Stillwater, Monticello Top Class AA Rankings

The Stillwater High School boys' and Monticello High School girls' teams will open the 2011 cross country season as the #1-ranked squads in Class AA. In an early sign of autumn, rankings for the upcoming season were recently released.

Stillwater, just 7th last year at the MSHSL Class AA State Meet, returns six of its varsity seven from 2010. Defending Class AA champion Wayzata is ranked #2, with Rosemount, third at State last year, ranked #3.

Individually, 2010 Class AA runner-up Cole O'Brien of Burnsville earned the top ranking, followed by Wayzata's Josh Thorson, and Moorhead's Glen Ellingson, who share the #2 ranking.

Monticello, the Class AA runner-up in 2010, tops the girls' poll. Lakeville South is ranked #2 with defending Class AA champs Eden Prairie #3.

Two-time defending Class AA individual champ Maria Hauger of Shakopee is the top-ranked girl in Class AA. Last year's runner up Jamie Peipenburg of Alexandria is ranked #2 and Monticello's Erica Seidenkrantz is ranked #3.

Find complete rankings below ...

Class AA Rankings

Boys:
Rank Team Points (first place votes)

1 Stillwater 69 (4)
2 Wayzata 65 (2)
3 Rosemount 62
4 Moorhead 50
T5 Edina 31
T5 Andover 31
7 Mounds View 29
8 Eden Prairie 25
T9 Eastview 20
T9 Burnsville 20
11 Owatonna 19
12 White Bear Lake 16

Others receiving votes:
Forest Lake (8), Lakeville North (8), Alexandria (7), Monticello (4), Roseville (3), Minnetonka (1)

Individuals:
Rank Athlete Points (first place votes)

1 Cole O'Brien, Burnsville 72 (6)
T2 Josh Thorson, Wayzata 63
T2 Glen Ellingson, Moorhead 63
T4 Joel Reichow, White Bear Lake 40
T4 Zach Roozen, Mounds View 40
6 Riley Macon, Rochester Mayo 38
7 Nathan Rock, Rosemount 29
8 Parker Wharram, Mound Westonka 19
T9 Connor Olson, Wayzata 17
T9 Tom Linner, Stillwater 17
11 Jan Ketterson, Jefferson 16
12 Will Burke, Edina 12

Others receiving votes:
Eric Colvin, Stillwater (11); Abdulah Salah, Burnsville (11), Mubarik Musa, Worthington (8), Jensen Orlow, Holy Family (5), Ryan Erdman, Mankato East (4), Keeghan Hurley, Fergus Falls (2), Will Sieling, Alexandria (1)


Girls

Teams:
1. Monticello
2. Lakeville South
3. Eden Prairie
4. East Ridge
5. Elk River
6. Prior Lake
7. Wayzata
8. Alexandria
9. Andover
10. Albert Lea
11. Brainerd
12. Rosemount

Individuals:
1. Maria Hauger, 11, Shakopee
2. Jamie Piepenburg, 12, Alexandria
3. Erica Seidenkrantz, 12, Monticello
4. Nicole Heitzman, 11, Andover
5. Amber Seidenkratz, 10, Monticello
6. Haylie Zenner, 12, Fergus Falls
7. Bailey Ness, 10, East Ridge
8. Chrissy Monson, 11, Albert Lea
9. Taylor Scholl, 12, Prior Lake
10. Kaelyn Williams, 12, Robbinsdale Cooper
11. Elizabeth Frick, 11, Eagan
12. Jenna Truedson, 9, Bemidji