State cross country is on Saturday — who are your favorites? Good luck to all!

The final coaches ranking is below.

Girls 1A
1. Tribune-Greeley County 29
2. Axtell 24
3. Macksville 18
4. Olpe 17
Pretty Prairie 17
6. Minneola 14
7. Hoxie
Victoria 6, Stafford 5, Hartford 3
Girls 2A
1. Shawnee-Maranatha Academy 26
2. Ellinwood 18
3. Elbing-Berean Acad. 12
Winchester Jefferson County North 12
5. Ness City 10
6. Alma Northeast 7
Johnson-Stanton Co. 7
Lawrence Bishop Seabury 6, Oswego 6,
Bennington 5, Peabody Burns 4, Lincoln
1, Lyndon 1, Oberlin Decatur Comm.
Girls 3A
1. Norton Community 55
2. Douglass 36
3. Salina-Sacred Heart 33
Easton-Pleasant Ridge 32
5. Gypsum-Southeast of Saline 40
6. Riley County 26
7. Osage City 10
Hays-TMP-Marian 7, Haven 3,
Sabetha 3, Cimarron 1
Boys 1A
1. Scandia-Pike Valley 35
2. Tribune-Greeley County 32
3. Stafford 26
4. Victoria 24
5. Burrton 17
6. Pretty Prairie 12
7. Frankfort 11
Macksville 7, Axtell 2, Centralia 1,
Goessel 1
Boys 2A
1. Ellinwood 21
2. Johnson-Stanton Co. 15
3. Belleville-Republic Co. 15
4. Ness City 9
5. Winchester-Jefferson County North 8
6. Prairie Village KCC 7
7. Bennington 5
Elbing-Berean Acad. 2, ShawneeMaranatha Academy 2

Boys 3A
1. Holcomb 46
2. Wellsville 44
3. Hutchinson-Trinity Cath. 34
4. Norton Community 25
5. Gypsum-Southeast of Saline 24
6. Scott Community 19
7. Riley County 12
Marion 4, Sabetha 4, Silver Lake 4,
Salina-Sacred Heart 3, Belle Plaine 2
Burlington 2, Hays-TMP-Marian 12012 Kansas Coaches’ Cross Country Final Poll
Girls 4A
1. Baldwin 36
2. Winfield 36
3. Topeka-Hayden 34
4. Paola 27
5. De Soto 26
6. Wamego 15
7. Wichita Trinity Academy 9
Garnett Anderson County 8, Rose Hill 5
Girls 5A
1. OP-St. Thomas Aquinas 70
2. Wichita-Bishop Carroll 64
3. Maize South 42
4. Valley Center 38
5. Lansing 23
6. Shawnee-Mill Valley 21
7. Lenexa St. James Academy 12
Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel 10,
Goddard-Eisenhower 9, Great Bend 5,
SM Bishop Miege 4 , Topeka Seaman 4,
Shawnee Mission South 3, Leavenworth
2, Hays 1

Girls 6A
1. Shawnee Mission-West 33
2. Olathe-East 28
3. Manhattan 24
4. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 22
5. Maize 20
6. Garden City 19
7. Olathe-Northwest 8
Overland Park-Blue Valley NW 6,
Topeka Washburn Rural 6
Boys 4A
1. Wamego 49
2. Mulvane 41
3. De Soto 38
4. Hugoton 26
5. Baldwin 18
6. Winfield 14
7. Clay Center Community 6
Andale 3

Boys 5A
1. OP-St. Thomas Aquinas 63
2. Wichita-Bishop Carroll 61
3. Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel 37
4. OP-Blue Valley Southwest 26
5. Liberal 23
6. Topeka-Seaman 20
7. Shawnee Mission South 11
Shawnee-Mill Valley 9, Hays 7, Topeka
West 7, Great Bend 5, Lenexa St. James 4,
Leavenworth 2, Goddard Eisenhower 1,
Hays 1

Boys 6A
1. Wichita-North 50
2. Shawnee Mission-Northwest 48
3. Shawnee Mission-West 34
4. Manhattan 30
5. Dodge City 23
6. Maize 21
7. Shawnee Mission North 15
Olathe East 4, Lawrence Free State 3
Olathe North 3, Overland Park-Blue
Valley West 1

By Joanna Chadwick

Cross country rankings are out, courtesy of the coaches association, and regionals are just two weeks away.

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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?

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By Joanna Chadwick

The cross country rankings, courtesy of the coaches association, are out.

Maize South is ranked third in 4A, while Maize boys and girls are 6th in 6A.

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By Joanna Chadwick

The cross country rankings are out, courtesy of the coach’s association.

It should surprise no one that Carroll is at the top of Class 5A girls. This program is so dominating, I know it’s frustrating sometimes for other teams.

How does a school start to control a particular sport? Does it feed on itself so that it grows and grows?

What do you think?

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Pratt’s Cheyenne Becker is one of 12 finalists for the Wendy’s Heisman. Two national winners will be announced Friday night in New York.

She is a cross country and track athlete.

Goddard’s Daniel Jones was a finalist in 2008.

Below is an explanation of what Wendy’s does here.

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by joanna

State cross country is this weekend — 6A, 5A, 3A are at Rim Rock, while 4A, 2A, 1A are in Wamego.

Did regionals turn out like you expected? What will be the toughest races on Saturday?

Below are the coaches’ association’s final rankings.

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by joanna

Cross country notes came out today, and Taylor Eldridge did what he usually does — writes about some top-notch athletes in the Wichita area.

Cross country regionals are on Saturday — you can check them out below. Will you be watching one — or more — races?

Where are the toughest races? Well, maybe I should say, where are the toughest races outside of Class 5A at Lake Afton? Someone is going to be left at home.

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Cross country rankings are out, courtesy of the coaches association.

Regionals are not too far away, who is running well right now? There’s names we just know will be around — David Thor of Carroll is an easy one to throw out there — but who else is someone to watch for? Anyone that has come out of the blue?

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Cross country season is winding down with postseason just a few weeks away.

My question to you is, which individuals have the best shot at winning state titles? How about teams?

Check out this week’s cross country notes.