Nick Stoks

Class A XC coach's polls released for week of 9/4/2012.

Preseason Class A rankings for boys and girls from the state coach's association

Class A coach's rankigns released for the week of 10/31/11 - this is the final 2011 ranking.

Class A coach's rankings released for the week of 10/24/11.

Coach's rankings released for the week of 10/17/11.

Class A rankings for the week of 10/10/11 released.

Coach's rankings have been released for the week of 10/3/11.

Class A coach's XC rankings are out for the week of 9/26/11.

New cross country polls released for the week of 9/12/11.

  On October 28th, the Section 3-A Championship cross country meet was once again held at the Adrian Country Club. (via www.noblescountyreview.net)

The State Cross Country Coaches' Association has named their final team and individual rankings for the 2010 season.  The State Meet will commence on Saturday, November 6th at St. Olaf College with the Class A races beginning at 10:00 AM.  (Previous Rankings and Section Place courtesy of RaceberryJam)

In the Class A Girl's team rankings the top 6 remain relatively unchange with Blake and Fairmont changing places at #5 and #6.  Dover-Eyota/St. Charles jumps from #10 to #7 and Perham replaces Park Rapids at the #12 spot.  Individually the top 5 also remain the same.  Freshman Leah Jessen (Canby-Minneota) moves into the rankings at #6 following two impressive performances at Montevideo and Willmar.   The Class A Boy's rankings show very little change in the team lineup.  Individually, the top 5 also remain the same.  Byron Schuldt (Nevis) continues to move up in the polls and is at #6 this week.  Aaron Haley (Plainview-Elgin-Milville) returns to the rankings at #7 after dropping out last week and Nick Stokes (Canby-Minneota) and Charlie Lawrence (Foley) move into the rankings at #11 and # 12 respectively.   Class AA Girl's sees Minnetonka jumping from #12 to #6 and Wayzata and Roseville dropping down to #11 and #12 from the middle of the polls.  Individually, Maria Hauger (Shakopee) and Jamie Piepenburg (Alexandria) remain in the #1 and #2 spots and three new faces move into the polls:  Nicole Heitzman (Andover), Laura Lawton (Eden Prairie) and Steph Murray (Rochester Century) take over the #10, #11 and #12 spots.   Class AA Boy's has White Bear Lake dropping from #6 to #10 and Roseville moving into the rankings at #12.  Cole O'Brien makes an impressive move to the #3 spot following a strong performance at the Victoria Lions Invitational.  Kyle Bratrud (Eden Prairie) moves into the rankings at #8 and Christian Skaret (Minnetonka) moves in at #12.

With strong performances from a number of runners, the Marshall cross country teams swept an invitational at The Crossings Golf Club in Montevideo Tuesday. The Tiger boys put up a score of 24 to beat second-place Canby/Minneota/Lincoln HI by 33 points, while the Marshall girls won with a score of 48, beating out Montevideo's 60. (via www.marshallindependent.com)