The 2023 HighSchoolOT All-State Boys Cross Country Team
The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys cross country all-state team features 10 runners making a second, third, or fourth appearance on the team, including two runners who were repeat first-team selections.
The teams place 10 runners on first, second, and third teams, respectively, based on championship times with five runners making honorable mention based mostly on a combination of their championship time and finish.
Previous HSOT All-State teams, final rankings
- 2023 final rankings
- 2022 All-State Team
- 2022 final rankings
- 2021 All-State Team
- 2021 final rankings
- 2020 All-State Team
- 2020 final rankings
The full teams are listed below, with runners listed in order of their championship times. Christ School's Dawson Reeves graduates as our first four-time selection. He was third team all-state as a freshman, then first team in three consecutive years.
- Four-time all-state selection: Dawson Reeves.
- Two-time all-state selection: Gabriel Schmid, Raghav Gopalakrishnan, Noah Valyo, Will Venable, George Lawson, John Templeton, Eli Julian, Jack Anstrom, Tyler Surface.
- Three-time first-teamer: Reeves.
- Two-time first-teamer: Schmid.
HighSchoolOT Boys Cross Country All-State Team for 2023
First Team
Noah Valyo, Athens Drive (senior) — 15:05.45, 4A champ
Gabriel Schmid, Orange (senior) — 15:14.75, 3A champ
Raghav Gopalakrishnan, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 15:15.20, 2nd in 4A
Tyler Surface, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — 15:21.86, NCISAA 4A champ
Dawson Reeves, Christ School (senior) — 15:36.65, 2nd in NCISAA 4A
Blake Nicholson, Christ the King (junior) — 15:36.84, 1A champ
Thomas Wlazlowski, Cuthbertson (senior) — 15:39.32, 3rd in 4A
Connor Tyrrell, Riverside (junior) — 15:46.36, 4th in 4A
Eyob Gill, Christ School (senior) — 15:46.73, 3rd in NCISAA 4A
Will Bradbury, Watauga (junior) — 15:47.80, 5th in 4A
Second Team
Albert Turner, East Chapel Hill (junior) — 15:48.29, 6th in 4A
Logan Hill, Charlotte Catholic (senior) — 15:48.40, 7th in 4A
Tyrese Cone, Croatan (senior) — 15:48.42, 2nd in 3A
Tate Shore, Reagan (junior) — 15:49.70, 8th in 4A
George Lawson, Forsyth Country Day (sophomore) — 15:51.54, NCISAA 3A champ
David Firestone, Marvin Ridge (junior) — 15:52.28, 9th in 4A
Eli Julian, South Rowan (senior) — 15:52.49, 3rd in 3A
Colden Welsh, Covenant Day (senior) — 15:54.15, 4th in NCISAA 4A
John Templeton, Forsyth Country Day (sophomore) — 15:54.28, 2nd in NCISAA 3A
Will Fiore, T.C. Roberson (senior) — 15:54.55, 10th in 4A
Third Team
Will Venable, Broughton (senior) — 15:56.48, 11th in 4A
Corbin Weeks, Union Pines (sophomore) — 15:58.0, 14th in 3A
Nicholas Gibson, T.C. Roberson (senior) — 15:58.68, 12th in 4A
Jorge Clemente-Garcia, Jesse Carson (junior) — 15:59.3, 15th in 3A
Aedon Schroeder, Hoggard (sophomore) — 15:59.80, 13th in 4A
Daniel Kelmer, Laney (senior) — 16:00.21, 14th in 4A
Hunter Riffey, Caldwell Academy (sophomore) — 16:00.99, NCISAA 2A champ
Andrew Wahlgren, Croatan (senior) — 16:01.55, 6th in 3A
Nicholas Grace, Ardrey Kell (senior) — 16:02.64, 15th in 4A
Luke Liming, Cary (senior) — 16:04.39, 16th in 4A
Honorable Mention
Ethan Rich, Western Harnett (sophomore) — 16:05.66, 7th in 3A
Andrew Harding, Northside of Beaufort County (junior) — 16:06.67, 2nd in 1A
Hudson Rice, West Henderson (senior) — 16:07.20, 8th in 3A
Eli Clonch, West Henderson (junior) — 16:07.73, 9th in 3A
Jack Anstrom, Seaforth (junior) — 16:07.91, 2A champ
