The 2025 indoor track and field season has been really good. As it continues this weekend, we have a list of boys who have excelled so far this year in their respective events.
The season and these boys have been so good, I had to acknowledge 25 of the because they are ranked in the top 10 of their events, more than one event, and even some all-time performers.
Check out the list to see who are making marks on this indoor track and field season.
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Brayden Williams (Duncanville)
Despite finishing second in the finals at the Texas A&M meet, Williams still ran the fastest 60m performance in the country. His 6.67 in the preliminary rounds is where he showed his undeniable talent level.
The Duncanville senior is getting sharpened daily at practice with his AP Ranch training partners and he will show us his follow up this weekend in Lubbock.
Tate Taylor (San Antonio Harlan)
Taylor beat out Williams in the finals in College Station and did so with the second best run in the country (6.68). He was the runner-up at last year's state meet, and so far, it looks like he isn't settling for finishing behind anyone this season.
Running with his San Antonio Swift club, look for Taylor to battle Williams and a host of other Texans, Coloradans, and Californians this weekend in Lubbock.
Jayden Finley (Duncanville)
Finley is tied with Taylor for the second best 60m time in the country. He ran an additional race this past weekend at the The VA Showcase where he dropped the 6.68. Finley will go head to head with both Williams, Taylor and more in Lubbock.
Competing for his club team AP Ranch, look for Finley to continue to reel off a couple of indoor runs prior to possibly competing at more national level meets this indoor season.
Cordial Vann (Frisco Heritage)
Vann is another elite level sprinter and his 6.71 from A&M, is an improvement from his 6.73 last and is proof of his abilities. He is ranked No. 6 nationally in the event, but look for him to be determined to run even faster this weekend in Lubbock.
Vann isn't only a high level sprinter. Like a couple of the best sprinters in history, Vann also uses his speed to be an elite long jumper. He has the second best indoor jump in the country this season with his 24-6 leap last month at the North Texas Showcase 2024. With thin air at elevation in Lubbock, don't be surprised to see the Major Impact club representative rattle off a 25-footer this weekend.
Bailey Hashmi (Houston Lamar)
With four nationally ranked sprinters already in this article, Hashmi is yet another of several more top 10 speedsters in Texas.The Afterburners club runner is having a breakout season already with is No. 7 ranked 6.72 in the 60m. At the Carl Lewis Invitational last weekend, he rattled off 6.72, 6.77, and 6.78 runs.
He also has it clicking in the 200m. He went 21.35 at the 2025 Texas High School Indoor Championship in College Station on January 11th and backed it up last weekend in Houston with a 21.39. He ranks No. 6 in the country in the 200m.
Justin Stewart (Hurst Bell)
Stewart is the guy I expected to be at the top of the list in the 60m. However, he only ran 6.73 in College Station and although he is ranked No. 9 nationally with that performance, I believe he was a little underwhelmed with that. All he did was line up in the 200m later in the meet and drop a US No. 1 performance with his meet winning time of 20.94.
With AP Ranch training partners Brayden Williams, Jayden Finley, and Jonathan Simms, look for Stewart to try to get more bragging rights in the midst of his peers this weekend in Lubbock.
Braylin Byrd (Tomball Memorial)
Byrd lit up the scoreboard at the Carl Lewis Invitational this past weekend when he dropped a US No. 4 performance in the 200m. The Texas Collective representative went 21.26 in the 200m finals to win the meet. He also ran 6.81 in the 60m at College Station, so expect more big things to come from him.
That could be this weekend as he is registered to race in Lubbock with the rest of the Texas sprint studs.
Abram Reagan (Austin Lake Travis)
Reagan doesn't spare the traveling miles when he looks for a competitive meet. After his races in College Station, he took a trip to Florida last weekend, and will be in Lubbock this weekend. Reagan is on a hot streak this indoor season; he started off with a 48.05 in the 400m in December and went 48.0 in College Station.
He was expressive about his disappointment of not going under 48-seconds at A&M. That is where he went on a heater in Florida going 47.66 for a US No. 8 ranking, but he also added a US No. 5 ranking of 21.34 in the 200m.
He might get to lock up in the finals with the top quarter-miler in the country, Jonathan Simms this weekend in Lubbock.
Christian Witcher (Conroe Grand Oaks)
Witcher was a good runner last year; he had PRs of 10.93, 21.37, and 50.87, showing he is a complete sprinter. The Grand Oaks junior has a new coach in Patrick Jacobs and he has exhibited what the two have already been up to.
