MN XC 2025 thread

Irish Invitational:

Two Rivers looks impressive although one of their regular top 5 guys didn’t perform at his best.

Roseville is actually better now than when Mechura was there.

Extreme meet results. Looks like a fast time on a tough course, River Santiago from Blaine ran 14:26 there his senior year.

Wayzata and Stillwater go 1-2 at the Husky Invitational in Eau Claire WI.

Looks like Molinaro didn't finish/run.

ABC Early Bird Meet

1. Anoka 2. Champlin Park 3. Blaine

Boys: 1. Zakariya Mohamed(15:52) 2. Tyler Flippen 3. Blake Frazer

Girls: 1. Brynlee Wegener(18:39) 2. Audrey Schwen 3. Ruby Demmer

Irish Invitational

Boys(T): 1. Two Rivers, 2. Roseville, 3. Rosemount

Boys(I): 1. Jack Douglas(9:56), 2. Maxwell Popp. 3. Ben Clark

Girls(I):1. Emma Hoffman(10:51!, 2.Carley LaMotte 3. Anikka Hall
Girls(T): 1.Otsego, 2.Highland park, 3.Mounds View

Not sure where is he’s going but I saw U of M XC Coach Brad Wick chatting with him after his race

I heard Hering’s been hurt and hasn’t really run since spring during track season

He did but he was #6 on the team

Trying to put together my Boys AAA ranks and I love how jumbled it has gotten just 2 weeks in...

1. Wayzata- Stays #1 easily after crushing WI meet
2. Two Rivers- Winning Irish with Molinaro running poorly is impressive
3. Mounds View- higher than the coaches rankings but they were 4th at Irish and top runner Richter didn't run. Assuming he is healthy, they win it
4. Rosemount- 3rd at Irish (7 points out of 2nd) but 4-5-6 runners didn't run. Trusting the talent on this one.
5. Roseville- Actually got 2nd at Irish, strong race
6. Washburn- Top MN team at Olaf with full lineup. They need a 5th guy to emerge (too bad Just isn't running!)
7. Tonka- 3 points behind Washburn with full lineup and doesn't look like they raced great
8. Stillwater- 2nd at the WI meet with Wayzata. Probably too low here since coaches rankings have them 2nd
9. Blaine- Disappointing 3rd at ABC though 2 of top 5 runners didn't race. Still not great results but again trusting the talent here. Not being ranked in coaches poll is overreaction.
10. Anoka- Winning ABC Early Bird over Blaine and CP means something

Eastview, Bloomington Jefferson, Farmington and others in the mix too! Can't say I am confident in any of these rankings besides #1. Gonna be a fun year!

If you thought last state meet was crazy, just wait when another 6 or 7 teams are within 25 points again! It seems to be wide open honestly

Posted all my top-10 boys and girls team ranks on Instagram for all classes, but here are some random comments over sifting through results...

• Forest Lake girls are still #2 for me but looks like freshman Charlotte Kowallis (18:45 at state last year) moved to Utah- huge loss
• Because of FL losing Kowallis, the girls AAA podium competition is wide open after Wayzata similarly to the boys. I don't love Hopkins at 2nd in coaches rankings with Perham beating them at Brave like Gabe. My hope that Sophia Fuller was running XC for them this year doesn't look like is happening either.
• Edina and MV girls have a few newer runners added which really helps them out.
• I wrongly had the Chaska girls unranked to start the season but they have a great top group.
• Andrew Stoltman hasn't run yet for Mankato East but assuming health, they should be higher than 10th in coaches rankings.
• Winona boys/girls are listed in coaches rankings but I think should be.
• Como Park is tough- similar to Blaine in AAA, I am trusting they figure it out and they are better than the 8th best team in the class.
• Very early in the season but of the 6 class team titles, it feels like the one coinflip right now is Girls AA between Perham and Mpls SW. Both have top girls that haven't raced yet but still both teams are dominant.
• Defending A champs Redwood Valley boys added 2 new runners and bump all the way up to 2nd in my rankings- if Cotter's #3 isn't healthy then RV could compete with them
• Cathedral girls seem like firm #1 in A. Hawley loses their top runner this year so they tumble down the ranks while Loyola-Cleveland and Greenway/N-K jump up big.

Sean Fries among the XC Performers of the Week nationally on MileSplit

milesplit.com

POLL: National Boys XC Performer of the Week (Aug. 25-31)

Maxx Bradley

Who\'s your choice for this season\'s second National Performer of the Week poll?

Link:www.milesplit.com/articles/382912/poll...

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@IceColdXC

Glad you're doing Class A ranking. Whoever is supposed to be doing doesn't seem too interested.

La/Rp/H looks solid for a Class A team too

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/260...

Ah good old LA/RP/H, who has an enrollment of a mere 552 between all three schools. Gotta love the co-op rules.

Any links for Redwood results? Who did they add to their team, transfers or just some runners that have stepped up?