Pekin, Mid-Prairie girls 2nd in cross-country rankings

Last week’s Iowa high school cross-country rankings were released by iowarunjumpthrow.com, and the lists have plenty of Union area teams and names.

Two area girls teams currently sit in the Top-2 in their respective rankings. The Pekin girls are now at No. 2 in the Class 1A rankings, sitting behind Logan-Magnolia. Mid-Prairie is No. 2 in Class 2A, behind River Valley Conference rival Monticello.

The Mid-Prairie boys are ranked No. 8 in Class 2A. Danville-New London sits one spot back of the Golden Hawks, at No. 10.

Washington is in both Class 3A rankings. The Demon boys are ranked No. 13, and the girls sit at No. 13.

Individually, Mid-Prairie’s Danielle Hostetler, the defending Class 2A girls champion, is ranked No. 1. Other area runners in the Top-10 include Danville-New London’s A.J. Bonnesen and Mid-Prairie’s Emmett Swartzentruber, which sit at No. 9 and No. 10 respectively in the Class 2A boys ranks.

3A BOYS RANKINGS: 1. North Polk 2. Pella 3. Marion 4. Western Dubuque 5. Gilbert 6. Glenwood 7. MOC Floyd Valley 8. Winterset 9. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 10. ADM 11. Carlisle 12. Lewis Central 13. Washington 14. Clear Creek-Amana 15. Solon 16. Sioux Center 17. Algona 18. Decorah 19. South Tama 20. Clear Lake

3A GIRLS RANKINGS: 1. Mount Vernon-Lisbon 2. ADM 3. Solon 4. Ballard 5. Pella 6. Gilbert 7. Bishop Heelan 8. Spencer 9. Glenwood 10. North Polk 11. Iowa Falls-Alden/AGSWR 12. Clear Creek-Amana 13. Clear Lake 14. Washington 15. Atlantic 16. Sioux Center 17. Center Point-Urbana 18. Carlisle 19. Waverly-Shell Rock 20. MOC-Floyd Valley

2A BOYS RANKINGS: 1. Tipton 2. DM Christian 3. Waukon 4. Oelwein 5. Okoboji 6. Grundy Center 7. Monticello 8. Mid-Prairie 9. Danville-New London 10. Denver 11. Pella Christian 12. Anamosa 13. Unity Christian 14. Forest City 15. Williamsburg 16. New Hampton 17. Chariton 18. Spirit Lake 19. NE Gooselake 20. Mediapolis

2A GIRLS RANKINGS: 1. Monticello 2. Mid-Prairie 3. Denver 4. Williamsburg 5. Van Meter 6. Tipton 7. Des Moines Christian 8. Beckman Catholic 9. Cherokee, Washington 10. Unity Christian, Orange City 11. Albia 12. Clarinda 13. Union, La Porte City 14. Sumner Fredericksburg 15. George Little Rock/Central Lyon 16. Okoboji Milford 17. North Fayette Valley 18. Crestwood 19. Forest City 20. Pocahontas Area

1A BOYS RANKINGS: 1. ACGC 2. Regina 3. Bellevue 4. Ogden 5. Woodbine 6. East Marshall 7. St. Edmond 8. IKM 9. North Mahaska 10. Clayton Ridge 11. Cascade 12. North Linn 13. Newman Catholic 14. St. Albert 15. Maquoketa Valley 16. Madrid 17. Earlham 18. Collins-Maxwell 19. Central Decatur 20. Sibley-Ocheyedan

1A GIRLS RANKINGS: 1. Logan-Magnolia 2. Pekin 3. South Winn 4. Alta-Aurelia 5. Sibly Ocheydan 6. North Linn 7. Hudson 8. Earlham 9. St. Edmonds 10. ACGC 11. Grandview Christian 12. Martensdale 134. Woodbine 14. IC Regina 15. IKM Manning 16. Central Decatur 17. Cascade 18. North Iowa 19. Mount Ayr 20. Boyer Valley

AREA INDIVIDUALS RANKED

3A Boys: 11. Micah Rees (11), Washington

3A girls: 16. Iris Dahl (9), Washington

2A boys: 9. A.J. Bonnesen (12), Danville-New London; 10. Emmett Swartzentruber (10), Mid-Prairie; 15. Rylan Martin (12), Danville-New London

2A girls: 1. Danielle Hostetler (11), Mid-Prairie; 12. Abby Fleming (11), Mid-Prairie; 30. Phoebe Shetler (11), Mid-Prairie

1A boys: 27. Brady McWhirter (10), Pekin

1A girls: 14. Chloe Glosser (9), Pekin; 21. Lauren Steigleder (11), Pekin