It was a fantastic cross country season that saw many run personal bests and achieve new heights. We reveal our 2020 Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year Nominees.

Nominees come from coaches, and for the few that failed to nominate anyone, we selected based on their top runners from region and state meets. We will next narrow this nominee list down to a group of finalists that will be up for Runner of the Year.

NOMINEES

Jensen Brown (Towns SR)

Region 8-A 8^th; 1A State 4^th; PR 17:36

Wiley Dennis (Dawson SR)

Region 7-AAA 6^th; 3A State 18^th; PR 17:32

Luke Gambrell (Union SR)

Region 8-AA Runner-Up; 2A State 9^th; PR 17:13

Luke Hamby (Dawson SR)

Region 7-AAA 5^th; 3A State 13^th; PR 17:22

Jones Harris (Lumpkin JR)

Region 7-AAA 26^th; PR 18:12

Levi Holliday (Jefferson SR)

Region 8-AAAA 9^th; 4A State 20^th; PR 16:54

Sam Hulsey (Dawson SR)

Region 7-AAA 8^th; 3A State 15^th; PR 17:26

Liam King (Towns SR)

Region 8-A 3^rd; 1A State 6^th; PR 17:40

Andrew Kivett (Habersham SR)

Region 8-AAAAAA Champion; 6A State 25^th; PR 15:38

Buck Ledford (Banks JR)

Region 8-AA Champion; 2A State 5^th; PR 16:27 (top public school AA time)

Brandon Martin (Commerce SR)

Region 8-A Champion; 1A State Champion; 8x 1^st place; 2x 2^nd place; PR 16:09; 2x State Champion, 3x Region/Area Champion; every race under 17”

JJ Morris (Commerce SR)

Region 8-A 6^th; 1A State 10^th; 2x All-State; PR 17:51

Eamonn O’Bryant (White JR)

Region 7-AAA Runner-Up; 3A State 7^th; PR 16:15

Hunter Payne (Union SR)

Region 8-AA 7^th; 2A State 34^th; PR 18:37

Evan Prince (Tallulah Falls JR)

Region 8-A Champion; 1A State 17^th; PR 15:42

Zander Rotko (Union FR)

Region 8-AA 8^th; 2A State 66^th; PR 18:52

Grady Sanders (Stephens SO)

Region 8-AAA 5^th; 3A State 21^st; PR 17:04

Matthew Schroeder (Jefferson JR)

Region 8-AAAA 5^th; 4A State 9^th; PR 16:19

Ben Sherrill (Lumpkin FR)

Region 7-AAA 18^th; PR 17:54

Andrew Zafra (Rabun JR)

Region 8-AA 10^th; 2A State 54^th; PR 19:23