By Joanna Chadwick

City League boys cross country is holding strong — Carroll first in 5A, Kapaun third and North second in 6A.

In City League girls, Carroll is first in 5A, Kapaun fifth.

AV-CTL girls are strong, too — Maize South third in 4A, Rose Hill 7th; Valley Center third in 5A, Maize fifth in 6A.

On the boys side, Andale and Mulvane boys are sixth and third in 4A, respectively, while Maize is fifth in 6A.

These are the top teams, but who are the top individuals? Why are they runners we should be watching?

2012 Kansas Coaches’ Cross Country Poll #3
Girls 1A
1. Bishop Seabury Academy 35
Greeley County 35
3. Axtell 32
4. Dexter 12
5. Macksville 11
6. Flinthills 10
7. Pike Valley 7
Hartford 5, Northern Valley 3,
Pretty Prairie 3, Crest 2,
Minneola 2, Wheatland/Grinnell 1
Girls 2A
1. Maranatha Academy 41
2. Ellinwood 36
3. Stanton Co. 26
4. Berean Acad. 21
5. Ness City 15
6. Hill City 12
7. Meade 5
Republic Co. 4, Pratt Skyline 3, Jefferson County North 3, Bennington 1
Girls 3A
1. Norton Community 66
2. Douglass 56
3. Sacred Heart 47
4. Riley County 37
5. Southeast of Saline 28
6. Sabetha 15
Thomas More Prep 15
Pleasant Ridge 12, Osage City 7, Horton 2,
Boys 1A
1. Pike Valley 48
2.Greeley County 41
3. Stafford 23
4. Axtell 18
Victoria18
6. South Gray 11
7. Pretty Prairie 7
Wakefield 7
Central-Burden 5, Clyde-Clifton Clyde 4, Frankfort 4, Colony-Crest 3, Ingalls 3, Dexter 2, Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy 1, Stockton 1
Boys 2A
1. Ellinwood 41
2. Stanton Co. 35
3. Republic Co. 25
4. Jefferson County North 19
5. Ness City 18
6. Berean Acad. 12
7. KC Christian 10
KC Maranatha Academy 4,
Sterling 4
Boys 3A
1. Holcomb 62
2. Wellsville 55
3. Scott Community 43
4. Sacred Heart 29
5. Norton  20
6. Southeast of Saline 17
7. Wichita Independent 15
Hutchinson-Trinity 11, Belle Plaine 5, Halstead 4, Seneca-Nemaha Valley 4, Burlington 3, Silver Lake 3, Marion 2, Sabetha 2, Osage City 1, Phillipsburg 1
Girls 4A
1. Baldwin 70
2. Topeka-Hayden 47
3. Maize South 39
4. Lenexa-St. James Academy 32
5. Paola 30
6. De Soto 26
7. Rose Hill 16
Concordia 8, Wamego 5, Garnett Anderson County 3, Chanute 2, Buhler 1, Pratt 1, Ulysses 1, Wichita Trinity Academy 1
Girls 5A
1. Bishop Carroll 47
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 43
3. Valley Center 30
4. Lansing 17
5. Kapaun Mount Carmel 16
6. Mill Valley 15
7. Great Bend 7
Liberal 7
Winfield 4, Goddard-Eisenhower 3, Hays 2, Stilwell Blue Valley 2, Topeka Seaman 2
Girls 6A
1. Olathe-East 67
2. Manhattan 50
3. Shawnee Mission-West 45
4. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 40
5. Maize 30
6. Olathe-Northwest 21
Lawrence 21
Garden City 13, Derby 8, Shawnee Mission-East 8, Lawrence-Free State 6, Topeka Washburn Rural 5, Olathe North 4, Overland Park-Blue Valley NW 4, Shawnee Mission North 4, Overland Park-Blue Valley West 3, Leavenworth 1, Wichita Northwest 1
Boys 4A
1. Wamego 68
2. De Soto 52
3. Mulvane 47
4. Hugoton 37
5. Baldwin 32
6. Andale 15
7. Labette County 8
Clay Center 6, Lenexa-St. James Academy 4, Abilene 3, Wellington 3, Paola 2, Ulysses 2, Garnett Anderson County 1
Boys 5A
1. Bishop Carroll 47
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 35
3. Kapaun Mount Carmel 25
4. Topeka-Seaman 18
Liberal 18
6. Mill Valley 9
7. Great Bend 6
Hays 5, Blue Valley 4, Winfield 4, Topeka West 1
Boys 6A
1. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 75
2. Wichita-North 62
3. Manhattan 56
4. Shawnee Mission-West 36
5. Maize 33
6. Blue Valley NW 113
7. Blue Valley West 10
Shawnee Mission North 10
Lawrence Free State 9, Lawrence 9, Shawnee Mission-South 9, Olathe-East 6, Dodge City 4, Wichita South 1