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

Class A Boys

Minnehaha Academy makes a big jump back into the top 5 this week with St. Cloud Cathedral, Perham and The Blake School holding the 1-2-3 positions for the 6th week in a row.  Individually, the top 6 runners remain the same from last week - Brandon Clark (The Blake School) has held the #1 spot for the entire season.  Mike Destache (St. Paul Academy) moves into the rankings at #10 after an impressive 2nd place finish in Section 4A, behind Clark.  Jacob Gerhartz also moves into the rankings this week following his win in Section 6A.

Team Rankings

10/31 Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 St. Cloud Cathedral 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Perham 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4
3 The Blake School 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 12
4 Minnehaha Academy 8 8 8 5 7 2 2 2 2
5 Mesabi East 5 5 5 6 --- --- --- --- 11
6 Waseca 4 4 4 4 5 8 7 6 5
7 Winona Cotter 10 --- --- --- 8 5 5 5 ---
8 Plainview-Elgin-Millville 6 7 7 9 10 11 10 10 9
9 Crosby-Ironton 9 11 11 11 9 --- --- --- ---
10 Redwood Valley Area 7 6 6 7 6 12 --- --- ---
11 Luverne Area --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Albany 12 10 10 10 11 7 8 8 7

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 Brandon Clark, 12 The Blake School 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Charlie Lawrence, 11 Foley 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 9 10
3 Shane Streich, 9 Waseca 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3
4 Romeo Benish, 12 Proctor 4 6 6 5 4 7 4 5 5
5 Matt Welch, 11 Proctor 5 6 6 5 4 7 4 5 5
6 Nick Stoks, 11 Canby-Minneota/LinHi 6 5 5 6 5 3 5 6 6
7 Byron Schuldt, 12 Nevis 12 9 9 7 6 4 3 4 4
8 Nick Golebiowski, 10 St. Cloud Cathedral 8 8 8 9 11 --- --- --- ---
9 Pat Reinschmidt, 11 Plainview-Elgin-Millville 9 11 11 11 10 --- --- --- 12
10 Mike Destache, 9 St. Paul Academy --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
11 Jacob Gerhartz, 12 Sauk Centre --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Dan Borash, 12 Royalton 7 7 7 8 8 --- --- --- ---

 

Class A Girls

St. Cloud Cathedral continues to hold the #1 spot in the team rankings for the 7th week in a row, with The Blake School repeating in the #2 spot.  Rochester Lourdes moves into the rankings this week at #11.  Individually, Clare Flanagan (The Blake School) continues to hold the #1 spot with McKenzie Holt (St. Cloud Christian) and Marissa Shady (Esko) rounding out the top 3.  Meghan Henriksen (Mankato Loyola), Tierney Winter (WEM / JWP), and Austyn Thier (Adrian) all return to the rankings following strong section performances.

Team Rankings

10/31 Team 10/24 10/17 10/10 10/3 9/26 9/19 9/12 9/5 Pre-Season
1 St. Cloud Cathedral 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
2 The Blake School 2 2 3 3 6 5 3 3 4
3 Esko 4 3 6 4 2 6 6 12 3
4 La Crescent 5 6 4 5 4 3 4 4 5
5 Waseca 3 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 7
6 United South Central 9 10 10 10 11 --- --- 10 ---
7 Annandale 8 8 8 9 10 --- 10 7 8
8 Trinity at River Ridge 7 7 7 7 7 --- --- 11 ---
9 Adrian 6 5 2 2 3 1 1 1 1
10 Park Rapids 11 11 11 --- --- 10 9 8 12
11 Rochester Lourdes --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Perham 12 12 12 12 --- 9 8 9 9

 

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 Clare Flanagan, 10 The Blake School 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
2 McKenzie Holt, 10 St. Cloud Christian 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 11 ---
3 Marissa Shady, 11 Esko 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 --- 2
4 Emi Trost, 10 Cannon Falls 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 9
5 Elena Danielson, 11 St. Cloud Cathedral 4 4 4 4 4 9 --- --- 1
6 Kayla Woltz, 11 Chatfield 7 8 12 --- --- --- --- --- 5
7 Lydia Lutz, 12 Park Rapids 6 6 6 6 7 10 9 10 ---
8 Meghan Henriksen, 12 Mankato Loyola --- --- 9 9 9 --- --- --- ---
9 Janessa Meuleners, 9 Belle Plaine 10 10 --- --- --- --- 10 --- ---
10 Jordan Chancellor, 9 The Blake School 11 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
11 Tierney Winter, 8 WEM / JWP --- 12 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
12 Austyn Thier, 12 Adrian --- --- --- --- --- 12 12 --- ---