By Brandon Miles

The Northeast has two top sophomores among the best in the nation between Nick Dahl of Germantown Friends in Pennsylvania and David Principe of La Salle Academy in Rhode Island. Dahl and Principe have two of the top five fastest 5K times in the country among 10th graders with Dahl's15:29 run from the adidas XC Challenge and Principe's 15:27 win at the Injury Fund Festival.

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

 

West Salem (OR) sophomore Ahmed Muhumed broke through with a big PR race of 15:35 at the Nike Pre-Nationals in his 6th place finish at one of the top meets nationally over the weekend. After running a 4:03 1500 and 8:46 3K on the track as a freshmen, Muhumed is excelling in his first season of cross country at West Salem. 

Future Stars of XC - Sophomore Boys 1st Team

Garrett Barton (Ogden UT)

Nick Dahl (Germantown Friends PA)

Isaac Green (Monarch CO)

Ahmed Muhumed (West Salem OR)

Matt Pereira (Lake Zurich IL)

David Principe (La Salle Academy RI)

Miguel Villar (Madera South CA)

There is another Dressel coming through the pipeline out of Mount Spokane High School in Washington with John Dressel's sophomore little brother Hayden Dressel on the rise. Hayden this past weekend at the Stanford Invitational was the #2 runner on his team behind brother John, who won the race with the nation's fastest 5K time of 14:51. Hayden had a big 5K PR as well in 16th place with a time of 15:35.

Future Stars of XC - Sophomore Boys 2nd Team

Clayton Adams (Kearney MO)

Eric Coston (St. Paul's Catholic LA)

Hayden Dressel (Mount Spokane WA)

Ben Gilman (Hilton Head SC)

Trevor Kattenberg (Holy Trinity Academy FL)

Jordan Lesanee (Albuquerque Academy NM)

Micah Pratt (Patriot Pacers VA)

After a third place finish to start his season at the Cheyenne Mountain Stampede, Ian Meek of Montrose (CO) has gone undefeated since winning 6 consecutive invitational races including a 15:475K PR at the Delta Invitational. Meek is coming off a freshmen track season which he ran a 4:28 1600 at altitude. 

Future Stars of XC - Sophomore Boys 3rd Team

Kyle Beaudette (Amity CT)

Casey Clinger (American Fork UT)

Dan Cohen (Solon OH)

Avery Dominck (Dutch Fork SC)

Ian Meek (Montrose CO)

Flip Pajak (Prairie Ridge IL)

Christian Ricketts (Arroyo Grande CA)