A massive weekend of meets is behind us and the rankings have experienced major shakeups. We are ready to vote on who was the top performer of, quite possibly, the biggest weekend of the regular season.
Below are the top boys performances from the past week around Kansas. The winner will be crowned the Kansas Boys Runner of the Week for Week Four.
Congratulations to Holcomb's Brody Deniston on winning the Week 3 poll! Deniston won a tight race at the Hugoton Invitational last Saturday, holding off Lakin's Ritsema for the win in a new 29-second personal best of 15:22.50. He will move to the finals during State week where he will face off with the season's other winners as we determine who had the performance of the year.
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This week, polling starts on Monday, Sept. 30 at 12 p.m. and ends on Friday at 12 p.m.
Max Larson - Shawnee Mission South - The top returning Kansan from 2023 traveled to Columbia, MO to run in the Gans Creek Classic and finished runner-up in the Gold division, running a season-best 15:15.20 on Missouri's State meet course.
Dalamar Read - Mill Valley - Read continues to be a strong No. 2 man for Mill Valley as he finished 3rd overall in the Rim Rock Farm HS Classic Gold Division in 15:39.10, his 3rd straight mark under 15:40 and fastest career time on the Rim Rock course by 43 seconds.
Elijah Chavez - Blue Valley Southwest - Chavez also had a major improvement on the Rim Rock course, dropping 47 seconds off his previous fastest time while running 15:41.10 for 5th in the Gold division on Saturday.
Adrian Lehman - Topeka West - Lehman was the Crimson division runner-up on Saturday, running 16:12.20. This was 1:02 faster than his previous best time on the Rim Rock course.