Big River Rankings #5 - 10.15.06
TEAM RANKINGS
( last week's ranking in parenthesis)
TOP 10 GIRLS TEAMS
#1) JEFFERSON CITY (1) – The Lady Jays remain atop the polls after perfect scoring at Helias without their #1.
#2) MARQUETTE (2) – Pulled off a 1-2-3 sweep en route to the Suburban West Conference Title.
#3) LIBERTY (3) – Took home the coveted Big 7 Conference Championship over defending State Champs, Blue Springs .
#4) EUREKA (4) – Won the Suburban South Meet over a tough Rockwood Summit bunch.
#5) LINDBERGH (8) – Second place to #2 Marquette at Conference with a mere 49 second spread. That could bode well at the State meet.
#6) ST TERESA'S ACADEMY (NR) – A big win at Clinton over Blue Springs and Notre Dame De Sion.
#7) BLUE SPRINGS (5) – Second to Liberty at Big 7's with a very solid score of 47 and an amazing top 4 pack that went 3-4-5-6. Also, second the week before to St. Teresa's at Clinton .
#8) ROCKWOOD SUMMIT (NR) – We took them out of the rankings last week after rumors that their #2 was out with Mono, but she's back and they went 1-2-4-5-18 at the Fred Lyon Invitational and then finished second at Conference to #4 Eureka .
#9) KICKAPOO (NR) – This yellow and brown clad bunch make their first appearance in the Rankings after a hard fought win at the Ozark Conference Meet.
#10) (TIE) WEST PLAINS (NR) – A close second to Kickapoo at Conference followed up by a strong third at Chile Pepper make the Zizzers look like they might be beginning another ascent to the top.
#10) (TIE) STE. GENEVIEVE (NR) – The last two seeks saw the Ste. Gen girls win big at Potosi over a tough Herculaneum squad and then at Borgia over Jeff City 's “B” squad.
***HONORABLE MENTION:
Notre Dame De Sion (6), Rock Bridge (8), Lebanon (9), Herculaneum (10)
TOP 10 BOYS TEAMS
#1) POTOSI (1) – WOW! First they score 17 points at their home meet and then they go down to the Chile Pepper meet and dominate The Woodlands (TX), a perennial national powerhouse. If you are a fan of cross country you should make the trek to Jefferson City just to watch these guys.
#2) FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH (2) – Big win at conference. They head to Districts /Sectional/ State as clearcut Class 4 favorites.
#3) SLUH (3) – Won the MCC Conference Meet over a tough CBC bunch.
#4) LEE'S SUMMIT NORTH (4) – Won the Big 7 Conference Meet by 33 over Liberty .
#5) CBC (7) – Second to SLUH at Conference for this team on the rise. Lookout for the Cadets at State.
#6) ROCK BRIDGE (6) – Teams 5, 6 and 7 are very close and Rock Bridge is right there. Districts and Sectionals will tell us more.
#7) LIBERTY (8) – Second at Big 7's, they have the low stick up front in Ragland and a strong tradition of running well at the end of the season.
#8) MARQUETTE (9) – Survived a big test against Parkway South at Conference with a six point win.
#9) OAK PARK (NR) – Third at Big 7's, besting rival Blue Springs for that spot.
#10) PARKWAY SOUTH (NR) – We've been waiting to see what this team had against one of the top 10 teams and they showed it with a narrow defeat at the hands of #8 Marquette which had bested #9 Oak Park by 14 at Rim Rock.
*** HONORABLE MENTION:
Blue Springs (5), Lee's Summit West (10), Lebanon (NR), Jefferson City (NR)
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
TOP 15 GIRLS
#1) Brittani Johnson, JR, West Plains – Firmly in the #1 spot after winning conference and taking the Chile Pepper individual title in 18:20.
#2) Ashley Mark, JR, Lee's Summit North – Thirty-one second win at the Big 7 Conference meet.
#3) Asenath Naaman, Jeff City – This young lady has won a lot of races this year and we have probably under-ranked her to this point.
