Big River Rankings #4 - 10.04.06
TEAM RANKINGS
( last week's ranking in parenthesis)
TOP 10 GIRLS TEAMS
#1) JEFFERSON CITY (1) – The Lady Jays went 1-5-7-10-11 at the Grandview Invitational and nearly perfect scored at Springfield the week before.
#2) MARQUETTE (4) – Second place at Rim Rock climbs them back up the charts.
#3) LIBERTY (2) – Six points back of Marquette at Rim Rock.
#4) EUREKA (5) – A dominant win at Ladue's Ron Jorgensen Invite.
#5) BLUE SPRINGS (NR) – Only 18 points back of Jeff City at Grandview .
#6) NOTRE DAME DE SION (NR) – A big win at Parkway West over a tough field, this team is rounding into the form that it showed at the end of last year.
#7) LINDBERGH (7) – Second place at Jorgensen to Eureka .
#8) ROCK BRIDGE (3) – Fourth at Parkway West without Borduin. Their score would have been much different.
#9) LEBANON (8) – They drop only because Notre Dame De Sion and Blue Springs looked so good.
#10) HERCULANEUM (NR) - Second place at Cowboy Jamboree in the 2A race to a very solid Plainview (TX) team.
***HONORABLE MENTION:
Rockwood Summit (7), Ste. Genevieve (10)
TOP 10 BOYS TEAMS
#1) POTOSI (1) – Smokin' fast times at Hancock proving that it doesn't matter when or where these guys race (or who) they are going to roll. Let's hope they move up in the Heartland rankings as well.
#2) FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH (2) - Big win at Rim Rock with only 59 points. Their top 4 go out hard and just dare anyone to hang with them
#3) SLUH (3)– Backed up their #3 ranking with a second place finish at Rim Rock.
#4) LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH (4) – Just one point back of SLUH at Rim Rock. These two squads should have quite the battle the first weekend in November.
#5) BLUE SPRINGS (6) – Second at KC Metro and first at Parkway West. This team has a habit of running well at the end of the year.
#6) ROCK BRIDGE (10) – Just two points back of Blue Springs at Parkway West led by another incredible run from Phillip King.
#7) CBC (NR) - Dan Quigley's back and these guys are for real as they showed with their fourth place at Rim Rock. We predicted this in the preseason by the way!
#8) LIBERTY (NR) – Back in the top ten after a fifth place showing at Rim Rock.
#9) MARQUETTE (7) – Sixth at Rim Rock for this up-and-coming team.
#10) LEE'S SUMMIT WEST (NR) – Won the second biggest division at Rim Rock and finished fourth at KC Metro.
*** HONORABLE MENTION:
Parkway South (NR)
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
All season long (though maybe not as often as the team rankings) we will try to keep an eye out for the top 15 runners in the State. Again, these are the top 15 regardless of Class. It is a lot easier to miss a runner or two so we apologize if we shorted you or your teammate. Feel free to email us at info@bigriverrunning.com if you know someone who should be on the Big River Top 15. Enjoy!!
TOP 15 GIRLS
#1) Brittani Johnson, JR, West Plains - Still #1.
#2) Ashley Mark, JR, Lee's Summit North – Seventh in an incredibly deep field at Rim Rock.
#3) Lauren Borduin, JR, Rock Bridge – Did not race last week.
#4) Elizabeth Keaveny- 10th at Rim Rock after a runner-up at KC Metro.
#5) Hilary Orf, JR, Marquette – Two spots back of Keaveny in Lawrence .
#6) Brianna Ragains, Lebanon – No results found.
#7) Asenath Naaman, Jeff City – Won titles at Springfield and Grandview over the past two weeks.
#8) Lydia Newland, JR, Liberty – 14th at Rim Rock.
#9) Lauren Carr, Liberty – Just one place back of her teammate Newland in Kansas .
#10) Sierra Jenkins, Clinton – One of the only runners not to get shuffled this week, she remains at ten.
#11) Brittany Tate, SO, Lee's Summit West – Sixth at KC Metro on 9/23.
#12) Chelsea Chrisman, SO, Eureka – Individual Champ at Ron Jorgensen Invite.
#13) Monica Noble, Francis Howell North – Won the Parkway West Invite.
#14) Aimee Bonte, Rockwood Summit – Won Hancock and was second to Noble at Parkway West.
#15) Ali Klooster, U.City – Second to Chrisman at Ladue.
TOP 15 BOYS
#1) Josh Thebeau, SR, Potosi - Climbs back to number one after covering the Jefferson Barracks course in 15:46
#2) Josh Mathis, SR, Potosi - Ran only a few ticks back of his teammates at Hancock.
#3) Dan Quigley, SR, CBC - Have to put him number three based on the body of work that the Josh's have put together but his 15:38 run at Rim Rock was nothing short of spectacular.
#4) Kyle Rood, SR, Fort Zumwalt South- Ran stride for stride with Quigley through two plus miles at Rim Rock and finished a very strong second.
#5) Rick Elliot, JR, Kickapoo – Second at the Cowboy Jamboree. Ran 16:21 on a tough course.
#6) Phillip King, SR, Rock Bridge – Smokin' fast win at the Parkway West Invite. Ranks as one of the best runs ever at McNair Park .
#7) Eric Fernandez, JR, Parkway West – Second to King at his team's home meet. Came through on his preseason goal of running in the 15:40s at McNair.
#8) Tom Albes, SR, DeSmet – We had him in our preseason ranking and he certainly showed why by busting out with a fifth place finish at Rim Rock.
#9) Matt Lawder, SR, SLUH – Sixth place at Rim Rock, this guy is solid every time out.
#10) Brandon Funderburk, Fort Zumwalt South – Seventh at Rim Rock.
#11) Stanton Ragland, JR, Liberty – Won the KC Metro Meet and was 9 th at Rim Rock.
#12) Kevin Denny, Lee's Summit North – Was a step ahead of Ragland at Rim Rock but finished seventh at KC Metro so we gave the slight nod to Ragland.
#13) Jacob Swearingen, SO, Potosi – The third finisher in a 1-2-3 sweep at Hancock.
#14) Adam Behnke, JR, Lutheran South – Two ticks behind Swearingen at Hancock.
#15) Steven Ardoin, Lee's Summit – Second to Ragland at KC Metro.