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Minnesota HS Cross Country Polls
With Notes by Chris Harder (AA) and Mark Alcorn (A)
Polls were conducted by the State coaches associations on Sept. 16, 1998.
Boys' Class AA
| Girls' Class A | Boys' Class A
Girls' Class AA
Rank
Last
Rank School Week
1 Duluth East 1 The team to beat with six
straight titles. The annual
trip to the Metro is a little
over a week away.
2 Alexandria 2
3= Bloomington Jefferson 3 Won the Blue Jacket
(Cambridge) with a mere 27
points. Naslund (1, 15:23),
Trump (4, 15:56), and Magee
(5, 15:57) led the way. Jags
beat a strong field at
Lakeville on 9/15 including #5
White Bear Lake, #3=
Northfield, and HM Edina.
3= Northfield 5 After a 5th place effort at
Faribault on 9/12 (behind
White Bear Lake, Eden
Prairie, Mounds View, and
Winona), the Raiders third at
Lakeville, one point behind
White Bear Lake. Three
Raiders were in the top 11 at
Lakeville: Megan Daymont,
Krista Nelson, and Molly
Gleason.
5 White Bear Lake 4 Won the Faribault Invitational
on 9/15 in a tie-breaker with
Eden Prairie. Four days
later, the Bears were defeated
by Jefferson 82-101 at
Lakeville. WBL did beat # 3
Northfield by 1.
6 Eden Prairie -- Eagles beaten in a tie-breaker
at Faribault against #5 White
Bear Lake. EP opened the
season with an impressive win
at Armstrong.
7 Wayzata 6 Handily won the Classic Lake
Quad meet last week. The
Trojans will do battle at
Mayo on Friday 9/18
8 Mounds View -- A surprising third at
Faribault over #9 Winona and
#3= Northfield.
9 Winona 8 After an early season win at
Matterhorn, the Winhawks
finished fourth at Faribault
with a win over #3= Northfield
and HM Edina.
10 Grand Rapids 7
11 St. Cloud Tech -- An early season win in the
Apollo Invitational and a 40-
point victory over Mpls.South
at the Monticello
Invitational. The Tigers are
led by Andrea Gaetz.
12= Sauk Rapids 12 The Storm finished fifth at
the Monticello Invitational
behind the runner-up finish
of Carmen Meyer.
12= Owatonna -- Finished 15th at the Faribault
Invitational.
-- Buffalo 9 Finished 8th at Monticello
Invitational. Team could
surprise in a few weeks.
-- Edina 10 The Hornets finished a strong
4th atthe Lakeville
Invitational behind three
highly ranked teams. The 1-2
punch of Ilten (7, 15:05) and
Lund (8, 15:06) led the way.
-- Little Falls 11 The Flyers have finished near
the top of each race.
Individuals
Rank Runner
1 Emily Naslund, 10, Bloomington Jefferson After an easy win at the Blue
Jacket (15:23, +20),
Naslund finished 6th at the
Lakeville Invitational in
14:56.
2 Kendall Wheeler, 11, Duluth East Wheeler leads Greyhounds to
the Twin Cities in a little
over a week.
3 Megan Daymont, Northfield Wins at Dakota County (11:51,
+1), Faribault (14:27, +6) and
Lakeville (14:29, +20) serve
notice that she may be the
best at this time. Has
defeated #1 Naslund, #4
Menden, #6 Johnson, #8 Nelson,
#9= Hugstad-Vaa, #9=
Overchuck, #12=Rautmann, and
soon to be ranked again
Dahlgren.
4 Anita Menden, Eden Prairie After an opening win at
Armstrong (11:59), Menden
finished runner-up to Daymont
at Faribault after starting
slow and moving her way
through the strong field.
5 Leah Wurm, 9, Monticello The big surprise so far this
season, Wurm won at Nokomis
(15:28, +18), Apollo (14:33,
+9), and Monticello (14:52,
+10)
6= Josie Johnson, 10, Rochester Century Dropped out at Faribault due
to health reasons. She
usually improves once the
first frost comes.
6= Courtney Dauwalter, 8, Hopkins Won her opener at Matterhorn
(15:23, +7)
8 Krista Nelson, 10, Northfield Provides strong 1-2 punch with
Daymont up front. Finished
2nd at Dakota County, 4th at
Lakeville ahead of #12=
Rautmann and #1 Naslund, and a
strong top 10 effort at
Faribault.
