HS Polls: Team Sweeps at the State Meet?

A single school hasn't swept boys and girls cross country titles at the MSHSL State Meet since early in the decade, but the sports' rankers think the feat will happen this weekend in Northfield.

Eden Prairie will enter the competition as the favorites in boys' and girls' Class AA, thanks to their paired #1-rankings in the latest polls. Not since Hopkins swept both titles in the division in 2002 has a single Class AA institution been both the boys' and girls' champions.

The pollsters expect the Eden Prairie boys to get their strongest competition from Section 6AA rivals #2 Wayzata. Eden Prairie topped Wayzata 25-41 at sections. Stillwater is ranked #3, followed by White Bear Lake and Burnsville.

The EP girls should expect competition from #2 Elk River, which boasts two individuals ranked in the state's top-5, #3 Roseville, #4 Shakopee, and #5 Lakeville South.

A Class A Sweep? ... The first team sweep in Class A since 2003 could be in the works too. Perhams' boys' and girls' team have topped the Class A polls for much of the season, although the Waseca's girls' 54-point win over Fairmont in Section 2A vaulted them to the top of the final rankings.

The Perham girls are #2 and four-time defending champions Adrian is ranked #3.

Perham's boys still reside atop their poll, ahead of #2 Minnehaha Academy, and #3 Plainview-Elgin-Millville.

In 2003 Staples-Motley's program won both team titles in Class A.

Individually ... The top runners in the state, according to the pollsters, remain unchanged in recent weeks.

Aaron Bartnik of Eden Prairie and Maria Hauger of Shakopee top Class AA, while Paul Koullick of the Blake School and Maddie McClellan of Perham top Class A.

Find full Class AA rankings below.

Find complete Class A rankings HERE.

Class AA Boys

Teams:
1 Eden Prairie
2 Wayzata
3 Stillwater
4 White Bear Lake
5 Burnsville
6 Moorhead
7 Alexandria
8 Edina
9 St. Thomas Academy
10 Lakeville North
11 Totino Grace
12 Willmar

Individuals
1 Aaron Bartnik 11 Eden Prairie
2 Jake Sandry 12 Bloomington Jefferson
3 Marty Joyce 12 Woodbury
4 Jon-Michael Brandt 12 Winona
5 Adam Zutz 11 St. Francis
6 Trent Lusignan 11 Shakopee
7 Bryant Blahnik 11 Red Wing
8 Lukas Gemar 11 Moorhead
9 Oliver Haugland 12 Wayzata
10 Cole O'Brien 10 Burnsville
11 Blayne Dulian 12 Coon Rapids
12 Kyle Bratrud 11 Eden Prairie


Class AA Girls

Teams:
1 Eden Prairie
2 Elk River
3 Roseville
4 Shakopee
5 Lakeville South
6 Prior Lake
7 Moorhead
8 Monticello
9 Lakeville North
10 Minnetonka
11 Hopkins
12 Totino Grace

Individuals:
1 Maria Hauger, 9, Shakopee
2 Emma Bates, 12, Elk River
3 Heidi Peterson, 11, Sartell
4 Megan Platner, 11, Eden Prairie
5 Abbi Asprengren, 11, Elk River
6 Erica Seidenkranz, 10, Monticello
7 Allison Cordes, 9, Roseville Area
8 Taylor Perkins, 9, Lakeville North
9 Becca Dyson, 11, Roseville Area
10 Chrissy Monson, 9, Albert Lea
11 Sharmila Ahmed, 11, Burnsville
12 Jamie Piepenburg, 10, Alexandria