KYtrackXC.com has an enormous statistical database with hundreds of thousands of races, times, throws, & jumps from the last 100 years of Kentucky track and XC. A typical visit to the site will show you some type of statistical list based on best times in many various forms. It could be a regional list, a top runner on a course list, or even a top 25 seniors list. Times, particularly fast times, get the runners, coaches, and fans excited. The runners who bust on to the scene, immediately improve the teams, and make some noise across the state get noticed by everyone.
But what about those runners who take the slow and steady approach and improve significantly? For every Patrick Gregory (16:43 Frosh PR) there is a Stephen Kinny (19:14 Frosh PR.) Now seniors, Gregory (AAA #1) has a 2013 best of 15:14 and Kinny (AAA #11) has a 2013 best of 15:58.
The list below shows the Top 30 ranked seniors based on times this fall. The 1st column shows their 2013 times, whereas 4th & 5th columns show their 1st 5K time ever, along with the grade it happened.
| Time | Athlete Name | Team | ||
| 15:39.3 | Michael Caldwell | Bishop Brossart | 21:05.2 | 8th Grade |
| 15:58.5 | Steven Kinny | St. Xavier (Lou) | 20:24.8 | 9th Grade |
| 16:01.0 | Nicholas Waltman | Sayre | 19:00 | 9th Grade |
| 16:04.3 | Derrich Stauble | Trinity (Louisville) | 19:00 | 9th Grade |
| 16:17.7 | Jack Minogue | St. Xavier (Lou) | 19:31.1 | 9th Grade |
| 16:17.7 | John Michael Griffith | Highlands High School | 22:32.4 | 7th Grade |
| 16:18.0 | Tristan Durbin | Apollo | 18:24.9 | 9th Grade |
| 16:20.8 | Brian Menke | Covington Catholic | 19:10.0 | 9th Grade |
| 16:23.9 | Adam Sandidge | Larue County | 22:42.0 | 7th Grade |
| 16:25.0 | Nick Robinson | Mason County | 21:43.0 | 7th Grade |
| 16:27.0 | Shelley Deharte | Rowan County | 22:21.7 | 8th Grade |
| 16:27.0 | James Cecil | Daviess County | 19:16.1 | 9th Grade |
| 16:28.2 | Tyler Lega | Oldham County | 19:08.8 | 9th Grade |
| 16:28.8 | Tyler Breeds | North Hardin | 19:06.8 | 8th Grade |
| 16:31.1 | Iszack Whitsell | Webster County | 22:27.1 | 7th Grade |
| 19:17.8 | Hannah Godfrey | Elizabethtown | 22:22.2 | 9th Grade |
| 19:26.3 | Rose Jolly | Butler | 24:46.8 | 9th Grade |
| 19:38.5 | Kelly Boling | Daviess County | 22:50.1 | 7th Grade |
| 19:51.4 | Kate Duty | Daviess County | 24:15.0 | 9th Grade |
| 19:58.7 | Marisa Moore | Glasgow High School | 26:46.2 | 7th Grade |
| 19:58.8 | Rachel Keeley | Owensboro High School | 22:02.5 | 7th Grade |
| 20:06.0 | Julia Borders | Madisonville-North Hopkins | 23:20.8 | 10th Grade |
Several of these runners have over five minutes gains since 7th, 8th, or 9th grade. These runners are all very key to their teams, including Kinny and Jack Minogue (Varsity Runners on the #10 team in the USA.) Those young runners who are just figuring it all out should not be discounted at all.
Watch out for those runners on the list below (2013 #80-100 Frosh Boys by Time) as they are the ones that will be filling out key spots in the upcoming years.
