A Look At History: Top 25 All-Time IESA Boys Teams 2025 Edition

Throughout this cross country season i will be releasing my top 25s of all-time of athletes, single year teams, and programs as we build towards the state championship. These releases will vary on release times as this is a bonus project compared to weekly rankings, previews, and recaps. These rankings will be solely based of the ideals of the writer Carson Vittorio. We weight state point totals, state classification, and 1-5 averages in these rankings.

25. Chicago (Whitney Young) [2014]

State Finish: 1st in Class 2A (108 points)

1-5 Average: 11:04

Samuel Rivera	10:24
Jake Davidson	10:56
Charlie Nevins	10:58
Ruihong Zhen	11:31
Luke Lasley	11:32
Lorenzo Bautista	12:10
Taft Hammond	12:57

24. Dixon (Reagan) [2015]

State Finish: 1st in Class 2A (89 points)

1-5 Average: 11:04

Christian Seagren	10:58
Sky Goral	10:59
Boston Glessner	11:03
Kade Fulton	11:09
Cadyn Grafton	11:12
Logan Griswold	11:35
Grant Piller	11:39

23. Buffalo Grove (Cooper) [2007]

State Finish: 2nd in Class AA (109 points)

1-5 Average: 11:03

Jereme Atchison	10:23
Taras Didenko	10:37
Paul Burke	11:10
Ryan Degelmann	11:31
Jason Clark	11:36
Patrick McGrath	11:53
Steven Salvano	12:03

22. Metamora [2005]

State Finish: 1st in Class A (29 points)

1-5 Average: 11:04

Ryan VanFossen	10:47
Ryan Donnelly	10:57
Stephan Rauh	11:05
Nate Wilson	11:15
Kevin Kamm	11:17
Greg Coffman	12:01
Derek Holapple	12:40

21. Prospect Heights (MacArthur) [1998]

State Finish: 1st in Class AA (43 points)

1-5 Average: 11:04

Mike Burke	10:30
Joey Marcin	10:36
Joey Lewis	11:22
Brad Bowe	11:26
Mike Malec	11:27
Brian Caputo	11:35
Billy Caputo	11:47

20. Arlington Heights (Thomas) [2015]

State Finish: 2nd in Class 3A (143 points)

1-5 Average: 11:01

Max Svienty	10:49
Clay Augustyn	10:51
Henry Quinn	11:08
Luke Martin	11:10
Ethan Marunde	11:11
Spencer Burkhalter	11:23
Connor Thiessen	11:27

19. Buffalo Grove (Cooper) [2005]

State Finish: 2nd in Class AA (51 points)

1-5 Average: 11:02

Mark Giannis	10:34
Tim Marr	10:48
Mike Galla	11:04
Chris Sorgani	11:20
Nick Mau	11:26
Jereme Atchison	11:29
Michael McGrath	12:05

18. Elmhurst (Visitation) [2024]

State Finish: 1st at Class 2A (28 points)

1-5 Average: 11:02

Jacob McKillop	10:34
Joseph McKillop	10:53
Tanner Telford	10:59
Jake Brady	11:22
Daniel Cardamone	11:23
Sammy Richards	11:41
Peter Azzinaro	12:09

17. Springfield (Franklin) [2015]

State Finish: 4th in Class 3A (196 points)

1-5 Average: 10:59

Kyle Boughter	10:19
Isaac Becker	10:36
Cannon Garcia	11:20
Brandon Fine	11:20
Anthony Peralta	11:24
Sam Forness	11:56
Oliver Rauscher	11:59

16. Morton [2019]

State Finish: 2nd in Class 3A (181 points)

1-5 Average: 10:59

Josh Weeks	10:05
Yonas Wuthrich	10:11
Brody Bailey	11:25
Christian Harris	11:35
Paul Weeks	11:41
Clint Teater	11:52
Conner Wagner	11:53

15. Chicago (Latin) [2017]

State Finish: 1st in Class 2A (74 points)

1-5 Average: 11:00

Harry Wood Prince	10:25
Akili Parekh	11:03
Sam Gibson	11:06
Ryan Hardiman	11:06
Ben Gibson	11:22
Nelson Mitchell	11:30
Charlie Coleman	11:44

14. Chicago (Latin) [2018]

State Finish: 1st in Class 2A (61 points)

1-5 Average: 11:01

Akili Parekh	10:43
Benjamin Gibson	10:53
Matthew Kotcher	11:07
Charles Coleman	11:09
Nelson Mitchell	11:13
Aiden Hu-Lowenthal	11:24
Will Del Hierro	11:49

