Sep. 18th NSSF Rankings

Weekly High School X-Country Regional Rankings 2008

Team rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez

Boys Midwest
(IL, IN, MI, MO, OH)

1.Geneva (IL) [BT]                Surprise Peoria Woodruff Inv winner by 18 over Neuqua

2.Neuqua Valley (IL) [1]        2nd to Geneva at Peoria Woodruff meet

3.York (IL) [2]                        No major meet, opens up at Palatine Inv 9/27

4.St. Louis Univ (MO) [3]      Wins Forest Park Inv by 72 over Kickapoo

5.Carmel (IN) [4]                   Wins home invite with 5 in top 14

6.Naperville No (IL) [5]          Wins Springfield Lanphier Inv taking 6 of top 11

7.Mason (OH) [BT]             Wins Alliance Inv by 13 over Centerville, led by Zach Wills

8.Centerville (OH) [6]        2nd to Mason at Alliance meet

9.Pioneer (MI) [8]                  No major meet

10.West Plains (MO) [BT)    Wins Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic by 46 points

Cut: Saline (MI) [7], Mentor (OH) [9], St. John Jesuit (OH) [10]

Bubble teams alphabetically:  Ft. Wayne Carroll (IN), Heritage (MI), Kickapoo (MO), Lake Orion (MI), Lee’s Summit West (MO), Lyons Township (IL), McCutcheon (IN), Mentor (OH), North Central (IN), Palatine (IL), Parkway West (MO), St. Francis de Sales (OH), St. John Jesuit (OH), St. Ignatius (OH), Terre Haute No (IN), Twinsburg (OH)

Girls Midwest
(IL, IN, MI, MO, OH)

1.Geneva (IL) [3]                           Wins Peoria Woodruff Inv by 71 over Hinsdale

2.Carmel (IN)  [1]                          Wins home invite running 1-2-3

3.Lee’s Summit West (MO) [3]     Takes 7 of top 11 at Missouri XC Challenge

4.Ft. Wayne Carroll (IN) [5]           No major meet

5.Hinsdale Cent (IL) [4]                 Distant 2nd to Geneva at Peoria Woodruff meet

6.Saline (MI) [NR]                          Wins Spartan Inv (MI) over state powers

7.Rockford (MI) [BT]                      Close 2nd to Saline at Spartan meet

8.Cayuga Valley Christ (OH) [9]    Wins Spartan Inv (OH) taking 4 of top 8 in rain

9.Palatine (IL) [8]                            No major meet

10.Magnificat (OH) [10]                  No major meet

Cut: Traverse City Central (MI) [6], Rochester Adams (MI) [7]

Bubble teams alphabetically: Benet (IL), Colerain (OH), Eureka (MO), Franklin Central (IN), Gaylord (MI), Grand Haven (MI), Jefferson City (MO), Kickapoo (MO), Lafayette (MO), Lake Central (IN), Lockport IL), Lyons Township (IL), Minster (OH), Naperville No (IL), Neuqua Valley (IL), Parkway Central (MO), Rochester (MI), Rochester Adams (MI), Traverse City Central (MI), Troy (MI), Valparaiso (IN), Washington (MO), West Plains (MO)