This week the junior class takes center stage in San Antonio. At the 5K distance there have been 11 boys from the junior class who have run faster than 17 minutes this year and Madison's Nicholas Maldonado is at the head of the class with his time of 15:57.40 that he ran at the Westlake Chaparral Invitational. Wells Peterson of TMI just missed breaking 16 minutes at the same meet.
San Antonio Christian boasts three juniors who rank in the top-20 led by Adrian Rule at #3 as well as Malachi O'Brian and Blaine Owen and Boerne also has three runners in the top-20 in Carsten Bain, Aaron Garcia and Barrett Crofut. Johnson (Kyle Wunderli and Ethan Aponte) and Smithson Valley (Luke Smith and Zebene Martine) each have two juniors on the top-20 list.