Queens Boys

We’ll start with the Queens boys, which has historically been the weakest of the Boroughs. The highest a Queens boys team has finished at the City Championship since 2021 is 9^th: The Academy of American Studies in 2024 and Francis Lewis in 2023. The last Queens boys program to qualify for the Federation meet was Metropolitan Campus, who finished 4^th in 2019. Before that, you have to go all the way back to 2004 to find a Queens program in the top four (Francis Lewis). The last Queens team to win a City Championship was Andrew Jackson HS (Now Campus Magnet Educational Campus), in 1964.

Borough Champions

2021 - Forest Hills

2022 - Forest Hills

2023 - Forest Hills

2024 - HS for Construction

2025 - Francis Lewis

Individual Champions

2021 - Jake Chang - Townsend Harris - 18:03

2022 - Cameron Bird - Metropolitan Campus - 19:18

2023 - Resean Dunlop - HS for Construction - 18:33

2024 - Umed Maru - Academy of American Studies - 17:14

2025 - Umed Maru - Academy of American Studies - 16:52

Top Ten Finishes at City Championship

6. Umed Maru - Academy of American Studies (2025)

7. Umed Maru - Academy of American Studies (2024)

The PSAL website lists 25 boys programs on the PSAL’s website. We’ll rank their performance since the Pandemic in reverse order.

21.  (TIED)

Energy Tech High School

Long Island City High School

High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety

Queens Gateway to Health Sciences

Robert F. Kennedy High School

None of these programs have competed in the Queens Borough Championships in the 2020s.

20^. Grover Cleveland High School

Their best Borough Finish since the Pandemic was 15^th in 2024. They started the Boroughs race in 2023, but only 4 runners finished. Their fastest athlete has been Carlos Macias, who ran 21:16 at Van Cortlandt in 2024.

19. Information Technology High School

Their best Borough finish this decade was 14^th in 2024. In 2025, Raul Flores ran 22:07, which is their fastest time of the decade.

18. John Bowne High School

13^th place finishes in 2023 and 2024 were their best of the decade so far. In 2025, senior Derron Lewin ran 20:31, their fastest time of the decade thus far.

17. Newtown High School

Fielded a team for the first time this decade with their 12^th place finish at Borough Championships. In 2025, James Franklin ran their fastest time of the decade, 22:09 at the Borough Championship.

16. William C. Bryant High School

They have competed in two straight Borough Championships, which is a good sign for the program. They were 12^th in 2024 and 13^th in 2025. In 2024, Julio Pico ran 19:49 to set their school’s best time of the decade.

15. HS for Arts and Business

Their only appearance at the Borough Championship meet was in 2021, when they finished 11^th. However, they have competed in each season this decade, which is something all of the programs ranked behind them cannot say.

14. Queens High School of Teaching

Their 9^th place finish in 2024 was their only appearance in the team standings so far this decade. Their top runner in 2024 was Maxxluis Rivera, who ran 21:02.

13. Hillcrest High School

Hillcrest has fielded a team at 3 of the 5 Borough Championships this decade, with 17^th, 14^th, and 10^th place finishes. Their top time is 24:49, which has been run by two runners, Jacob Austin in 2025 and Daniel Scringer in 2021.

12. Queens High School Complex

They have fielded teams in the last 4 Borough Championships, with their best finish being 9^th in 2023. In 2025, Jonah Fox-Chmielewski ran 19:39 to set their decade record.

11. Thomas Edison

Competed at Boroughs in 2023 and 2025, finishing 12^th and 8^th, respectively. Their fastest time of 18:42 was run by Jayron Salazar in 2025.

10. Aviation HS

They have competed in the last 3 Borough Championships, finishing in the top ten each time. They also competed in the JV race in 2022. In 2025, David Oropeza-Sosa ran 18:47.

9. The Scholar’s Academy

They have fielded a team each year this decade, but for some reason did not compete at Boroughs in 2025. They have finishes of 8^th, 8^th, 11^th and 11^th leading up to this past season. Their fastest time of the decade was 21:05, run in 2023 by Isaiah Jones.

8. Bayside High School

The top 8 programs in Queens have all competed in the City Championship this decade. Bayside has competed at Cities once, finishing 26^th (last) in 2023. Their best Boroughs finish was 4^th that same year. Otherwise they have three 6^th place finishes and a 10^th place finish this decade. In 2024, Nathanael Hansen ran 19:40.

7. Townsend Harris High School

Townsend Harris has only competed at Cities once this decade, finishing 17^th in 2021. Their top finish at Boroughs was 4^th that same year. Otherwise, they have three 7^th place finishes and one 5^th. In 2021, Jake Chang ran 17:28 at Cities to qualify for the Federation meet as an individual.

6. Benjamin Cardozo

Cardozo finished 19^th (last place) at the City Championship in 2021 and was 3^rd in Queens that same year. They have not been back to the City Championship since. Since 2021, they have 5^th, 6^th, 7^th and 8^th place Borough finishes. In 2024, Mason Salis ran 19:00, their fastest time of the decade.

5. Metropolitan Campus

Metropolitan Campus was arguably the program hit hardest by the timing of the Pandemic. Their program’s best season was 2019 when they finished 4^th at Cities with a team that consisted of five juniors that would have returned in 2020. They’ve qualified for the City Championship in each of the last three years, finishing a decade-best 12^th in 2025. In each of the last four years, they’ve finished in the top five in Queens. In 2025, Amrit Singh ran 18:18.

4. Academy of American Studies

They hit the all-access lottery with the Maru brothers in 2024 and 2025. As a result, their 9^th and 10^th place finishes in 2021, 2022 and 2023 turned into 2^nd place and 4^th place finishes in 2024 and 2025, respectively. In 2024, they finished in the top ten at Cities and in 2025, Umed Maru earned All-State honors, running 16:31 at Bowdoin Park to finish 25^th at the Federation meet. They finished 11^th at Cities in 2025 and probably should have finished higher, but they couldn’t return some of the runners from their 2024 squad.

3. Francis Lewis High School

Francis Lewis is the defending Borough Champ and boasts the highest finish for a Queens school this decade, with a 9^th place finish in 2023. They have qualified for the City Championship three times this decade. Eric Lin’s 18:29 this past season was their fastest time of the 2020s.

2. High School for Construction

They have qualified for the City Championship every year this decade, finishing 14^th or better four times. Their best finish was 10^th in 2024. They might’ve finished higher in 2025 if Giuseppe Gambino had not missed the City Championship. They won the Queens championship in 2024, their only title of the decade, but they’ve finished in the Top three each year. Gambino ran 17:18 to qualify for the Federation meet in 2024.

1. Forest Hills High School

Although they aren’t trending in the right direction, finishing 4^th in 2024 and 6^th in 2025, they won the first three Queens titles of the decade. They have qualified for four of the five City Championships this decade, with their highest finish being 12^th in 2023. In 2022, Matthew Chu ran 18:36 for their top time this decade.