Polls Make Blake, Adrian the Class A Favorites

If the Class A cross country coaches polls reflects reality, the Blake boys and the Adrian girls are set to be crowned state champions at Saturday's MSHSL State Meet in Northfield. The teams top the final poll of the season.

Should Adrian win the girls' title, it would mark the 4th-straight year the team has brought the state champion's trophy to their far southwestern corner of the state. Individually, defending girls' champ Linda Keller of Paynesville tops the girls' poll, while Pequot Lakes Clayton Foster is the #1-ranked Class A boy.

Find full rankings below:

Class A Boys

Teams:
1. Blake
2. Mora
3. Mound Park Academy
4. Pequot Lakes
5. Perham
6. Adrian
7. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
8. Jackson County Central
9. Albany
10. Redwood Valley Area
11. St. Cloud Cathedral
12. Farimont

Individuals:
1. Clayton Foster Pequot Lakes
2. Ryan Tholen Tracy-Milroy-Balaton
3. Paul Koullick Blake
4. Patrick Byrant DeLaSalle
5. Aaron Haley Plainview-E-M
6. Stewart Richardson Blake
7. Nate Reynes Adrian
8. Moses Heppner Warroad
9. Connor Gjerve Annandale
10. Landon Bauer Albany
11. Austin Bauer Milaca
12. Andrew Gerdts LeSueur-Henderson


Class A Girls

Teams:
1. Adrian
2. Staples-Motley
3. Holy Family
4. Perham
5. Rochester Lourdes
6. Paynesville
7. Canby-Minneota/LinHi
8. LaCrescent
9. Farimont
10. MilleLacs
11. Crosby-Ironton
12. Annandale

Individuals:
1. Linda Keller Paynesville Area
2. Naomi Landecker Staples-Motley
3. Lauren Rice Holy Family
4. Greta Danielson St. Cloud Cathedral
5. Anne Hart St. Paul Acad
6. Laura Christenson Murray County Cent
7. Kayla Woltz Chatfield
8. Adriana Flores Medford
9. Hannah Miner Sibley East
10. Lydia Lutz Park Rapids Area
11. Maddie McClellan Perham
12. Lauren Friese Fairmont