10/31/11 State XC Coach's Poll - Class AA

Class AA Boys

The final rankings of the 2011 season show some movement in the team rankings, but no new teams added to the list.  Stillwater continues to maintain the top ranking with Edina moving up to the #2 spot.  Individually, Stilwater's Tom Linner returns to the rankings following a win in the Section 4AA race, completing the 5k course in 15:40.  There are two new faces in the rankings this week:  Jensen Orlow (Holy Family Catholic) debuts at #8 after winning the Section 2AA race in 15:51 and John Klecker (Hopkins) enters the rankings at #9 following his 15:51.4 third place finish in Section 6AA.

Team Rankings

10/31 Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 Stillwater 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Edina 3 3 6 4 4 3 4 4 T5
3 Eden Prairie 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 10 8
4 Wayzata 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
5 Rosemount 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3
6 Burnsville 10 10 4 --- --- --- 10 --- T9
7 Andover 6 6 8 7 7 5 6 6 T5
8 Moorhead 8 8 7 6 6 7 5 5 4
9 Eastview 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 T9
10 Hopkins 7 7 11 10 10 11 --- --- ---
11 White Bear Lake 11 11 10 8 8 8 8 7 12
12 Owatonna 12 12 --- --- --- 10 11 11 11

Others receiving votes:  Rochester Mayo

Individual Rankings

10/31 Name Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 Josh Thorson, 12 Wayzata 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T2
2 Cole O'Brien, 12 Burnsville 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 1
3 Jan Ketterson, 12 Blmgtn Jefferson 3 3 3 8 10 3 7 9 11
4 Glen Ellingson, 12 Moorhead 5 5 5 4 5 5 2 3 T2
5 Connor Olson, 9 Wayzata 7 7 7 9 8 10 11 12 8
6 Riley Macon, 12 Rochester Mayo 6 6 6 7 7 6 9 5 6
7 Joey Duerr, 9 Chaska 4 4 4 2 2 4 5 11 ---
8 Jensen Orlow, 12 Holy Family Catholic --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
9 John Klecker, 12 Hopkins --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
10 Mubarik Musa, 12 Worthington 8 8 8 --- --- 11 --- 8 ---
11 Will Burke, 11 Edina 9 9 9 5 4 --- --- --- 12
12 Tom Linner, 12 Stillwater --- --- --- 11 11 8 6 6 9

Others receiving votes:  Luke McKenzie (Chisago Lakes Area), Joel Reichow (White Bear Lake), Nick Oelke (Eastview)

Class AA Girls

On the girl's side, we see previously unranked Forest Lake move into the 11th spot and Alexandria and Roseville return to the rankings at #9 (Alexandria) and #7 (Roseville).  Individually, there is no change in the top 8 from last week with Shakopee's Maria Hauger continuing to lead the pack.  Anna French (Wayzata) returns to the rankings at #10 after a 5-week hiatus following a first-place finish in the Section 6AA race, clocking a 14:33.70.  Erin Baker (Grand Rapids) moves into the rankings at #11 with a second-place finish in the Section 7AA race, finishing with a 14:33.20.  Finally, Taylor Perkins (Lakeville North) appears in the rankings at the #12 spot, finishing in second-place in Section 1AA with a 14:23.10.

Team Rankings

10/31 Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 Monticello 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Lakeville South 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Eagan 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 8 ---
4 Shakopee 5 5 5 10 10 --- --- --- ---
5 Wayzata 7 7 6 5 5 5 6 6 7
6 Edina 8 8 8 7 7 7 12 --- ---
7 Roseville --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 7 ---
8 East Ridge 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 9 4
9 Alexandria --- --- --- 9 8 8 --- 11 8
10 Prior Lake 12 12 12 -- --- 10 10 --- ---
11 Forest Lake --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Eden Prairie 6 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 3

 

Individual Rankings

10/31 Name Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 Maria Hauger, 11 Shakopee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Jamie Piepenburg, 12 Alexandria 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 Danielle Anderson, 11 Eagan 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 8 ---
4 Jenna Truedson, 9 Bemidji 4 4 4 8 9 --- 8 7 12
5 Megan Hasz, 8 Alexandria 5 5 5 5 6 5 --- --- ---
6 Kaytlyn Larson, 9 Lakeville South 6 6 --- 4 4 10 11 --- ---
7 Bethany Hasz, 8 Alexandria 7 8 7 7 8 9 --- --- ---
8 Vivian Hett, 10 Burnsville 8 9 --- 9 10 7 --- --- ---
9 Nicole Heitzman, 11 Andover 11 12 --- --- 11 --- --- 4 4
10 Anna French, 9 Wayzata --- --- --- --- --- 12 --- --- ---
11 Erin Baker, 10 Grand Rapids --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Taylor Perkins, 11 Lakeville North --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---