It's not all about the Large Schools. Coaching at the lower classifications have their own challenges and rewards. We wanted to take a look at what the All-Time best marks were for runners, adjusting for NYSPHSAA Classification.
We took an athlete's Classification at the time of the performance into consideration, disregarding if their school has since changed. We then pulled the Top 10 performances for each. We narrowed it down below.
| Class A | | | | | |
| 1 | Steve Murdock | 12 | Shenendehowa | Footlocker Finals | 12/9/2006 | 203.7 |
| 2 | Nick Ryan | 12 | FM | NXN NY Region | 11/24/2012 | 202 |
| 3 | Tommy Gruenewald | 12 | FM | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 201.9 |
| 4 | Ryan Sheridan | 10 | Walt Whitman | Sec 11-Class AA | 11/5/2004 | 201.1 |
| 5 | Kevin Tschirhart | 12 | Northport | Suffolk Champion | 10/30/2004 | 201 |
| 6 | Hakon DeVries | 11 | John Jay EF | Footlocker NE-Ch | 11/30/2002 | 200.7 |
| 7 | Brian Rhodes-Devey | 12 | Guilderland | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 199.7 |
| 8 | Greg Kelsey | 12 | Saratoga | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/26/2005 | 199.7 |
| 9 | Pat Dupont | 12 | Fairport | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/24/2007 | 199.1 |
| 10 | John Martinez | 12 | North Rockland | Footlocker National | 12/11/2004 | 199 |
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| Class B | | | | | |
| 1 | Brian Dalpiaz | 11 | Sayville | Footlocker Nationals | 12/8/2001 | 205 |
| 2 | Noel Bateman | 12 | Aquinas | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/26/2005 | 200.5 |
| 3 | Kyle Heath | 12 | Victor | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/29/2003 | 197.1 |
| 4 | Noah Affolder | 11 | Carthage | Footlocker NE-Champ | 11/28/2015 | 197.03 |
| Noah Affolder | 11 | Carthage | McQuaid | 10/3/2015 | 197.03 |
| 5 | Dan Lennon | 12 | Peru | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/26/2011 | 195.9 |
| 6 | Gitch Hayes | 12 | La Salle Institute | EastBay NE Chmp | 11/27/2021 | 195.8 |
| 7 | Chris Stogsdill | 12 | Marcellus | Marathon Inv-Sd | 10/18/2008 | 195 |
| 8 | Sam Lawler | 12 | Pittsford-Mendon | NXN Nationals | 12/7/2019 | 194.97 |
| 9 | Brian Cook | 12 | Pearl River | NY Federation | 11/16/2013 | 194.93 |
| 10 | Dan Busby | 12 | New Paltz | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/26/2005 | 194.9 |
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| Class C | | | | | |
| 1 | Brendan Fennell | 12 | Pearl River | Footlocker NE-Ch | 11/30/2002 | 201 |
| 2 | Chad Noelle | 12 | Greene | Footlocker-NE-Sd | 11/27/2010 | 198 |
| 3 | Max Straneva | 11 | Chenango Valley | Marathon Inv-Sd | 10/18/2008 | 194.8 |
| 4 | Corey Robinson | 12 | Greece Odyssey | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 194.6 |
| 5 | Kenny Vasbinder | 11 | East Aurora | NY Federation | 11/15/2014 | 194.33 |
| 6 | Keith Baird | 12 | Mount Academy | NXN NY Region | 11/29/2014 | 193.77 |
| 7 | Jeremy Spiezio | 12 | Greenwich | NXN NY Regional | 11/29/2014 | 192.6 |
| 8 | Colby Delbene | 12 | Pawling | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/24/2007 | 192.4 |
| 9 | Brendan Smith | 12 | CBA | NY Federation | 11/19/2011 | 190.4 |
| 10 | Brandon Freyer | 12 | Pawling | NXN-NY Regional | 11/28/2009 | 190.2 |
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| Class D | | | | | |
| 1 | Josh McDougal | 12 | Home-School | Footlocker Finals | 12/13/2003 | 205.7 |
| 2 | Lopez Lomong | 12 | Tully | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/29/2003 | 202 |
| 3 | Dominic Luka | 12 | Tully | Federation Champ | 11/15/2003 | 198.6 |
| 4 | Christian Thompson | 12 | Candor | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 196 |
| 5 | Lee Berube | 11 | Ticonderoga | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 195.4 |
| 6 | Andrew Whitbeck | 12 | East Rochester | McQuaid Seeded-A | 9/28/2002 | 194 |
| 7 | Joshua Edmonds | 12 | Cooperstown | Footlocker NE-Sd | 11/26/2005 | 191.8 |
| 8 | Jeriqho Gadway | 12 | Plattsburgh | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/29/2014 | 191.5 |
| 9 | Erik Van Ingen | 12 | Marathon | Footlocker NE-Chm | 11/25/2006 | 191.1 |
| 10 | Adam Furman | 12 | Tri-Valley | OCIAA Championship | 10/21/2022 | 190.83 |