9= Courtney Hugstad-Vaa, 10, Eastview Competed well down the stretch
to finish a strong 2nd ahead
of Dahlgren, #8 Nelson,
#12=Rautmann, #1 Naslund, and
a host of others. She is now
2-1 against Nelson. 9= Ingrid
Overchuk, Stillwater Finished
a strong 6th at Faribault.
9= Ingrid Overchuk, Stillwater Finished a strong 6th at
Faribault.
11 Amber Newby, 10, Bemidji
12= Beth Jackson, 11, Buffalo
12= Beth Rautman, 12, White Bear Lake Moved from 10th with a half to
go to finish 5th at Lakeville.
Key member for the always
strong Bears.
-- Nancy Buselmeier, 10, Buffalo
Girls' Class AA | Girls' Class A | Boys' Class A
Boys Class AA
Rank
Last
Rank School Week
1 Stillwater 1 Three time defending champ won
at Marshfield (over Wisconsin
power Stevens Point) with 36
points and at Faribault with
34 points (over Eden Prairie
and Apple Valley). Swept the
JV and C at Faribault for good
measure.
2= Hopkins 2 Early win at Matterhorn over
Edina.
2= Eden Prairie 3 Easily won Armstrong
Invitational over host school
and Minnetonka (33-98- 103).
Finished 2nd to #1Stillwater
by 14 (34-48), but defeated
Lake rival #5=Apple Valley
(110) at Faribault.
4 Red Wing 5
5= Apple Valley 4 After wins at Jamestown (over
5-time ND champ Jamestown) and
Dakota County, the Eagles
finished third at Faribault
behind #1 Stillwater and
#2=Eden Prairie. Strong pack
running just behind lead pack
headed by "Big" John Welter.
5= Mounds View 6 Former Laker Ross Fleming
returned to his roots to
garner win at Mt. Lake over
#9 Fairmont. Mustangs
followed with win at Blue
Jacket.
5= Duluth Denfeld 7 The Hunters are led by the 1-2
punch of Loberg and Polson.
8 White Bear Lake 8 Bears won the prestigious
Luther Invitatonal over Iowa
power Dubuque Senior. Earlier
finished 4th at Marshfield.
Junior-laden squad is led by
Matt Glover.
9 Fairmont 9 After a 2nd at Mt. Lake, the
Cardinals won the New Ulm
Invitational over Redwood
Valley (38-100)
10 Bemidji 10
11 Wayzata -- Trojans continue to improve
with young team after
finishing only 30 points
behind WBL at Marshfield. Won
the Classic Quad last week.
12= Armstrong 11= Finished 2nd at own
invitational and Classic Quad.
12= Edina -- Similar to Lakeville of '97,
the Hornets have a "Big Four"
of Mahoney, Arnold, Mpls. SW
transfer Lundberg, and Utah
transfer Mabsen.
-- St. Paul Central 11= Won the Nokomis Invitational
over Centennial by one point.
Individuals
Rank Runner
1 Neil Hanson, 12, Fairmont Won the Wolverine Invitional
in 15:22 on 9/2 and the New
Ulm Invite 9/11 in 16:33.
2 Nick Schneider, 10, Benilde St. Margaret's Won the prestigious Marshfield
meet in 16:08 over Stillwater
group.
3 Brent Loberg, 12, Duluth Denfeld Leads Hunter 1-2 punch with
Polson
4= Luke Mallranin, 12, Bemidji
4= Ted Gustafson, 11, Owatonna Won the Nokomis Invitationa
over Blau (16:28, +7).
Finished a strong 2nd to
Lindahl at Faribault. Did
beat Stillwater group.
4= Adam Lindahl, 12, Eden Prairie Rallied from behind to defeat
Gustafson at Faribault (15:53,
+1). Won his opener over
Preus at Armstrong.
7 Jon Francis, 11, Stillwater Ran a strong 4th at Faribault.
8 Kevin Doe, Stillwater Finished 3th at Faribault
9 Jim Mahoney, Edina Won opener at Matterhorn over
Tollefson and Keenan (16:36,
+17)
10 Nate Olson, 12, Lakeville "Big Four" of 1997 down to
"Big Two" as Olson and
Lawrence went 1-2 at Dakota
County and Lakeville.
