Minnesota High School Cross Country Polls

2016 Coaches' Polls

Polls are conducted by the State coaches associations (compiled by Howie Cook, Lake City, Class A Boys and Girls; Dave Emmans, Wayzata, Class AA Girls); and Jamie Kirkpatrick, Edina, Boys Class AA.

Final polls released October 31. "Q" after place in Section indicates team qualifier for State Meet, "q" indicates individual qualifier.

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Girls' Class AA | Girls' Class A | Boys' Class A

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Boys Class AA

Teams

Rank Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Wayzata 6 1 1 1Q

2 Edina 6 2 2 2Q

3 Maple Grove 5 6 6 1Q

4 Mounds View 5 3 3 2Q

5 Stillwater 4 4 4 1Q

6 Minnetonka 6 5 5 3

7 Rosemount 3 9 12 1Q

8 Hopkins 6 7 7 4

9 Bemidji 8 -- -- 1Q

10 Sartell-St. Stephen 8 -- -- 2Q

11 Minneapolis Washburn 6 8 8 5

12= Red Wing 1 10 11 1Q

12= Eden Prairie 6 11 9 6

-- Centennial 5 12 10 3

Individuals

Rank Runner Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Alex Miley, 12 Maple Grove 5 1 1 1Q

2 Seth Eliason, 12 Hopkins 6 2 2 1q

3 Khalid Hussein, 11 Wayzata 6 5 5 2Q

4 Patrick Roos, 12 Edina 6 3 3 3Q

5 Matt Wilkinson, 12 Minnetonka 6 4 4 4q

6 Innocent Murwanashyaka, 12 St. Paul Como Park 4 6 6 1q

7 Colin Dwyer, 12 Prior Lake 3 10 10 1q

8 Reed Kurak, 12 Centennial 5 7 7 2q

9 Tyler Moore, 12 Little Falls 8 9 9 1q

10 Joseph Minor, 11 Minneapolis Washburn 6 -- -- 5q

11 Grant Price, 10 Wayzata 10 -- -- 6Q

12 Gemechu Meskele, 12 Wayzata 6 -- -- 7Q

-- Kevin Dado, 12 Totino Grace 5 8 8 19

-- Myles Fleming, 11 Henry Sibley 3 11 11 6q

-- Liban Jama, 12 Wayzata 6 12 12 8Q

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Boys' Class AA | Girls' Class A | Boys' Class A

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Girls Class AA

Teams

Rank Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/17 10/10 Place

1 Edina 6 1 1 1Q

2 Willmar 8 2 2 1Q

3 Marshall 2 4 4 1Q

4 Minnetonka 6 6 7 2Q

5 Wayzata 6 3 3 3

6 Mpls Washburn 6 5 6 4

7 Shakopee 2 8 8 2Q

8 Eden Prairie 6 7 5 5

9 Forest Lake 7 9 10 1Q

10 Lakeville South 1 11 9 1Q

11 Red Wing 1 12 12 2Q

12 Henry Sibley 3 -- -- 1Q

-- Lakeville North 1 10 -- 4

-- Prior Lake 3 -- 11 5

Individuals

Rank Runner Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/17 10/10 Place

1 Anna Fenske, 8 Farmington 1 2 2 1q

2 Anastasia Korzenowski, 12 Chanhassen 2 3 7 1q

3 Amanda Mosborg, 12 Edina 6 7 5 1Q

4 Jaycie Thomsen, 12 Wayzata 6 4 12 2q

5 Morgan Richter, 9 Edina 6 5 3 3Q

6 Sophie Schmitz, 12 Willmar 8 8 -- 1Q

7 Emily Kompelien, 11 Edina 6 -- -- 4Q

8 Sophie Whicher, 11 Minnetonka 6 6 4 5Q

9 Emily Covert, 10 Minneapolis Washburn 6 1 1 6q

10 Jessa Hanson, 12 Willmar 8 10 -- 2Q

11 Lauren Peterson, 10 Farmington 1 12 -- 2q

12 Regan Duffy, 10 Forest Lake 7 -- -- 1Q

-- Maria Rickman, 10 Edina 6 9 9 8Q

-- Star Costa, 11 South Saint Paul 3 11 11 10q

-- Renae Anderson, 12 Hopkins 6 -- 6 7q

-- Tess Misgen, 12 Shakopee 2 -- 8 2Q

-- Sadie Schreiner, 9 Edina 6 -- 10 31Q

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Girls' Class AA | Boys' Class AA | Girls' Class A

