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DyeStat cross country pre-season rankings - Northwest
8/15/2007
North Central WA boys, Jesuit Portland girls are #1
Boys
| rank | Club(School) | state | comment | | 1 | North Central XC Club (North Central) | WA | State 3A champ returns top 7 in bid for NTN title | | 2 | Portland Harriers (Jesuit) | OR | State 4A runner-up by 2 returns 6 of 7 with deep team | | 3 | Veradale XC Club (Central Valley) | WA | State 4A 3rd behind Ferris/Mead returns 4 key runners in tight spread | | 4 | Crater XC Club (Crater) | OR | State 3A winner returns 5 of 7 with 4 all-staters | | 5 | Stark Street XC Club (Central Catholic) | OR | State 4A champ suffered big losses but has 2 blue-chippers and others coming off injury | | 6 | Mead XC Club (Mead) | WA | #2 NW and 5th NTN returns only 2 of 6 but has improving young talent | | 7 | Kodiak XC Club (Kodiak) | AK | State 4A winner and #5 NW returns 3 of 7 led by state champ with strong JV moving up | | 8 | Lake Stevens XC Club (Lake Stevens) | WA | State favorite Joey Bywater leads an excellent squad | | 9 | Kalispell XC Club (Flathead) | MT | A tight pack of 4 pace team looking to regain state title | | 10 | Maple Valley XC Club (Tahoma) | WA | Return 5 of 6 from 5th place state 4A race |
Northwest boys bubble teams alphabetically:
Borah (ID), Bozeman (MT), Burlington-Edison (WA), Ferris (WA), Gig Harbor (WA), Klamath Union (OR), Lake City (ID), Mountain View (ID), North Bend (OR), Seattle Prep (WA), Skyline (WA), Tahoma (WA).
Girls
| rank | Club(School) | state | comment | | 1 | Portland Harriers (Jesuit) | OR | State 6A champ and #3 NW has 6 of 7 back plus improving newcomers | | 2 | Fairbanks XC Club (West Valley) | AK | State 4A champ, #1 NW and 15th NTN returns 4 of 7 as coach Doug Herron departs | | 3 | Gig XC Club (Gig Harbor) | WA | State 4A champ and #4 NW loses #1 and #3 girls but strong enough to be state favorite | | 4 | Boise Striders (Boise) | ID | State 5A champ and #5 NW has 4 back from state top-16 and lots of experience | | 5 | Billings XC Club (Billings Senior) | MT | State 2A champ, #2 NW and 14th NTN loses 2 key scorers, working with 5 back | | 6 | Bozeman XC Club (Bozeman) | MT | State 2A runner-up has top 5 back plus returning 11:22 3200 runner | | 7 | Sammamish XC Club (Eastlake) | WA | State 4A 3rd-placer has top 5 back | | 8 | Jefferson XC Club (Jefferson) | WA | State 4A runner-up and #6 NW loses #1 and #5 but still returns 7 of top 10 | | 9 | Sunset XC Club (Sunset) | OR | State 6A runner-up has 5 of 7 back | | 10 | S. Eugene XC Club (South Eugene) | OR | State 6A 3rd-placer has 4 of 7 back after excellent track season |
Northwest girls bubble teams alphabetically:
Bear Lake (ID), Bellarmine (WA), Billings West (MT), Eagle (ID), Juneau (AK), Redmond (WA), Snohomish (WA), Squalicum (WA), Tualatin (OR), W. Anchorage (AK).
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