Wayzata Boys Tops State, Region Polls; Lakeville North Back Atop Girls' Ranks

The Wayzata boys' cross country team, winners over section rivals Eden Prairie at Gale Woods last Saturday, remain atop the state Class AA rankings this week.

The 2007 MSHSL champs also debuted, late last week, as the Heartland Region's #1 team boys team in Nike Team Nationals polling.

In the State poll, the Trojans are followed by #2 Eden Prairie, #3 Edina, and #4 Moorhead. In the NTN Heartland Region poll, Wayzata is followed by #2 Bismarck of North Dakota and #3 Shawnee Mission NW of Kansas. Brainerd is #4 in the poll, Stillwater is #8.

Find the NTN polls HERE. The Class AA polls are listed below.

In the Class AA girls rankings, Lakeville North, which started the year atop the poll but dropped to #2 last week, returns to the summit after winning the Faribault Invitational last Friday. The Panthers are trailed by cross-town rivals #2 Lakeville South, #3 Minnetonka, and #4 Eden Prairie, which topped last week's poll.

Three Minnesota girls squads make the Heartland rankings: #2 Burnsville, #7 Lakeville North, and #10 Eden Prairie. Dowling Catholic of Iowa leads the NTN region.

Class A ... The Adrian girls and the Pequot Lakes boys still lead the Class A rankings. Defending Class A individual titlist Linda Keller of Paynesville is the #1-ranked Class girl; Pequot Lakes' Clayton Foster leads Class A boys.

View the full Class A poll HERE.

Class AA Rankings ...

Boys' Teams:
1 Wayzata
2 Eden Prairie
3 Edina
4 Moorhead
5 White Bear Lake
6 Alexandria
7 Owatonna
8 Brainerd
9 Roseville
10 Lakeville North
11 St. Paul Central
12 Lakeville South

Boys' Inviduals:
1 Robel Kebede 12 Mpls. South
2 Drew Paradis 12 Alexandria
3 Jeremy Drenckhahn 12 Wayzata
4 Danny Ducharme 12 Wayzata
5 Abdi Abtidon, 12 Eden Prairie
6 Michael Ellenberger, Edina
7 Thomas Ruttger 12 Brainerd
8 John Holt 12 Roseville
9 Eric Truedson, 12 Bemidji
10 Lukas Gemar, 10, Moorhead
11 Mahad Hassan 12 Willmar
12 Zach Mellon 12 Buffalo

Girls' Teams:
1 Lakeville North
2 Lakeville South
3 Minnetonka
4 Eden Prairie
5 Chaska
6 Grand Rapids
7 Shakopee
8 Wayzata
9 Winona
10 Sartell
11 Moorhead
12 Eagan

Girls Individuals:
1 Claire Guidinger, 11 Winona
2 Caitlin Hewes, 10 Stillwater
3 Jamie Piepenburg, 9 Alexandria
4 Hannah Kellerman, 11 Sartell
5 Rachel Drake, 12 White Bear Lake
6 Laura Docherty, 12 Cretin-Derham Hall
7 Emma Bates, 11 Elk River
8 Taylor Perkins, 8 Lakeville North
9 Laura Hughes, 11 Mankato West
10 Alissa Retterrath, 9 Hutchinson
11 Kaila Urick, 10 Chaska
12 Cassy Opitz, 12 Eden Prairie