1/30 State Qualifying Rankings - Mile

Entrant	Rank	Name		School	Time	Converted	Date	Scratch?
1	1	Josh	Hoey	Bishop Shanahan	4:12.60B	4:12.60'	12/16/2017
	2	Rusty	Kujdych	Neshaminy	4:15.09B	4:15.09'	01/27/2018	Y
2	3	Liam	Conway	Owen J Roberts	4:15.33B	4:15.33'	01/10/2018
3	4	Evan	Addison	LaSalle	4:17.08B	4:17.08'	01/27/2018	N*
4	5	Tristan	Forsythe	Winchester Thurston	4:21.19B*	4:22.79'	01/19/2018
	6	Matt	Eissler	Pennridge	4:22.91B	4:22.91'	01/27/2018	Y
	7	Joe	Cullen	Wyomissing	4:23.15B	4:23.15'	01/19/2018	Y
	8	Jonah	Hoey	Bishop Shanahan	4:23.68B	4:23.68'	12/16/2017	Y
5	9	Tyler	Wirth	Wallenpaupack	4:24.11B	4:24.11'	01/19/2018
	10	Spencer	Smucker	Henderson	4:24.19B	4:24.19'	01/10/2018	Y
6	11	Garrett	Baublitz	Juniata	4:24.21B	4:24.21'	01/06/2018
	12	Collin	Ebling	Pottsville	4:25.12B	4:25.12'	01/19/2018	Y
7	13	Sam	Earley	CR North	4:28.32B	4:28.32'	01/27/2018	N*
8	14	Sam	Snodgrass	South Fayette	4:29.30B	4:29.30'	01/06/2018	N*
9	15	Charlie	Herrmann	Lower Merion	4:29.64B	4:29.64'	01/27/2018
	16	Jed	Scratchard	Pennsbury	4:30.41'	4:29.71'	12/09/2017	Y
	17	Vincent	Twomey	LaSalle	4:29.79B	4:29.79'	01/27/2018	Y
10	18	Aiden	Tomov	Haverford	4:30.57B	4:30.57'	01/27/2018	N*
	19	Brian	Baker	CB West	4:31.32'	4:30.62'	01/03/2018	Y
	20	Zach	Smith	Spring Ford	4:29.79*	4:30.69'	01/27/2018	Y
	21	Sam	Owori	Seneca Valley	4:30.83B	4:30.83'	01/26/2018	Y
	22	Brendan	Miller	Upper Dauphin	4:30.35*	4:31.25'	01/19/2018	Y
11	23	Mark	Brown	Greensburg Salem	4:30.00B*	4:31.60'	01/19/2018	N*
	24	Avery	Lederer	Penncrest	4:32.32'	4:31.62'	12/27/2017	Y
12	25	Will	Merhige	Haverford School	4:31.78B	4:31.78'	01/27/2018	N*
	26	Christian	McComb	Boyertown	4:32.63'	4:31.93'	12/09/2017	Y
	27	Kamil	Jihad	Neumann Goretti	4:32.72'	4:32.02'	01/06/2018	Y
	28	Hudson	Delisle	Quakertown	4:32.86'	4:32.16'	12/23/2017	Y
13	29	Gordon	Pollock	Winchester Thurston	4:30.95B*	4:32.55'	01/19/2018
14	30	Ben	Kuhn	Wyomissing	4:32.00*	4:32.90'	01/19/2018	N*
15	31	Elias	Lindgren	Episcopal	4:33.93'	4:33.23'	12/09/2017
	32	Jacob	McKenna	Spring Ford	4:34.14'	4:33.44'	12/23/2017	Y
	33	Jason	Cornelison	Cheltenham	4:33.44B	4:33.44'	12/29/2017	Y
	34	Logan	Yoquinto	Bishop Shanahan	4:34.24'	4:33.54'	01/06/2018	Y
16	35	Davis	Piercy	Kennett	4:32.83*	4:33.73'	01/27/2018
	36	Brett	Zatlin	Great Valley	4:34.55'	4:33.85'	12/16/2017	Y
	37	Josh	Endy	Boyertown	4:32.96*	4:33.86'	01/27/2018	Y
17	38	Evan	Kreider	Cocalico	4:33.02*	4:33.92'	12/09/2017
18	39	Jack	Seiberlich	LaSalle	4:34.66'	4:33.96'	01/03/2018	N*
	40	Peyton	Sewall	DT West	4:34.18B	4:34.18'	01/27/2018	Y
19	41	Andrew	Stanley	S Huntington	4:34.35B	4:34.35'	01/06/2018	N*
20	42	Jack	Miller	Jenkintown	4:34.53B	4:34.53'	01/27/2018
	43	Andrew	Sullivan	Hershey	4:35.25B	4:35.25'	01/19/2018
	44	Sabir	YasinSpann	Overbrook	4:35.27B	4:35.27'	01/27/2018
	45	Evan	Dorenkamp	Manheim Township	4:34.62*	4:35.52'	01/27/2018
	46	Jonathan	McGrory	Bishop Shanahan	4:36.34'	4:35.64'	12/23/2017	N*
	47	Alexander	Blaylock	Germantown Friends	4:35.75B	4:35.75'	01/19/2018	Y
	48	Ben	Bunch	CB West	4:36.48'	4:35.78'	01/03/2018	Y

I'm still speculating a ton of scratches in this event (22 of the top 42 are scratches for me as of now), but that could end up being a little bold. Rusty Kujdych is really starting to look like he may try out the mile-3k double. A 4:15 performance against a defending medalist in Addison is really impressive and makes me a dark horse title contender (although with Hoey and Hengst potentially in the race, that gets more complicated). 

This race could be incredibly deep if people choose to focus on it. The top 5 guys in the standings are awesome. Cullen, Eissler, Jonah Hoey, Wirth and Smucker are all gamers who have either state medals or state finals appearances on the track. Wirth is the real wildcard considering how strong his XC season was. The other four names are probably going to focus on other events (although maybe Jonah will surprise and opt for something else). 

There's a nice tier of 4:30ish guys developing now with Tomov, Zach Smith, Charlie Herrmann and Sam Earley all in there and looking like potential medal worthy sleepers. As of now Tomov would make the fast heat if the scratches play out as I speculate they will. 

I would really like to see Jack Miller get into this field. His current time in all likelihood won't do the trick, but the kid is a gamer who showed some monster speed at Ocean Breeze this weekend. I'd be interested to see him in a 3k, although 3k qualifying is trickier in a small field with not as many scratches.