2006 Harrier Super 25
National Cross Country Team Rankings by Marc Bloom

Update 2 - Oct 11 Boys - Girls

Ferris Spokane WA is 3rd boys #1
- Hilton NY girls retain top spot.

by John Dye

Former US#2 Ferris Spokane WA beat former #1 Royal Simi Valley CA at the Stanford Invitational to trade places in the boys rankings in Marc Bloom's second in-season update, based on results through October 7.

The new boys rankings also contain big moves into 3rd and 4th by York Elmhurst IL (formerly 7th) and Great American champion Collegiate NY (formerly 11th). El Toro CA in 15th was the first of nine new teams in the top 25.

The girls list was a sea of calm by comparison with the same four teams at the top -- defending NTN champion Hilton NY, Corona del Mar CA, Yankton SD, and Roosevelt Sioux Falls SD. Behind them were several upward mobile squads -- 5. Radnor PA (up from 16th), 8. Iowa City IA (up from 22), 9. West Valley Fairbanks AK (previously unranked), 10. Saugus CA (up from 24), and Great American champ 12. Episcopal Jacksonville FL (up from 20). West Valley was one of only four newly ranked teams.

Comparing the Super 25 to NTN regional rankings, there are five teams in the national top 25 from the NTN Midwest boys, Northwest boys, Midwest girls, and Northeast girls. However some other regions have their #3 team ahead of the #3 teams from the five-deep regions. The top two teams in each NTN region get automatic bids to the meet in Portland December 2, and there are four at large slots for which regional #3 and #4 teams compete.

The Super 25 is produced by Marc Bloom, now in his 31st year publishing The Harrier . Prior column shows 2006 Update 1 . NTN Reg and NTN Rank show the teams' regions for Nike Team Nationals and their NTN regional rankings.

Boys

US Rank
 school city
state
Prior US
NTN reg
NTN rank
1
 Ferris Spokane
WA
2
NW
1
2
 Royal Simi Valley
CA
1
CA
1
3
 York Elmhurst
IL
7
MW
1
4
 Collegiate New York
NY
11
NE
1
5
 Coatesville Coatesville
PA
3
NE
2
6
 Willmar Willmar
MN
5
HL
1
7
 Potosi Potosi
MO
7
HL
2
8
 Albuquerque Academy Albuquerque
NM
9
SW
1
9
 Dexter Dexter
MI
12
MW
2
10
 The Woodlands The Woodlands
TX
14
SO
1
11
 Mead Spokane
WA
6
NW
2
12
 Shenendehowa Clifton Park
NY
21
NE
3
13
 Midlothian Midlothian
VA
15
SE
1
14
 Trabuco Hills Mission Viejo
CA
20
CA
2
15
 El Toro Lake Forest
CA
0
CA
4
16
 Fort Zumwalt South St. Peters
MO
0
HL
3
17
 Jesuit Carmichael
CA
0
CA
3
18
 Woodridge Peninsula
OH
0
MW
3
19
 LaSalle Cincinnati
OH
0
MW
4
20
 Carroll Southlake
TX
13
SO
2
21
 Central Valley Veradale
WA
0
NW
3
22
 Central Catholic Portland
OR
8
NW
5
23
 Fayetteville Manlius Manlius
NY
0
NE
4
24
 Pinckney Pinckney
MI
0
MW
5
25
 Los Alamos Los Alamos
NM
0
SW
3

 

Girls

US Rank
 school city
state
Prior US
NTN reg
NTN rank
1
 Hilton Hilton
NY
1
NE
1
2
 Corona del Mar Newport Beach
CA
2
CA
1
3
 Yankton Yankton
SD
3
HL
1
4
 Roosevelt Sioux Falls
SD
4
HL
2
5
 Radnor Radnor
PA
16
NE
2
6
 Westfield Westfield
IN
6
MW
1
7
 Eleanor Roosevelt Greenbelt
MD
5
SE
1
8
 Iowa City Iowa City
IA
22
HL
3
9
 West Valley Fairbanks
AK
0
NW
1
10
 Saugus Saugus
CA
24
CA
2
11
 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs
NY
14
NE
3
12
 Episcopal Jacksonville
FL
20
SE
2
13
 Fort Collins Fort Collins
CO
9
SW
1
14
 Eldorado Albuquerque
NM
12
SW
2
15
 Marian Omaha
NE
15
HL
4
16
 Kingwood Kingwood
TX
17
SO
1
17
 Greenwich Greenwich
NY
0
NE
4
18
 Midlothian Midlothian
VA
11
SE
3
19
 Waukesha West Waukesha
WI
18
MW
4
20
 Torrey Pines San Diego
CA
7
CA
3
21
 Colts Neck Colts Neck
NJ
8
NE
5
22
 Minster Minster
OH
0
MW
2
23
 Bowling Green Bowling Green
OH
25
MW
3
24
 Hinsdale Hinsdale
IL
21
MW
5
25
 Tupelo Tupelo
MS
0
SO
2

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