March 28, 2024

State cross country ratings

After a convincing team victory at the Ballard Invitational on Monday, the Nodaway Valley boys cross country team jumped from 11th to fourth in the latest set of state cross country ratings, released Wednesday by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.

Listed are the top 15 teams in each class.

CLASS 4A

Boys — 1. Johnston, 2. Linn-Marr, 3. Cedar Falls, 4. Iowa City West, 5. Pleasant Valley, 6. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 7. Dowling Catholic, 8. Waukee, 9. Valley West Des Moines, 10. Iowa City High, 11. Dubuque Hempstead, 12. Cedar Rapids Washington, 13. Fort Dodge, 14. Bettendorf, 15. Muscatine.

Girls — 1. Ames, 2. Urbandale, 3. Iowa City West, 4. Johnston, 5. Pleasant Valley, 6. Waukee, 7. Linn-Mar, 8. Ankeny Centennial, 9. Muscatine, 10. Roosevelt, 11. Bettendorf, 12. Dowling Catholic, 13. Iowa City High, 14. Southeast Polk, 15. Cedar Falls.

CLASS 3A

Boys — 1. Gilbert, 2. Mount Vernon/Lisbon, 3. Algona, 4. Grinnell, 5. Dubuque Wahlert, 6. Pella, 7. Marion, 8. Charles City, 9. Center Point-Urbana, 10. Decorah, 11. Dallas Center-Grimes, 12. Sioux City Bishop Heelan, 13. Harlan, 14. Mount Pleasant, 15. Vinton-Shellsburg.

Girls — 1. Decorah, 2. MOC/FV, 3. Gilbert, 4. Pella, 5. Fort Madison, 6. Grinnell, 7. Williamsburg, 8. Dubuque Wahlert, 9. Ballard, 10. Spencer, 11. Davenport Assumption, 12. Winterset, 13. Solon, 14. Sioux City Bishop Heelan, 15. Marion.

CLASS 2A

Boys — 1. Unity Christian, 2. Monticello, 3. East Marshall, 4. Western Christian, 5. Mid-Prairie, 6. Shenandoah, 7. Williamsburg, 8. Osage, 9. Eagle Grove, 10. Waukon, 11. Tipton, 12. North Polk, 13. Cascade, 14. OA-BCIG, 15. Albia.

Girls — 1. Unity Christian, 2. Monticello, 3. Cascade, 4. East Marshall, 5. Osage, 6. Okoboji, 7. Western Christian, 8. Greene County, 9. Davis County, 10. North Polk, 11. North Fayette, 12. Central Valley, 13. Clarion-Goldfield, 14. Mid-Prairie, 15. South Central.

CLASS 1A

Boys — 1. West Fork, 2. Denver, 3. Bellevue, 4. Nodaway Valley, 5. Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 6. Alta-Aurelia, 7. Tri-Center, 8. Emmetsburg, 9. Iowa City Regina, 10. Trinity Christian, 11. Pekin, 12. Ogden, 13. Bishop Garrigan, 14. Council Bluffs St. Albert, 15. Wapello.

Girls — 1. Pekin, 2. Pocahontas, 3. Central Elkader, 4. North Linn, 5. Iowa City Regina, 6. Panorama, 7. Griswold, 8. South Winneshiek, 9. Emmetsburg, 10. Underwood, 11. Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 12. West Marshall, 13. Missouri Valley, 14. Durant, 15. Bellevue Marquette.

Individual ratings

(Top 10 and ranked

area runners)

CLASS 4A

Boys — 1. Daniel Murphy, Sr., Linn-Mar; 2. Ryan Schweizer, Jr., Dowling; 3. Daniel Soto, Sr., West Des Moines Valley; 4. Tysen Van Draska, Jr., CR Prairie; 5. Drew Hershey, Jr., Johnston; 6. Patrick Bose, So., Johnston; 7. Ryan Murphy, So., Linn-Mar; 8. Alex Jackson, Sr., Fort Dodge; 9. Akash Borde, Sr., Iowa City West; 10. Jake Moore, Jr., CR Prairie.

