Hostetler atop rankings as team moves up

The seventh weekly rankings released Tuesday by the Iowa Association of Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches saw Mid-Prairie move up to second from fourth in the Class 2A girls rankings.

Williamsburg moved from second to first, but Mid-Prairie defeated Williamsburg Monday at the Iowa Mennonite Invitational.

Mid-Prairie's Marie Hostetler rmains in the top spot of the individual rankings in 2A. Williamsburg highest ranked runner, Megan Rathjen is No. 12, but Mid-Prairie's Mitzi Evans is No. 13.

At the IMS meet Monday, Rathjen finished seventh in 20 minutes, 51.10 seconds. Evans was eighth in 20:51.90. Mt. Pleasant's Abby Ryon was ninth in 21:10.54. Ryon is ranked seventh in Class 3A. Danville-New London's Addy Parrot was third at IMS in 20:24.74. She is ranked 14th in 2A. Fairfield's Ashley Bloomquist, ranked 18th in 3A, was second at IMS in 20:03.08.

'I don't think about my ranking too much,” Hostetler said. 'I would rather think about the team and use it for motivation.”

The Mid-Prairie team has another ranked runner in Moriah Brase, who is 27th. Brase was 12th at IMS in 21:19.63. Teammate Ana Fleming, who was ranked earlier in the year but has fallen out after an injury, was 10th at IMS in 21:14.74.

BOYS

Class 4A

1. West Des Moines Dowling; 2. Dubuque Hempstead; 3. Waukee; 4. Pleasant Valley; 5. Ankeny; 6. Cedar Falls; 7. Cedar Rapids Prairie; 8. Johnston; 9. Iowa City West; 10. West Des Moines Valley; 11. Ankeny Centennial; 12. Cedar Rapids Kennedy; 13. Dubuque Senior; 14. Indianola; 15. Ames.

Teams to watch: Cedar Rapids Washington, Linn-Mar, Sioux City North, Southeast Polk, Urbandale.

Class 3A

1. Gilbert; 2. Clear Creek-Amana; 3. Carlisle; 4. Marion; 5. Dallas Center-Grimes; 6. Decorah; 7. Dubuque Wahlert; 8. Humboldt; 9. Le Mars; 10. Waverly-Shell Rock; 11. Grinnell; 12. Pella; 13. Glenwood; 14. Mount Vernon-Lisbon; 15. Sergeant Bluff-Luton.

Teams to watch: Ballard, Benton, Bondurant-Farrar, Fairfield, MOC-Floyd Valley.

Class 2A

1. Tipton; 2. Sioux Center; 3. Okoboji; 4. Bellevue; 5. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon; 6. Camanche; 7. Unity Christian; 8. Monticello; 9. Williamsburg; 10. Roland-Story; 11. Sheldon; 12. Albia; 13. Davis County; 14. Des Moines Christian; 15. Grundy Center/Glabrook-Reinbeck.

Teams to watch: Crestwood, Dike-New Hartford, Red Oak, South Hardin, Waukon.

Class 1A

1. Mardid; 2. Earlham; 3. Nodaway Valley; 4. Calamus-Wheatland; 5. Mason City Newman; 6. Sibley-Ocheyeden; 7. South Hamilton; 8. Pekin; 9. South Winneshiek; 10. BCLUW; 11. Maquoketa Valley; 12. Denver; 13. West Fork; 14. ACGC; 15. Council Bluffs St. Albert.

Teams to watch: Central Springs, Ogden, Fort Dodge St. Edmond, Tri-Center, Woodward Academy.

GIRLS

Class 4A

1. Johnston; 2. Waukee; 3. Southeast Polk; 4. Pleasant Valley; 5. Dubuque Senior; 6. Iowa City West; 7. West Des Moines Valley; 8. West Des Moines Dowling; 9. Des Moines Roosevelt; 10. Ankeny Centennial; 11. Urbandale; 12. Iowa City High; 13. Dubuque Hempstead; 14. Iowa City Liberty; 15. Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Teams to watch: Bettendorf, Cedar Falls, Indianola, Linn-Mar, North Scott.

Class 3A

1. Dubuque Wahlert; 2. Harlan; 3. Ballard; 4. Pella; 5. Glenwood; 6. Dallas Center-Grimes; 7. Atlantic; 8. Decorah; 9. Charles City; 10. Carlisle; 11. Solon; 12. North Polk; 13. Grinnell; 14. Sioux City Heelan; 15. Mount Pleasant.

Teams to watch: Davenport Assumption, Benton, Gilbert, Le Mars, Spencer.

Class 2A

1. Williamsburg; 2. Mid-Prairie; 3. Panorama; 4. Kingsley-Pierson/Woodbury Central; 5. Dike-New Hartford; 6. Jesup; 7. Crestwood; 8. Waukon; 9. Springville-Central City; 10. Cascade; 11. Danville-New London; 12. Okoboji; 13. Shenandoah-Essex; 14. Unity Christian; 15. Tipton.

Teams to watch: Aplington-Parkersburg, Cherokee, Eagle Grove, Emmetsburg, Monticello.

Class 1A

1. Logan-Magnolia; 2. Kee; 3. Iowa City Regina; 4. Denver; 5. Hudson; 6. South Winneshiek; 7. Pekin; 8. Starmont; 9. Mason City Newman; 10. North Linn; 11. AHSTW; 12. West Fork; 13. Earlham; 14. Fort Dodge St. Edmond; 15. Collins-Maxwell.

Teams to watch: ACGC, Bellevue Marquette, Nashua-Plainfield, Ridge View, Tri-Center.