Cathedral Girls Join Boys Atop Class A Poll

The St. Cloud Cathedral girls' cross country team joined the school's boys' squad atop the latest Minnesota Class A rankings after their victory at the Milaca Mega Meet on Saturday.

The Crusaders won the meet's Class AA division -- the Mega Meet separates teams into four classes -- with 55 points. Esko, the new #2-ranked team, was runner-up with 70, last week's top-ranked team, Adrian, tallied 84.

The top-ranked individuals in Class A remained unchanged. The Blake School's Brandon Clark and Clare Flanagan still top the individual polls.

In Class AA, the Rosemount boys' team moved into the #2 position in the new Class AA poll. Stillwater, which romped in the Class AAAA division at Milaca, continues to top the rankings of the state's best large school boys' teams.

Rosemount, the #4-ranked Class AA team a week ago, moved up on the the merits of its third-place finish at Saturday's Roy Griak Invitational hosted by the University of Minnesota. The Irish edged defending Class AA champs Wayzata, the #2-ranked team last week, 271 to 273 in the meet's Gold Race. Edina, which finished 9th in the race with 360 points, fell a spot to #4.

Monticello, a comfortable winner at Milaca, is still tabbed as the best Class AA girls team in Minnesota. Maria Hauger still tops the Class AA girls' individual rankings, as does Wayzata's Josh Thorson for boys.


Find complete Minnesota high school rankings below ...

Class A

Boys' Teams:

1. St. Cloud Cathedral
2. Perham
3. Blake
4. Esko
5. Waseca
6. Redwood Valley Area
7. Minnehaha Academy
8. Winona Cotter
9. Crosby-Ironton
10. Plainview-Elgin-Millville
11. Albany
12. Ottertail Central

Boys' Individuals:

1. Brandon Clark, Blake
2. Shane Streich, Waseca
3. Charlie Lawrence, Foley
4. Matt Welch, Proctor
5. Nick Stoks, Canby-Minneota/LinHi
6. Byron Schuldt, Nevis
7. Romeo Benish, Proctor
8. Dan Borash, Royalton
9. Jackson Lindquist, Esko
10. Pat Reinschmidt, Plainview-E-M
11. Nick Golebiowski, St. Cloud Cathedral
12. Jonnathan Surber, St. James


Girls' Teams:

1. St. Cloud Cathedral
2. Esko
3. Adrian
4. LaCrescent
5. Waseca
6. Blake
7. Trinity of River Ridge
8. Minnehaha Academy
9. Luverne Area
10. Annandale
11. United South Central
12. Fairmont

Girls' Individuals:

1. Clare Flanagan, Blake
2. McKenzie Holt, St. Cloud Christian
3. Marissa Shady, Esko
4. Elena Danielson, St. Cloud Cathedral
5. Emi Trost, Cannon Falls
6. Morgan Durbin, St. Cloud Cathedral
7. Lydia Lutz, Park Rapids
8. Jordan Kopplow, Adrian
9. Meghan Henrikson, Mankato Loyola
10. Lauren Friese, Fairmont
11. Liz Miller, Watertown-Mayer
12. Mary Ennis, Trinity

Class AA

Boys' Teams:

1 Stillwater
2 Rosemount
3 Wayzata
4 Edina
5 Eden Prairie
6 Moorhead
7 Andover
8 White Bear Lake
9 Eastview
10 Hopkins
11 Centennial
12 Sartell-St Stephen

Others receiving votes: Rochester Mayo

Boys' Individuals:

1. Josh Thorson, Wayzata
2. Joey Duerr, Chaska
3. Cole O'Brien, Burnsville
4. Will Burke, Edina
5. Glen Ellingson, Moorhead
6. Wayde Hall, Stillwater
7. Riley Macon, Rochester Mayo
8. Connor Olson, Wayzata
9. Eric Colvin, Stillwater
10. Jan Ketterson, Jefferson
11. Tom Linner, Stillwater
12. Zach Roozen, Mounds View

Others receiving votes: Kieran Kelly, Chanhassen; Mubarik Musa, Worthington; Sidney Speir, Eagan

Girls' Teams:

1. Monticello
2. Lakeville South
3. Eden Prairie
4. Eagan
5. Wayzata
6. East Ridge
7. Edina
8. Alexandria
9. Moorhead
10. Shakopee
11. Andover
12. Chanhassen

Girls' Individuals:

1. Maria Hauger, 11, Shakopee
2. Jamie Piepenburg, 12, Alexandria
3. Danielle Anderson, 11, Eagan
4. Kaytlyn Larson, 9, Lakeville South
5. Kaelyn Williams, 12, Robbinsdale Cooper
6. Megan Hasz, 8 Alexandria
7. Chrissy Monson, 11, Albert Lea
8. Bethany Hasz, 8, Alexandria
9. Jenna Truedson, 9, Bemidji
10. Vivian Hett, 9, Burnsville
11. Nicole Heitzman, 11, Andover
12. Martha Hubbell, 10, Visitation