| Average Time: 16:31.97 Total Time: 1:22:39.87 1-5 Split: 1:10.42 | ||||
| 6) Daniel Grosch | 17:13.43 | 48 | ||
| 7) George Meyer | 17:15.78 | 50 | ||