MN Cross Country Predictions 2023

Rosemount always uploads great videos!

Totally Agee! Good job Rosemount, Mounds view also does a great job videoing all their races. Thanks for keeping up fans entertained.

Elliott McArthur in the 6k

His team got first

TonkaRunner23 on YouTube has better videos tbh

He beat Will Skelly as well.

Mechura 15:04

Speed ratings for Metro Invitational

Updated rankings up

Legit question, is there anyone here taking Mechura over Scott at state? I'm half rooting for Scott to finally win since it's his senior year, but Mechura definitely has a great shot. He's tough, and I could see a race where Scott feels like he has to set the pace and Mechura lets him do all the work and outkicks him.

Apparently the course was completely different. Faster/flatter and shorter. Can't really compare it to the year before. They need to figure that course out and quit changing it.

Griak entries out for guys championship race...

9 of the top 12 ranked 3A schools (just no #6 Stillwater, #9 EP, and #12 East Ridge) plus 3 honorable mention schools and 3 of the top 4 2A schools and top 1A school

Outside of MN, there will be 4 of the top 6 WI schools (#1 SPASH, #2 Hudson, #4 Madwest, #6 Slinger), 4 top 10 ranked IA school including Dowling Catholic, and the top ranked schools in SD, MI, and KS (W Trinity Academy).

Going to be a great Heartland preview!

Perham ahead of Mankato East?

Didn’t see that coming

Southwest was missing Scott & Batalden, but this team had an 8th grader go sub-17:30 and another freshman sub-18 in the JV race

Do you have a link or could you copy the list? I couldn’t find it

Teams list is here

athletic.net

Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

Link:www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/225...

Live results will be here

Here is preliminary team list for championship race with state, ranking, and class. Guessing there might be a change or 2 in final list.

Boys Championship Race State Rank Class
South Tama IA 1 3A
Clear Creek-Amana IA 11 3A
Dowling Catholic IA 2 4A
Norwalk (IA) IA 5 4A
Urbandale (IA) IA 8 4A
Johnston IA 9 4A
Valley West Des Moines IA
Yorkville IL 29 3A
Trinity Academy KS 1
Northville High School MI 1 D1
Heritage Christian Academy MN 1 1A
St Johns Prep MN 9 1A
Staples Motley MN 1A
Perham MN 1 2A
Mankato East MN 2 2A
Marshall MN 4 2A
Wayzata MN 1 3A
Minnetonka MN 2 3A
Bloomington Jefferson MN 3 3A
Edina MN 4 3A
Mounds View MN 5 3A
Blaine MN 7 3A
Rosemount MN 8 3A
Minneapolis Southwest MN 10 3A
Osseo MN 11 3A
Hopkins MN HM 3A
Lakeville North MN HM 3A
Minneapolis Washburn MN HM 3A
Annandale MN 3A
Bemidji MN 3A
Chaska MN 3A
Maple Grove MN 3A
Roseville MN 3A
Fargo Davies ND
Sioux Falls Lincoln SD 1
SPASH WI 1 D1
Hudson WI 2 D1
Madison West WI 4 D1
Slinger WI 6 D1
Onalaska WI 10 D1

I don't think its crazy for Perham > East.

Ranking probably flipped because Bloomington Jefferson beat East pretty handily in Waconia last week. But also Perham nearly lost to Class A school, so not sure.

Griak will be telling to see who ends up on top and how they both compare to the #5-10 3A schools.

All race fields now posted on Milesplit

mn.milesplit.com

2023 Roy Griak Invitational - Team Fields Announced

Ryan Kotajarvi

Looking at the 2023 Roy Griak Invitational race fields!

Link:mn.milesplit.com/articles/339017/2023-...

I think Sam Scott will win state.
But I think both him and Mechura will make NXN.
It will be very competitive at NXR Heartland again just like last year. There’s also Clay Shively from Kansas and Manny Putz from Wisconsin.