By Brandon Miles

Brentwood's Brodey Hasty was running right up with the top seniors and juniors at the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational last weekend, which was one of the deepest races in the country. Hasty's 15:40 performance (nation's fastest among 9th graders) on the 5K course at Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Kentucky leads a deep group of instantly impactful freshmen boys across the country.  

 

Each month, MileSplit will be selecting 21 freshmen boys and 21 freshmen girls as part of the Future Stars of XC Team presented by Hoka One One building into the end of the year team to be finalized in early December. Check out the top freshmen XC performers nationally from the first month of cross country below split into a first, second, and third team of Future Stars.

Future Stars of XC - Freshmen Boys 1st Team

Jack Becker (Crystal Lake South IL)

Jalen Chase (New Town ND)

Joey Fitzpatrick (Ocala Vanguard FL)

Brodey Hasty (Brentwood TN)

Cole Johnston (Rockford MI)

Charlie Kern (York IL)

Ryan Raff (Lehi TN)

Matthew Kearney has finished no worse than third place in any invitational race so far this season in Texas. The Austin Westlake 9th grader has run 15:47 for 3 miles and 16:13 for 5K.

Future Stars of XC - Freshmen Boys 2nd Team

Brian Arita (Council Rock North PA)

Daniel Burkhalter (Bison SD)

Davis Holliday (Franklin TN)

Josh Hoey (Malvern Prep PA)

Matthew Kearney (Austin Westlake TX)

A.J. Kedge (Albuquerque Academy NM)

Coleman Mitchell (Cary Academy NC)

The defending national champions from Gig Harbor (WA) had several big losses due to graduations, but thanks to the emergence of newcomers like freshmen Nolan Carroll, the team is still a competitive force on the national level after last year's magical run to a national title. 

Future Stars of XC - Freshmen Boys 3rd Team

Nolan Carroll (Gig Harbor WA)

Colin Fitzgerald (Crescenta Valley CA)

Stuart Gruters (Bernard NJ)

Hassan Ibrahim (David Douglas OR)

Danny Madrid (Leander Rouse TX)

Clayton Mendez (Whitney Young IL)

Josh Schumacher (Jesuit OR)