For the second straight year, Marvin Ridge ends the season as the No. 1 team in the HighSchoolOT boys cross country rankings. The Mavericks are the first repeat at No. 1 in the rankings’ five-year history.

The Mavericks were N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A state champions, placing its top five runners in the top 26 to win comfortably. HSOT uses championship times across all classifications and associations and combines them into one big state meet to calculate the final rankings, in which Marvin Ridge would have placed its top five in the overall top 60.

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Orange, the 3A champion, was sixth and 2A champ Brevard was eighth. 1A champion Lejeune was unranked.

Cary Academy, the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Division I champ, was third. Other NCISAA champions — Cary Christian in 3A, St. Thomas More in 2A, and The Oakwood School in 1A — were unranked.

Ardrey Kell, Hoggard, and Weddington are the only schools to finish in the top 25 in boys cross country rankings for all five years of the annual final rankings.

HSOT Final Boys Cross Country Rankings — 2024

Note: Rankings were calculated by compiling championship times across all classifications and associations into one big state meet. Each team is listed with their championship finish and total points.

1. Marvin Ridge — 130; 🏆4A champ
2. Broughton — 187; 2nd in 4A
3. Cary Academy — 294; 🏆NCISAA 4A champ
4. Hoggard — 317.5; 3rd in 4A
5. Holly Springs — 327.5; 4th in 4A
6. Orange — 459; 🏆3A champ
7. Riverside — 479; 5th in 4A
8. Brevard — 522; 🏆2A champ
9. Cuthbertson — 548; 6th in 4A
10. Durham Academy — 568.5; 2nd in NCISAA 4A
11. Asheville — 571; 7th in 4A
12. Enloe — 601; 8th in 4A
13. Myers Park — 612; 11th in 4A
14. Cardinal Gibbons — 613; 10th in 4A
15. Apex Friendship — 616; 9th in 4A
16. Metrolina Christian — 620; 3rd in NCISAA 4A
17. Mount Tabor — 621; 13th in 4A
18. Providence Day — 623.5; 5th in NCISAA 4A
19. Jordan — 638; 14th in 4A
20. Charlotte Latin — 654; 4th in NCISAA 4A
21. North Lincoln — 686; 2nd in 3A
22. Reagan — 693; 12th in 4A
23. Weddington — 701; 15th in 4A
24. Ardrey Kell — 756; 16th in 4A
25. R.J. Reynolds — 783; 17th in 4A