Midwest Region Regional meet: November 15, 2008 at Terre Haute IN
Indiana - Illinois - Ohio - Michigan - Missouri
Two teams and five individuals will qualify for NXN national finals December 6, 2008 at Portland OR.
Midwest Team Rankings - October 2 Rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez; distributed by NSSF Neuqua Valley IL and York IL move ahead of Geneva IL boys after major wins at Culver and Palatine; Geneva IL girls still #1.
Previous week's ranking in parenthesis. BT=Bubble team NR=not ranked
BOYS
GIRLS
1.Neuqua Valley (IL) [2]Wins Culver Acad (IN) Inv by 46 points over 5th-ranked Carmel
2.York (IL) [3]Wins Palatine Inv by 58 points over Lyons Township in the Dukes’ first big meet of season
3.Geneva (IL) [1]Wins Rock River Run taking 5 of top 8
4.St. Louis Univ (MO) [5]Wins Rim Rock Classic by 81 points with 34-second spread
5.Carmel (IN) [4] 2nd to Neuqua Valley at Culver meet
6.Mason (OH) [6]Wins MW Meet of Champs over St. John Jesuit and Centerville
7.Lee’s Summit West (MO) [BT}2nd to Bismarck (ND) at Griak (MN) Inv
8.Naperville No (IL) [7]Holds out top runners at Wheaton North Inv
9.Pioneer (MI) [8]No major meet
10.West Plains (MO) [10] Wins Rhodes Inv in Memphis taking 5 of top 9
Cut: Centerville (OH) [9]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Centerville (OH), Fishers (IN), Ft. Wayne Carroll (IN), Heritage (MI), Kickapoo (MO), Lake Orion (MI), Lee’s Summit No (MO), Liberty (MO), Lyons Township (IL), McCutcheon (IN), Palatine (IL), Parkway West (MO), Reynoldsburg (OH), Saline (MI), Sandburg (IL), St. Francis de Sales (OH), St. John Jesuit (OH), St. Ignatius (OH), Terre Haute No (IN)
1.Geneva (IL) [1]Wins Rock River Inv taking 5 of top 10
2.Carmel (IN) [2]Wins Culver Acad Inv by 58 in state-wide field
3.Lee’s Summit West (MO) [3]2nd by 10 points at Griak
4.Palatine (IL) [9]Wins home invite by 32 over Hinsdale Central
5.Magnificat (OH) [10]Wins MW Meet of Champs by 58 running close to Michigan state contender
6.Ft. Wayne Carroll (IN) [5]2nd at New Haven Classic holding out top 2 girls
7.Hinsdale Cent (IL) [4]2nd to Palatine at Palatine Inv
8.Saline (MI) [6]No major meet
9.Cayuga Valley Christ (OH) [8]No major meet
10.Jefferson City (MO) [BT]Wins Rim Rock Classic by 22 over inter-state field
Cut: Rockford (MI) [7]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Benet (IL), Buffalo Grove (IL), Colerain (OH), Columbus North (IN), Eureka (MO), Franklin Central (IN), Hoover (IN), Kickapoo (MO), Lafayette (MO), Lake Central (IN), Lockport (IL), Minster (OH), Naperville No (IL), Noblesville (IN), North Central (IN), Rochester Adams (MI), Rockford (MI), Sandburg (IL), Traverse City Central (MI), Troy (MI), Washington (MO), West Plains (MO), Westfield (IN)
