2012 Cross country rankings (8-27)
By Joanna Chadwick
The cross country rankings are out, courtesy of the coach’s association.
It should surprise no one that Carroll is at the top of Class 5A girls. This program is so dominating, I know it’s frustrating sometimes for other teams.
How does a school start to control a particular sport? Does it feed on itself so that it grows and grows?
What do you think?
2012 Preseason Kansas Coaches' Cross Country Poll Girls 1A 1. Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy 49 2. Axtell 47 3. Tribune-Greeley County 44 4. Dexter 26 5. Macksville 15 Pretty Prairie 15 7. Scandia-Pike Valley 11 Minneola 7, Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell 6, Hoxie 4, Hartford 3, Wakefield 3 , Colony-Crest 1 Girls 2A 1. Shawnee-Maranatha Academy 36 2. Ellinwood 25 Johnson-Stanton Co. 25 4. Elbing-Berean Acad. 21 5. Hill City 14 6. Meade 12 7. Bennington 8 Ness City 7, Belleville-Republic Co. 4, Oakley 4, Oberlin-Decatur Comm. 3, Pratt-Skyline 1 Girls 3A 1. Norton Community 34 2. Salina-Sacred Heart 21 3. Douglass 20 4. Riley County 18 5. Gypsum-Southeast of Saline 17 6. Sabetha 11 7. Hays-TMP-Marian 9 Osage City 4, Pomona-West Franklin 4, Moundridge 3, Frontenac 2, Burlington 1, Cimarron 1, Easton-Pleasant Ridge 1
Boys 1A 1. Scandia-Pike Valley 62 2. Tribune-Greeley County 50 3. Axtell 32 4. Stafford 24 5. Montezuma-South Gray 23 6. Victoria18 7. Burden-Central 15 Pretty Prairie 13, Colony-Crest 7, Almena-Northern Valley 2, Clyde-Clifton Clyde 2, Brewster 1, Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy 1 Boys 2A 1. Ellinwood 40 2. Johnson-Stanton Co. 38 3. Belleville-Republic Co. 23 4. Winchester-Jefferson County North 20 5. Shawnee-Maranatha Academy 11 6. Sterling 10 7. Prairie Village-KCC 9 Ness City 8, Elbing-Berean Acad. 5, Alma-Wabaunsee 1, Hill City 1, Leoti-Wichita County 1, Oberlin-Decatur Comm. 1 Boys 3A 1. Holcomb 23 2. Wellsville 20 3. Scott Community 19 4. Wichita-The Independent 14 5. Seneca-Nemaha Valley 13 6. Norton Community 11 7. Gypsum-Southeast of Saline 8 Burlington 7, Salina-Sacred Heart 7, Beloit 4, Riley County 4, Osage City3, Phillipsburg 2, Belle Plaine 1
Girls 4A
1. Baldwin 70 2. Wamego 40 3. Paola 36 4. Maize South 34 5. De Soto 29 6. Rose Hill 17 7. Buhler 12 Concordia 11, Lenexa-St. James Academy 8, Topeka-Hayden 7, Chanute 5, Basehor-Linwood 3, Pratt 3 Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail 2 , Andale 1, Clay Center Community 1, Hiawatha 1 Girls 5A 1. Wichita-Bishop Carroll 59 2. OP-St. Thomas Aquinas 52 3. Lansing 32 4. Valley Center 23 5. Winfield 22 6. Liberal 16 7. Great Bend 14 Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel 10, Newton 5, Stilwell-Blue Valley 5, Goddard-Eisenhower 4, Hays 4, Goddard 3, Emporia 1, Shawnee-Mill Valley 1, Topeka Seaman 1 Girls 6A 1. Olathe-East 38 2. Shawnee Mission-West 33 3. Manhattan 30 4. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 23 5. Maize 20 6. Shawnee Mission-East 11 7. Lawrence-Free State 7 Garden City 6, Overland Park-Blue Valley NW 5,Shawnee Mission-North 4, Shawnee Mission-South 4, Derby 3, Topeka-Washburn Rural 3, Olathe-Northwest 2, Overland Park-Blue Valley West 1
Boys 4A 1. Wamego 69 2. Hugoton 50 3. De Soto 37 4. Baldwin 34 5. Andale 28 6. Mulvane 19 7. Altamont-Labette County 13 McPherson 12, Clay Center Community 3, Hiawatha 3, Paola 3, Topeka-Hayden 3, Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail 2, Ulysses 2, Lenexa-St. James Academy 1, Tonganoxie 1 Boys 5A 1. Wichita-Bishop Carroll 62 2. OP-St. Thomas Aquinas 46 3. Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel 40 4. Topeka-Seaman 30 5. Liberal 18 6. Great Bend 13 Stilwell-Blue Valley 13 Shawnee-Mill Valley 10, Newton 7, Hays 6, Goddard 2, Topeka West 2, Winfield 2, Lansing 1 Boys 6A 1. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 48 2. Shawnee Mission-West 31 3. Manhattan 18 Shawnee Mission-South 18 Wichita-North 18 6. Olathe-East 10 7. Lawrence 9, Lawrence-Free State 9 Dodge City 9 Maize 7, Overland Park-Blue Valley NW 7, , Olathe-South 5, Overland Park-Blue Valley West 4, Hutchinson 1