It is early in the season, but he already ranks in the top ten in two events. His 21.46 in the 200m at A&M has him ranked No 7 in the country and he is ranked No. 9 in the 400m. At the Carl Lewis Invitational, he went 48.20 in the prelims and became the fourth Texas boy this indoor season to go sub 48-seconds with his 47.78.
Jonathan Simms (Allen)
Simms is the fourth AP Ranch athlete on this list, but he is the best quarter-miler in the country so far this indoor season. Like Stewart, he was a little disappointed in the 60m at A&M when he false started. All he did was focus that frustration on the 400m and he dropped an personal best indoor performance and national leading mark of 46.35.
Simms will again be in several sprint events at Tech this weekend including his premiere event, the 400m. While he'll be competing at elevation and two weeks removed from his top mark, don't be surprised if he drops a 45-second run in Lubbock.
Elijah Ferguson (Katy Mayde Creek)
While I have to be careful with what I write and stay objective, I have to say I was rooting for Ferguson this past weekend in Houston. He ran a superb 47.04 in the 400m prelims and to find so much criticism on social media. While I ignore a lot of social media stuff, I felt the remarks were unwarranted and premature with a lack of understanding.
I think he made them understand in the finals as he went all out in the finals to produce the US No.2 46.38 performance. With all of the hoopla we are experiencing in the 60m, we can't overlook Ferguson being one of the guys who has run one of the fast times with his 6.83 and 6.88 runs this season.
Luke Bone (Austin Stephen F Austin)
As with many of the rankings for the athletes on this list, I expect the rankings to change as the rest of the country, especially the east and midwest area runners to get fully swinging into their indoor seasons, Bone's US No.2 performance in the 800m is still impressive.
His 1:52.61 indoor run for the second weekend in January was very impressive. Born To Run club member has clearly been putting in the work in the off-season to be in this type of fitness, but to execute it was impressive. He races again this weekend in Lubbock and he could produce something even better.
Ruel Newberry (Denton Guyer)
Newberry continues to impress us with his freshman year running. He set freshman class records in the 5,000m and ended things with a national meet win at the RunningLane Cross Country Championships.
Newberry's first indoor track and field season is just as impressive. He ran a 9:09.34 two-mile at the 2025 Texas High School Indoor Championship meet and then followed up with a 8:27.82 to finish third in the 3K behind two Foot Locker Finalists at the Arkansas High School Invitational. It is January, and the frosh is already knocking on near 9-minute 3,200m pacing.
Jasiah Rivera (Kingsville King)
Rivera wasted no time getting at it in the 60-meter hurdles. He ran 7.60 and 7.72 at A&M. The Miami Hurricane signee is not only the top ranked hurdler in 2025, but he is now No.7 all-time in history.
I expect Rivera to get involved in a couple of national indoor meets in the near future with fire works to come from him. Rivera is the runner-up in the 110H from last year and he looks primed to adding a state championship to his his 2024 300H state title. He was also sixth at at the 2024 Nike Indoor Nationals and that win could also be on his mind.
Ja'Shaun Lloyd (Corsicana)
Lloyd was right there on the heels of Rivera at A&M and his US No. 2 ranking shows as much. Yet another AP Ranch club member, his 7.63 still stands. He races this weekend in Lubbock and he could lower his standard and possibly the national leading mark.
Lloyd is one of the early favorites for the UIL 5A hurdle titles; he was runner-up in 2024 in both the 110H and 300H.
Ewan Curtis (Argyle Liberty Christian)
Curtis is another top Texas hurdler. In fact, the only hurdlers in front of him are aforementioned Rivera and Lloyd. The No. 3 hurdler has a 7.72 season best, a mark that should keep him ranked high all indoor season long. Just in case, he is scheduled to race again this weekend at Tech. On the short indoor season, he has run under 8-seconds four times (7.72, 7.73, 7.75, and 7.80).
The TAPPS hurdle champion has been busy working on complimentary events in the sprints this indoor season. He ran 7.00 in the 60m at A&M and 21.73 in the 200m at the Arkansas High School Invitational.
Andrew Jones (Klein Collins)
If Rivera, Lloyd, and Curtis don't let you know how good the boys hurdlers have been this year, maybe Jones' runs will convince you. He is ranked US No. 5 and he has five sub 8-second runs this year (7.81, 7.88, 7.96, 7.97, and 7.99).
Jones ran 22.10 in the 200m in Houston this weekend and races in the hurdles this weekend in Lubbock.