Girls — 1. McKenzie Yanek, Jr., Pleasant Valley; 2. Payton Boylstron, Sr., Ames; 3. Jordyn Kleve, Sr., Johnston; 4. Brina Kraft, So., Muscatine; 5. Megan Schott, Sr., Roosevelt; 6. Emmie Skopec, Sr., Iowa City West; 7. Amber Decker, Jr., Linn-Mar; 8. Caroline Marnin, Sr., Ames; 9. Mary Arch, So., Iowa City High; 10. Vivian Broderick, So., Dowling Catholic.

CLASS 3A

Boys — 1. Thomas Pollard, Sr., Gilbert; 2. Josh Yeager, Sr., CPU; 3. Skylar DeJong, Sr., Oskaloosa; 4. Spencer DeJong, Sr., Oskaloosa; 5. Wesley Greder, Sr., Gilbert; 6. Luke Kohut-Jackson, Sr., Ballard; 7. Colton Forster, Sr., Marion; 8. Alec Pavone, Sr., Bishop Heelan; 9. Bradley Richard, Sr., Gilbert; 10. Peter Hollinger, Sr., Algona; 14. Cooper McDermott, Jr., Creston.

Girls — 1. Abby Kohut-Jackson, Jr., Ballard; 2. Grace Gibbons, Sr., Gilbert; 3. Tess Roorda, So., Pella; 4. Sophia Gilbert, Fr., Benton; 5. Joy Ripslinger, So., Davenport Assumption; 6. Sienna DeJong, So., Oskaloosa; 7. McKayla Cole, So., Charles City; 8. Julie Hollensbe, Jr., Williamsburg; 9. Dianna Slight, So., Boone; 10. Amanda Taylor, Sr., Decorah; 28. Maria Mostek, Sr., Creston.

CLASS 2A

Boys — 1. Eric Lenz, Sr., Tipton; 2. Danny Halva, Jr., North Fayette Valley; 3. CJ May, Jr., Aplington-Parkersburg; 4. Haile Duden, Sr., Sioux Center; 5. Matt Manternach, Jr., Monticello; 6. John Crew, Jr., Dike-New Hartford; 7. Zach Hougland, Jr., Davis County; 8. Preston Kauder, Sr., Cascade; 9. Colton Dorpinghaus, Sr., Albia; 10. Lee Christensen, Jr., Estherville Lincoln.

Girls — 1. Megan Mooberry, So., Osage; 2. Kassidy DeJong, Sr., Unity Christian; 3. Paige Holub, Fr., Monticello; 4. Anna Hostetler, Fr., Mid-Prairie; 5. Ellie Friesen, Fr., Osage; 6. Kylie Kelchen, Jr., Cascade; 7. Becca McDermott, So., Cascade; 8. Bailey Hare, Sr., OA-BCIG; 9. Jordan Wenke, So., Albia; 10. Emma Duncan, Fr., Anamosa.

CLASS 1A

Boys — 1. Andrew Meyer, Jr., Bellevue; 2. Peyton Twedt, Sr., West Fork; 3. Evan Mahler, Sr., Highland Riverside; 4. Ryan Izer, Sr., Turkey Valley; 5. Connor Smith, Sr., North Iowa; 6. Jacob Hansen, So., West Fork; 7. Collin McFadden, Sr., Don Bosco; 8. Scott Aamodt, Sr., Lake Mills; 9. Trey Thompson, Sr., Ogden; 10. Ryan Millikin, Pekin; 15. Shane Breheny, So., Nodaway Valley; 23. Brayten Funke, So., Nodaway Valley.

Girls — 1. Rebekah Topham, Sr., Griswold; 2. Grace Meyer, So., Pocahontas; 3. Gwynne Wright, Jr., Pekin; 4. Abigail Watson, Sr., North Tama; 5. Nicole Miller, Sr., North Linn; 6. Elle Ruffridge, So. Pocahontas; 7. Jasmine Staebler, Sr., Clayton Ridge; 8. Faith Meyer, So., Pocahontas; 9. Lauren Block, Sr., Tripoli; 10. Alyx Flippin, Sr., Griswold; 18. Emma Harper, So., East Union; 30. Destiny Scar, Jr., Nodaway Valley.