Finished 5th at Faribault.
11 Nathan Coleman, 11, Grand Rapids AAU State champ at 3k.
12= Justin Lawrence, 12, Lakeville
12= Andy Blau,12, Maple Grove Finished 2nd to Gustafson at
Nokomis. Won Blue Jacket meet
(16:33, +7)
-- Chris Boldt, 12, Stillwater After a strong meet at
Marshfield, finished 11th at
Faribault.
Girls' Class AA | Boys' Class AA | Boys' Class A
Girls' Class A
Rank
Last
Rank School Week
1 Wadena/Deer Creek 1 They have been age group racing some
of their younger ones. Look for
them to be full strength at the U of
M 9/26
2 Lake City 3 Defending champs. Look for strong
showing at Princeton.
3 Northland-Remer/DR 4 Coach Hillstrom always brings them
along slow. They will be in the Top
5 again at the State Meet.
4 Minneaska Area -- Great 1-2 punch in Kuhn and Forte.
3-5 runners will have to move up to
keep the team in the Top 5.
5 Canby-Minneota/LinHI 5 Just like Northland, early season
meets are no indication of where
they will be in November.
6 Pierz -- Led by seniors Amanda Gall and Julie
Kasper
7 Lewiston-Altura --
8 International Falls 6
9 United South Central 7 Look to be the best team in the SW
part of the state.
10 New London/Spicer 2 Last years runner up will be minus a
top runner for a few weeks due to
injury.
11 Jackson County Central 10
12 Rushford-Peterson 11 The best 1-2 punch in the state in
Colbenson and Becker
-- Holdingford 8
-- Albany 9
-- Rockford 12
Individuals
Rank Runner
1 Kristi Colbenson, 10, Rushford-Peterson 1 2 Julie Gifford, 11, Tracy-Milroy/Balaton 2 3 Marit Sviggum, 9, Zumbrota-Mazeppa/K-W 3 4 Krista Anderson, 11, Crosby Ironton 5 Casey McGraw, 9, Wadena/Deer Creek 4 6 Katie Lorentz, 10,Wadena/Deer Creek 7 7 Jessica Zellar, 10, SW Star Concept 8 8 Rachael Kuhn, 11, Minnewaska 5 9 Cristy Jensen, 11, Waconia 9 10 Jeannie Becker, 10, Rushford-Peterson/Houst 12 11 Sandy Moyer, 8, Lake City 12 Kyra Hamilton, 12, St. Paul Acad & Summit -- Ingrid Fishness, 12, New London Spicer 6 -- Angie Mattke, 10, New London/Spicer 10 -- Tori Haugrud, 12, Perham 11
Girls' Class AA | Boys' Class AA | Girls' Class A
Boys' Class A
Rank
Last
Rank School Week
1 Staples-Motley 1 Have scored a perfect 15 at least
twice already this year
2 St Michael-Albertville 2
3 St. Cloud Cathedral 4
4 Mesabi East 3
5 United South Central 5 6 of the top 7 are seniors.
Experience will be a benefit at the
end
6 Lake City 6
7 Morris Area 9 Led by Bret Edlund,Morris teams are
traditionally at their best at the
end of October
8 Plainview 7 Led by a couple of youngsters who
are really doing well
9 Bagley-Fosston 8
10 Redwood Valley Area 10 Finished 2nd to Class AA powerhouse
Fairmont in the 15-team New Ulm Inv
11 Park Rapids 11
12 Warroad 12
Individuals
Rank Runner
1 Eric Klingaman, 12, Staples-Motley 4 2 Bret Fransen, 11, Edgerton 2 3 Kurt Detloff, 11, Staples-Motley 6 4 Brett Edlund, 11, Morris Area 3 5 Shannon Webster, 10, Staples-Motley 5 6 Jeff Brever, 9, Staples- Motley 1 7 Nathan Hausch, 12, Windom Area 7 8 Josh Schoen, 12, USC 8 9 Sean Peden, 11, St Cloud Cath 9 10 Jordan Barnes, 10, Plainview 10 11 Eric Dahlstrom, 12, Milaca 12 12 Riley Conway, 10, Lake City -- -- Max Mogren, 11, Winona Cotter 11
Girls' Class AA | Boys' Class AA | Girls' Class A | Boys' Class A