Meet the 2017 Commercial Appeal all-metro boys cross country team

Meet the members of The Commercial Appeal's 2017 boys all-metro cross country teams.

The runner of the year will be announced at the Sports Awards, which takes place June 5 at the Orpheum.

First team

(Nominees for Boys Runner of the Year)

Jared Briant

Collierville, Sr.

Why chosen: Briant had a season-best time of 16:31 and also won the Region 8 championship. His 17:09.01 at the Large School state meet was the second-fastest time of any Shelby County runner in any division, behind teammate Garrett Meier.

Tyler Casey

CBHS, Jr.

Why chosen: Casey had a personal-best of 16:38 during the regular season. He then went on to place fourth in the Division II-AA region race and eighth at state in 17:20.98.

Hastings McEwan

MUS, Sr.

Why chosen: McEwan finished third at the Frank Horton Invitational, second in the Shelby County championship and first in the DII-AA region meet while posting a Shelby County-best 16:20 during the season. He placed ninth at the state meet (17:21.01) after batting flu the week prior.

Garrett Meier

Collierville, Jr.

Why chosen: Meier turned in a personal-best 16:22, which was the third-fastest time among all Shelby County runners. He finished fourth at the Frank Horton, second in the Region 8 and had the fastest time of any local runner in the Large School state meet, finishing in 17:00.28.

Bradley Turner

Houston, Jr.

Why chosen: Turner turned in a personal-best 16:27 this season. He finished first at the West Tennessee championships and came in third in Region 8. He finished the Large School state meet in 17:39.89.

Second team

Zach Hammack, CBHS, Sr.

Travis Jones, Bartlett, Soph.

Sohan Pokorny-Yadav, Lausanne, Jr.

Davis Rangi, ECS, Jr.

Avery Wood, Bartlett, Sr.

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