Ryan Pierson, a senior with the Martin County West/Butterfield-Odin boys cross country team, received mention in the Class 1A boys individual poll in the latest rankings by the Minnesota Cross Country Coaches Association.
Two Big South Conference teams are rated in the 1A boys team poll with Luverne first and Redwood Valley fourth.
Redwood’s Will Ahrens is the top-ranked individual again, with Owen Janiszeski of Luverne second, Cody Wassman of Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey seventh and Ryan Fick of Luverne ninth.
For the Class 1A girls, Redwood Valley is third and Section 3A’s Canby/Minneota fourth. St. Cloud Cathedral is first.
In the individual ratings, Luverne’s Jenna DeBates is first and Windom’s Kaylee Walklin eighth.
In Class 2A, Marshall’s girls are rated second as a team and the Tiger boys are third. St. Paul Highland Park is the No. 1 girls team and Mankato East leads the boys team poll.
Marshall has two rated girls, with Allyson Sample fourth and Taleigha Bigler 12th. Macy Hanson of Fairmont is sixth. In the boys rankings, Fanuel Wolday of Worthington is sixth Sam Deutz of Marshall 12th.
Isabel Mahoney of Monticello leads the 2A girls individual ratings and Perham’s Bjorn Anderson leads the boys.
Wayzata is first in both the Class 3A boys and girls team polls. Sam Scott of Minneapolis Southwest leads the boys individual ratings and Sydney Drevlow of Hopkins is first for the girls.
Following are the complete team polls. Listed are rank, team and preseason rating:
Class 1A boys
1. Luverne 2
2. Heritage Christian Academy 4
3. Bertha-Hewitt 5
4. Redwood Valley 6
5. Park Rapids Area 3
6. Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 1
7. St. John’s Prep 7
8. Winona Cotter 9
9. St. Cloud Cathedral 8
10. Mankato Loyola/Cleveland NR
11. Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston 12
12. Staples-Motley 10
Others receiving votes: Canby/Minneota.
Class 1A girls
1. St. Cloud Cathedral 1
2. Staples-Motley 2
3. Redwood Valley NR
4. Canby/Minneota 3
5. Wadena-Deer Creek 6
6. Northwest Nighthawks 4
7. Winona Cotter NR
8. Rochester Lourdes 7
9. Lake City 5
10. Nova Classic Academy 10
11. South Ridge NR
12. Hawley 11
Others receiving votes: Luverne, Ely, Carlton/Wrenshall.
Class 2A boys
1. Mankato East 1
2. Perham 3
3. Marshall 10
4. Orono 2
5. Belle Plaine 4
6. Blake NR
7. Mankato West 5
8. Willmar NR
9. Delano 11
10. Fergus Falls 6
11. Northfield NR
12. Monticello 9
Others receiving votes: Alexandria, Big Lake, Winona.
Class 2A girls
1. St. Paul Highland Park 1
2. Marshall 2
3. Perham 5
4. Alexandria 3
5. Willmar 4
6. Blake NR
7. Northfield NR
8. Becker 6
9. Monticello 7
10. Rocori 8
11. Hibbing 10
12. Proctor NR
Others receiving votes: Annandale, Rock Ridge, Little Falls.
Class 3A boys
1. Wayzata 1
2. Minnetonka 4
3. Mounds View 5
4. Edina NR
5. Bloomington Jefferson 11
6. Stillwater 7
7. Rosemount 2
8. Eden Prairie 8
9. Minneapolis Southwest NR
10. Hopkins NR
11. Blaine 12
12. Moorhead NR
Class 3A girls
1. Wayzata 1
2. Minnetonka 2
3. Duluth East 7
4. Edina 3
5. Prior Lake 4
6. Woodbury 9
7. Centennial 8
8. Hopkins NR
9. Bloomington Jefferson NR
10. Eagan NR
11. Moorhead NR
12. St. Michael-Albertville NR
Others receiving votes: Farmington, Mounds View, Eastview, Lakeville South, Owatonna.