KY Boys Cross Country Performer of the Week (Sep. 21-27)

After another week of cross country racing in Kentucky, it's time to vote for the MileSplit Kentucky boys cross country performer of the week.

The poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET.

Check out this week's nominees and cast your vote below.

Note: Athletes who have been nominated in the past two weeks are not eligible. Previous winners are excluded for the rest of the season.

This Week's Nominees:

Van Weimer, Lafayette (Kentucky): A 27-second gap separated the front of the 120-runner field at the Central Kentucky Championships (CKC) 2026, where a winning 5K time of 15:14.62 ranks No. 3 among 2,768 athletes in MileSplit's database at Bourbon County Park since 2020, and No. 2 among senior athletes at this course. The clocking also came 22.6 seconds faster than the prior mark on this course.

Nolan Crider, St. Xavier (Kentucky): Crossing in 17:13.50 over 5K was good enough for first place and a 20-second win among 136 finishers at the St. X XC Champions Series Meet 2 -JV, MS & ES. The time sits at No. 627 of 7,020 athletes in MileSplit's database at Louisville Champions Park since 2005, and No. 389 among senior athletes at this course.

Riley Hall, Lee County (Kentucky): Topping all 32 finishers at the Morgan County Sorghum Run, a 5K covered in 17:03.27 delivered a 33.3-second margin for first place. That time ranks No. 11 of 897 athletes in MileSplit's database at Morgan County High School since 2008, No. 6 among seniors at this course, and it came 6.7 seconds faster than the prior mark on this course.

Miles Feldman, Holy Cross (Covington) (Kentucky): First place among 60 finishers at the Crusader Classic 2026 came via a 5K clocking of 17:50.80, holding off the field by 9.7 seconds. It stands as the fastest time in MileSplit's database at Community Christian Academy since 2020 among 278 athletes, and the fastest by a sophomore among 77 sophomore athletes at this course.

Bryant Stec, Danville Christian (Kentucky): The largest margin of the week came at the Central Kentucky Championships (CKC) 2026, where a winning 5K time of 18:00.91 cleared the 40-runner field by 65.5 seconds for first place. That mark checks in at No. 526 of 2,768 athletes in MileSplit's database at Bourbon County Park since 2020 and No. 233 among seniors at this course, arriving 142.0 seconds faster than the prior mark on this course.