Final Boys Indoor Track & Field Rankings: Mount Tabor ends at No. 1 statewide

For the third time in its three-year history, there's a different boys cross country team atop the final HighSchoolOT boys cross country rankings.

This year it's Mount Tabor who takes the top spot after winning the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A title.

The rankings are based on numbers taken from the N.C. High School Athletic Association championships and the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association invitational, which functions as the unofficial championship. HSOT uses championship times across all classifications and associations and combines them into one big state meet to calculate the final rankings.

In some events, there were ties across different classifications. In order to determine the points, the tiebreaker was podium placement (a 1A champ got the spot over a second-place 4A athlete in the same event). If the athletes were still tied, they split the points.

For the final rankings, if two teams were tied for a top-25 spot, the tiebreaker was whichever team had the higher finish at their respective state championship.

Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings

• 2024 boys all-state team
• 2023 final rankings (Western Guilford boys No. 1)
• 2023 all-state team
• 2022 final rankings (Porter Ridge boys No. 1)
• 2022 all-state team
• no 2021 final rankings (season canceled - pandemic)
• no 2021 all-state team (season canceled - pandemic)

State championship coverage, other links

• 4A
• 3A
• 1A/2A
• College recruits (class of 2024)

Mount Tabor was two points ahead of East Burke and Weddington — two respective state runners-up who tied for the second spot. T.W. Andrews, the 1A/2A champ, was three spots out of first in fourth place.

In total, 16 teams from the preseason top 25 also made it in the final 25, with No. 4 T.W. Andrews the highest of those who began the year unranked. Mount Tabor was also the preseason No. 4 team.

Aside from Mount Tabor and T.W. Andrews, other state champions include No. 12 Croatan (3A champ) and No. 25 Providence Day (NCISAA D1). Coastal Christian, the NCISAA D2/D3 champ, was unranked.

The full rankings are below:

Final HSOT Statewide Top 25: Boys Indoor Track & Field

Reminder: Rankings are calculated by compiling championship times across all classifications and associations into one big state meet, with ties broken by podium placement. Each team is listed with their total points and championship finish.

1. Mount Tabor 29, 4A champ
2. (tie) East Burke 27, 2nd in 1A/2A & Weddington 27, 2nd in 4A
4. T.W. Andrews 26, 1A/2A champ
5. Reagan 24, 4th in 4A
6. Cuthbertson 20, 3rd in 4A
7. (tie) Cary 20, T9th in 4A & Hough 20, T9th in 4A
9. Dudley 19, 3rd in 3A
10. Marvin Ridge 17, 5th in 4A
11. Mallard Creek 17, 6th in 4A
12. Croatan 16, 3A champ
13. Clayton 16, 8th in 4A
14. North Raleigh Christian 16, 8th in NCISAA D1
15. Ardrey Kell 15, 11th in 4A
16. Enloe 13.5, 7th in 4A
17. Parkland 13, T15th in 4A
18. Broughton 12, 12th in 4A
19. Southwest Guilford 12, 15th in 4A
20. Christ School 10, 3rd in NCISAA D1
21. Northeastern 10, 5th in 1A/2A
22. Bandys 10, T14th in 1A/2A
23. (tie) Green Hope 10, T20th in 4A & Olympic 10, T20th in 4A
25. Providence Day 9, NCISAA D1 champ