April 18, 2024

NV boys ranked first in Class 1A cross country rankings

The first team and individual ratings by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.

Nodaway Valley’s boys are ranked first in Class 1A. The Wolverines have four in the top 19. Senior Shane Breheny is ranked second. Senior Brayten Funke is ranked 15th. Junior Brycen Wallace is ranked 16th and junior Skyler Rawlings is ranked 19th.

East Union senior Emma Harper is ranked 26th in the Class 1A girls.

TEAM RATINGS

CLASS 4A BOYS

1. Pleasant Valley; 2. West Des Moines Dowling; 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 4. West Des Moines Valley; 5. Waukee; 6. Iowa City West; 7. Indianola; 8. Linn-Mar; 9. Iowa City High; 10. Ankeny Centennial; 11. Dubuque Senior; 12. Cedar Falls; 13. Dubuque Hempstead; 14. Johnston; 15. Urbandale.

Teams to watch: Ames, Ankeny, Cedar Rapids Washington, Des Moines Roosevelt, Muscatine.

CLASS 4A GIRLS

1. Pleasant Valley; 2. Iowa City High; 3. Iowa City West; 4. Johnston; 5. West Des Moines Dowling; 6. Muscatine; 7. Bettendorf; 8. Waukee; 9. Cedar Falls; 10. Ankeny Centennial; 11. Dubuque Hempstead; 12. Linn-Mar; 13. Ames; 14. Indianola; 15. Urbandale.

Teams to watch: Ankeny, Des Moines Roosevelt; Dubuque Senior, Southeast Polk, West Des Moines Valley.

CLASS 3A BOYS

1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon; 2. Grinnell; 3. Pella; 4. Dallas Center-Grimes; 5. Decorah; 6. Winterset; 7. Gilbert; 8. Mount Pleasant; 9. Vinton-Shellsburg; 10. Marion; 11. MOC-Floyd Valley; 12. Humboldt; 13. Harlan; 14. Cedar Rapids Xavier; 15. Spirit Lake.

Teams to watch: Carlisle, Clear Creek-Amana, Dubuque Wahlert, North Polk, Storm Lake.

CLASS 3A GIRLS

1. Pella; 2. Assumption; 3. Decorah; 4. GIlbert; 5. Dallas Center-Grimes; 6. Dubuque Wahlert; 7. Denison-Schleswig; 8. Marion; 9. Bishop Heelan; 10. Humboldt; 11. Fort Madison; 12. Spencer; 13. Ballard; 14. Charles City; 15. Harlan.

Teams to watch: Grinnell, Mount Vernon-Lisbon, North Polk, Vinton-Shellsburg, Williamsburg.

CLASS 2A BOYS

1. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura; 2. Unity Christian; 3. Mid Prairie; 4. East Marshall; 5. Clear Lake; 6. Monticello; 7. Western Christian; 8. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon; 9. DIke-New Hartford; 10. Waukon; 11. Tipton; 12. Southeast Valley; 13. Woodward Academy; 14. Davis County; 15. Aplington-Parkersburg.

Teams to watch: Cascadem New Hampton, Ogden, Sioux Center, South Winneshiek.

CLASS 2A GIRLS

1. Monticello; 2. South Winneshiek; 3. Cascade; 4. Unity Christian; 5. Pocahontas Area; 6. Mid Prairie; 7. Osage; 8. Woodbury Central; 9. Collins-Maxwell/Baxter; 10. Shenandoah/Essex; 11. Iowa City Regina; 12. Underwood; 13. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck; 14. Missouri Valley; 15. Dike-New Hartford.

Teams to watch: East Marshall, Mediapolis, North Fayette, South Hardin, Western Christian.

CLASS 1A BOYS

1. Nodaway Valley; 2. Pekin, Denver, 4. Hudson, 5. Bellevue; 6. Trinity Christian; 7. Tri-Center; 8. Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 9. Boyer Valley; 10. Panorama; 11. West Fork; 12. Manson Northwest Webster; 13. Wapello; 14 Dunkerton; 15. Starmont.

Teams to watch: BCLUW, Central Elkader, Colo-NESCO, Jesup, Pleasantville.

CLASS 1A GIRLS

1. Central Elkader; 2. Pekin; 3. West Fort; 4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 5. North Linn; 6. Newman Catholic, Mason City; 7. Starmont; 8. Panorama; 9. Jesup; 10. Denver; 11. Treynor; 12. Alta-Aurelia; 13. Griswold; 14. Bellevue Marquette; 15. Colo-NESCo.

Teams to watch: Bellevue, Durant, Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, North Iowa, St. Ansgar.

Source: Iowa Association of Track Coaches.