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Boys Class A

Teams

Rank Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Perham 8 1 1 1Q

2 Mora 5 2 2 1Q

3 LaCrescent 1 3 3 1Q

4 West Central Area 6 4 4 1Q

5 Mankato Loyola/Cleveland 2 5 6 1Q

6 Trinity of River Ridge. 4 9 8 1Q

7 Minnehaha Acad. 4 6 5 2Q

8 Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 7 -- -- 1Q

9 Pequot Lakes 8 7 7 2Q

10 Lake City 1 10 10 2Q

11 Windom Area 3 11 -- 1Q

12 G-F-W 2 -- -- 2Q

-- Jordan 2 8 9 3

-- Nova Classical Acadamy 4 12 11 4

-- Mounds Park Academy 4 -- 12 3

Individuals

Rank Runner Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Declan Dahlberg, 11 Mounds Park Academy 4 1 1 1q

2 Zack Emery, 12 La Crescent 1 2 2 1Q

3 Matt Steiger, 11 La Crescent 1 3 3 2Q

4 Carl Kozlowski, 12 Lake City 1 4 4 3Q

5 Michael Schwinghamer, 12 Mora 5 6 9 1Q

6 Ryley Nelson, 12 West Central Area/Eva 6 7 8 1Q

7 Michael Mitchel, 12 Blake School (the) 4 8 7 2q

8 Alec Sanbeck, 12 Mora 5 9 6 2Q

9 Ethan Olson, 11 Moose Lake / Willow R 7 11 11 1q

10 Mathew Van Eps Community Christian 3 -- -- 1q

11 Owen Keiser, 11 Jordan 2 12 12 1q

12 Christian Sterton Ada-Borup/NCW 8 -- -- 1q

-- Lucas Mueller, 12 Nova Classical Academ 4 5 5 4q

-- Hunter Kjelshus, 12 Perham 8 10 -- 4Q

-- Jacob Dickerson, 12 Perham 8 -- 10 2Q

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Girls' Class AA | Boys' Class AA | Boys' Class A

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Girls Class A

Teams

Rank Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Perham 8 1 1 1Q

2 Fairmont 2 2 2 1Q

3 Luverne Area 3 3 4 1Q

4 Annandale 5 6 9 1Q

5 Minnehaha Academy 4 8 6 1Q

6 Lac Qui Parle Valley-DB 3 7 8 2Q

7 Eden Valley-Watkins/K 6 -- -- 1Q

8 Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 1 5 3 2Q

9 Trinity of River Ridge 4 9 7 2Q

10 West Central Area 6 -- -- 2Q

11 Belle Plaine 2 -- -- 2Q

12 Lake City 1 -- -- 1Q

-- Stewartville 1 4 5 3

-- Albany 6 10 -- 3

-- Mora 5 11 11 3

-- Blake 4 12 12 6

-- Proctor 7 -- 10 1Q

Individuals

Rank Runner Team Section Rank Rank Section

10/24 10/17 Place

1 Tierney Wolfgram, 8 Math & Science Academy 4 1 1 1q

2 Anna Donnay, 12 Eden Valley-Watkins 6 3 3 1Q

3 Brynnan Covington, 12 Perham 8 2 2 1Q

4 Madeline Kelly, 9 Providence Academy 5 4 4 1q

5 Kayla Christopherson, 10 Austin Pacelli 1 -- 1q

6 Kira Sweeney, 8 Staples-Motley 6 7 7 2q

7 Kristine Kalthoff, 8 Albany 6 8 -- 3q

8 Madi Schandelmeier, 12 Luverne 3 11 -- 1Q

9 Marissa Whitehead, 8 Martin County West 2 -- 1q

10 Ellyssa Peterson, 12 Greenway / Nashwauk - 7 -- 1q

11 Katherine Geist, 9 Crookston 8 -- 12 2q

12 Regan Feit, 8 Luverne 3 -- 2Q

-- Abby Orvis Stewartville 1 5 5 37

-- Lydia Kantonen, 12 Park Rapids Area 8 6 8 3q

-- Grace Ennis, 12 Trinity School at Riv 4 9 9 3Q

-- Caitlin Covington, 10 Perham 8 10 10 4Q

-- Jenna Pavich, 12 Fairmont 2 12 11 3Q

-- Brook Wedin, 12 Mora 5 -- 6 2q