You should check out Sawyer Clarkson (a JR) as well from Belle Fourche HS, SD. He's run at least 6 races under 15:35 this season and has a PR (run this season) of 15:17. He's undefeated this year in South Dakota and won the big Augie twilight meet back in September (the course was long so everyone was slow...he ran around 15:30 but was at sjb-15 through the 5k)

I don't know how the ranking is determined, but I think this guy deserves a look at least!

If William Zegarski is not on the next batch of rankings way up there then your analytical approach is flawed. The kid just ran 14:47 on a course that Nate Mountain(Brooks PR champ) ran 14:55 and Dustin Horter (6th NXN) and Conant Smith (3rd NXN) ran 14:56. The evidence for him being a top 5 athlete in the nation is pretty concrete from just that. He will end up beating the 22nd runner on this list by 30 seconds at state.