13. Batavia (Rotolo) [2013]

State Finish: 2nd in Class 3A (143 points)

1-5 Average: 10:58

Michael Ronzone	10:28
Sean Adams	10:52
Tyler Rempert	11:09
Jack Gillerlain	11:10
Shane Knanishu	11:14
Joe Knanishu	11:28
Drew Lillig	12:00

12. Normal (Parkside) [2011]

State Finish: 3rd in Class AA (125 points)

1-5 Average: 10:59

Matt Degroot	10:32
Timmy O'Brien	10:39
Nick O'Neil	10:54
Brady Green	11:25
Tanner Gillam	11:27
Connor Turner	11:41
Glenn Kinley	12:46

11. Chatham (Glenwood) [2011]

State Finish: 2nd in Class AA (114 points)

1-5 Average: 10:58

Landon Skelly	10:28
Jack Carnduff	10:45
Zach Lahr	10:51
Paul Giganti	11:17
Nick Metzger	11:32
Carter Lynch	11:46
Michael Rogers	11:58

10. Prospect Heights (MacArthur) [1997]

State Finish: 1st in Class AA (43 points)

1-5 Average: 10:58

Joev Marcin	10:50
Scott Schaeffer	10:51
Mike Burke	10:59
Eric Mvszka	11:05
Mike Sebastian	11:05
Mike Wilson	11:07
Ivan Stoev	11:23

9. Buffalo Grove (Cooper) [2011]

State Finish: 1st in Class AA (95 points)

1-5 Average: 10:56

Kevin Salvano	10:24
Tom Cleary	10:40
Colin Doyle	11:06
Josh Opperman	11:13
Jack Lenard	11:18
John Krzeszowski	11:22
Luis Garcia	11:29

8. Batavia (Rotolo) [2018]

State Finish: 1st in Class 3A (76 points)

1-5 Average: 10:55

Quintin Lowe	10:36
Anthony Fornelli	10:44
Owen Billie	10:48
Alex Ebel	11:04
Matthew Rempert	11:25
Jacob Aseltine	11:56
Colin Knowles	12:08

7. Normal (Parkside) [2013]

State Finish: 1st in Class 3A (100 points)

1-5 Average: 10:53

Tyler Dunn	10:40
Tanner Gillam	10:42
Collin McQueen	10:44
Zaine Losk	11:04
Xavier Higgins	11:17
Thomas Lipka	11:36
Robbie Henson	12:08

6. Normal (Parkside) [2007]

State Finish: 1st in Class AA (49 points)

1-5 Average: 10:55

Logan Degroot	10:48
Logan Abeling	10:53
Peyton Schuermann	10:57
Caleb Wiebenga	10:58
Taylor Hallatt	10:59
Eric Gordon	11:01
River Gordon	11:30

5. Chatham (Glenwood) [2014]

State Finish: 1st in Class 3A (87 points)

1-5 Average: 10:52

Will Vanalstine	10:27
Niko Scott	10:50
Dathan Maton	10:57
Cooper Peterson	10:59
Cameron Smith	11:09
Drey Maton	11:13
Caleb Mueller	11:24

4. Chicago (St. Benedict) [2018]

State Finish: 1st in Class 1A (22 points)

1-5 Average: 10:52

William Archer	10:38
Matthew DeSantis	10:42
Jack Rhyner	10:59
Diego Morales	11:00
Owen Flom	11:01
Hunter Whitney	11:07
Declan Ochoa	11:29

3. Chatham (Glenwood) [2016]

State Finish: 1st in Class 3A (56 points)

1-5 Average: 10:50

Cameron Smith	10:35
Landon Verenski	10:39
Garrett Kroschel	10:52
Evan Capps	10:54
Ethan Alexander	11:10
Thomas Herbst	11:36
Aidan Peterson	11:38

2. Batavia (Rotolo) [2015]

State Finish: 1st in Class 3A (66 points)

1-5 Average: 10:45

Adam Kennedy	10:28
Damian Rodriguez	10:37
Joey Knanishu	10:44
Chris Lynch	10:54
Eamon Samsami	11:06
Beau Cunningham	11:21
Garret Sims	11:26

1. Prospect Heights (MacArthur) [1994]

State Finish: 1st (46 points)

1-5 Average: 10:41

Jorge Torres	9:52
Edwardo Torres	10:11
Erik Schroll	11:02
John Camardella	11:05
Jeff Buck	11:16
Gideon Blustein	11:30
Ryan Bell	11:39