Cathedral and Adrian Lead Class A Ranks

Another day, another set of high school cross country rankings to report ...

The St. Cloud Cathedral boys and Adrian High School girls' top the MSHSL Class A preseason cross country team rankings released yesterday, while Brandon Clark of Blake and Elena Danielson of Cathedral lead the Class A individual rankings.

Cathedral returns four of five scorers from its 3rd-place team at State last fall. Minnehaha Academy, which tied for 4th at State in 2010, is ranked #2, Esko, 6th in Class A a year ago, is ranked #3.

#1-ranked Clark, who finished 4th in Class A individually, is the top returnee from the State Meet following the graduations of 2010 champion Mason Ferlic of Mounds Park Academy and runner-up Matt Jergenson of Caledonia and the promotion to Class AA of Worthington and its 2010 3rd-placer -- and 2009 State champ -- Mubarik Musa.

Jonnathan Surber of St. James, 5th at State last year, is ranked #2; Shane Streich of Waseca, 14th in the meet last year as an 8th-grader, is ranked #3.

Adrain, the defending Class A champion and winner of five of the last six Class A team titles, returns all the scorers from it's 2010 squad. St. Cloud Cathedral, runner up in 2010, is ranked #2; Esko, 5th in 2010, is tabbed as the #3 team in Class A.

Individually, #1-ranked Danielson, the 3rd-place finisher in Class A last year and the Class A 3200m champion on the track, leads defending champ Marisa Shady of Esko, who is ranked #2, and 2010 runner-up Lauren Friese of Fairmont, #3.

Boys' Teams

1. St. Cloud Cathedral
2. Minnehaha Academy
3. Esko
4. Perham
5. Waseca
6. Mora
7. Albany
8. LaCrescent
9. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
10. Byron
11. Mesabi East
12. Blake

Boys' Individuals

1. Brandon Clark, Blake
2. Jonnathan Surber, St. James
3. Shane Streich, Waseca
4. Byron Schuldt, Nevis
5. Matt Welch, Proctor
6. Nick Stoks, Canby-Minneota/LinHi
7. Jackson Lindquist, Esko
8. Jacob Siekmeier, Math & Science Academy
9. Cade Ekstrom, Madelia/Truman
10. Charlie Lawrence, Foley
11. Jesse Delgado, Waseca
12. Pat Reinschmidt, Painview-Elgin-Millville


Girls' Teams

1. Adrian
2. St. Cloud Cathedral
3. Esko
4. Blake
5. LaCrescent
6. Albany
7. Waseca
8. Annandale
9. Perham
10. Canby-Minneota/LinHi
11. Fairmont
12. Park Rapids


Girls' Individuals

1. Elena Danielson, St. Cloud Cathedral
2. Marissa Shady, Esko
3. Lauren Friese, Fairmont
4. Jordan Chancellor, Blake
5. Kayla Woltz, Chatfield
6. Victoria Alexander, Lake of the Woods
7. Leah Jessen, Canby-Minneota/LinHi
8. Clare Flanagan, Blake
9. Emi Trost, Cannon Falls
10. Sadie Novak-Klug, Waseca
11. Savannah Ramirez, Litchfield
12. Hannah Goemann, United South Central/AC