#4) Elizabeth Keaveny, JR, St. Teresa's Academy- Bested Sierra Jenkins to take home the Clinton Invitational Title.
#5) Hilary Orf, JR, Marquette – Suburban West Conference Champ.
#6) Lauren Borduin, JR, Rock Bridge – We will see if she comes on strong down the stretch as she did last Spring.
#7) Lauren Carr, Liberty – Second at Big 7's.
#8) Brandi Gervais, SR, Waynesville - Second at Ozark Conference to Johnson, a mere 13 seconds back.
#9) Sierra Jenkins, FR, Clinton – Second to Keaveny at her home meet.
#10) Brittany Tate, SO, Lee's Summit West – Eighth in a quick 19:18 at the Memphis Twilight Meet.
#11) Brittany Moreland, Cape Central – Individual champ at Potosi in 19:38 .
#12) Lauren Renfrow, Blue Springs – Solid couple of weeks with a third place finish at Clinton and then again at Big 7's.
#13) Monica Noble, Francis Howell North – Steadily rising all season long, she was her Conference Champ in a quick 19:33.
#14) Natalie Becker, FR, Parkway West – Huge individual win at Suburban South over a very tough field.
#15) Aimee Bonte, Rockwood Summit – Won Fred Lyon Invite and was second to Becker at Conference .
#16) Lydia Newland, JR, Liberty – Had a bit of an off day at Big 7's finishing seventh, but she'll be back.
#17) Marlee Tegenkamp, Lee's Summit – Big 6 Conference Champ. We feel like we've heard this last name before!
*** We realize this is 17 and not 15, but the last few girls spots were so tough we had to go with 17 this week.
TOP 15 BOYS
#1) Josh Thebeau, SR, Potosi – Pretty firmly in the #1 spot now after winning his home meet and then covering 5000 meters in 14:55 at the Chile Pepper meet.
#2) Josh Mathis, SR, Potosi – Coming down the stretch of one of Missouri 's best cross country careers ever. His 14:58 at Chile Pepper positions him and his teammate as favorites to make the Foot Locker Midwest team.
#3) Dan Quigley, SR, CBC – MCC Champ for second year in a row. The Joshes narrow win over Kansas ' Lane Boyer at Chile Pepper solidifies Quigley's run at Rim Rock as top notch.
#4) Kyle Rood, SR, Fort Zumwalt South- Conference Champ leading his squad to a big win. Like Quigley, he also beat Boyer at Rim Rock.
#5) Rick Elliot, JR, Kickapoo – Ozark Conference Champ by 34 seconds.
#6) Phillip King, SR, Rock Bridge – Ran yet another fast time. This one at Shawnee Mission Northwest.
#7) Eric Fernandez, JR, Parkway West – Conference Champ by one second over his teammate Larimer in what appeared to be a controlled effort.
#8) Matt Lawder, SR, SLUH – Second to Quigley at MCC, barely edging out rival Tom Albes.
#9) Tom Albes, SR, DeSmet – Barley outdueled by Lawder at MCC, they will meet each of the next three weeks.
#10) Jacob Swearingen, SO, Potosi – Fifth place at Chile Pepper in 15:24 . We moved him up because to be only 29 seconds behind Thebeau means you are pretty darn good.
#11) Pat Cole, Fort Zumwalt South – Second at Conference to Rood and only 13 seconds back.
#12) Adam Behnke, JR, Lutheran South – Only two seconds back of Swearingen last time out, will he be able to break up a 1-2-3 sweep at Class 3 State?
#13) Stanton Ragland, JR, Liberty – Won the Big 7 meet by 11 seconds over rival Kevin Denny from LSN.
#14) Kevin Denny, Lee's Summit North – Continues to battle Ragland for Kansas City Area bragging rights. This time he was second to the Liberty Junior at Big 7's.
#15) Andrew Tobben, Borgia – We've had our eye on this guy for a few weeks now and a 16:11 win on the tough Big Driver course this weekend vaults him into the top 15.
*** Be sure to check out the site after Districts as we will begin our blowout STATE MEET coverage with new interviews, rankings, predictions and poll questions!!!