Ranking corrects itself

Last week's cross-country rankings by the Iowa Track and Field Coaches Association surprised fans locally when the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks dropped to No. 2 in the Class 2A team girls Top-15. Even more of a surprise was the fact Danielle Hostetler was not in the Top-30 individual rankings after being No. 1 in five of the previous polls.

With the rankings Tuesday's release of individuals and Wednesday's teams, all is back as it seemingly should be in Week 6.

The poll committee only will use results of Sunday through Saturday meets each week. Often there are injuries or not all results are reported on time so the committee can not evaluate a head-to-head victory until the following poll. Hostetler had a hip injury that kept her out of a race and Mid-Prairie's schedule was devoid of a meet for a week. The combination contributed to the loss of the ranking for her and the drop of the team.

Things are back to the standard Mid-Prairie has established with Hostetler all the way back at No. 1, along with her team.

Addison Parrott of Danville-New London made a big move last week, climbing to second from No. 9 and stayed at No. 2 this week.

Williamsburg's Ruth Jennings was the new No. 1 last week in place of Hostetler, but is now third. Her Raider teammates were at Nos. 14, 21 and 22 and are Nos. 18, 19, and 23 this week.

Mid-Prairie's Jaden Yoder and Sydney Yoder dropped from second and third in Week 4 to third and fourth last week. Sydney Yoder stayed in fourth this week but Jaden is now sixth, although she finished ahead of her twin sister in Monday's race at Hillcrest. Another Golden Hawk, Mitzi Evans, entered the rankings at No. 11. She has been ranked in the past, and was 16th in Week 1.

Washington junior Lance Sobaski was ranked for the first time last week with a place at No. 27 in Class 3A and is at No. 28 this week.

In Class 2A boys, Danville-New London's Ty Carr rose from No. 8 to No. 6 and teammate Alexander Julian is right behind at No. 7, up from 13. Oliver Sowell, who has been in and out of the Top 30, returned at No. 29.

Mid-Prairie's Thaddeus Shelter remained at No. 10 for the second week but teammate Jamison Stutzman climbed to 15 from 18 and Chandler Hershberger dropped a spot to 19.

Brady Millikin of Pekin was at No. 7 in Class 1A for the third consecutive week.

Pekin's Lauren Steigleder continued her climb as she was ranked at No. 30 in Week 4, No. 24 in Week 5 and is now at No. 12 in Week 6. Lily Fariss rose from No. 22 to 11, then 13 and is at 18 this week. Lauren Dersheid has reentered at No. 28.

In Wednesday's release of the team rankings, Pekin maintained its position in both the girls (second for the fifth week) and boys (fifth) Class 1A team ratings.

Mid-Prairie stayed in fifth while the Danville-New London boys team remained atop the Class 2A list, The D-NL girls entered at No. 13 last week and maintain that spot.

For the fifth consecutive week, Columbus is hanging in at the edge of the Class 1A boys Top-15 as a team to watch and has moved up to the first listing after being listed second since Week 2.

Class 4A Boys

1. West Des Moines Dowling, 2. Dubuque Hempstead, 3. Sioux City North, 4. Cedar Falls, 5. Johnston

6. Pleasant Valley, 7. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 8. Waukee, 9. Norwalk, 10. Iowa City Liberty, 11. Ankeny Centennial, 12. Urbandale, 13. Iowa City West,

14. Iowa City, City High, 15. WDM Valley. Teams to Watch: Ankeny, Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Lewis Central, Southeast Polk

Class 3A Boys

1. Dallas Center Grimes, 2. Marion, 3. Pella, 4. Solon, 5. North Polk, 6. Center Point Urbana, 7. Mount Vernon-Lisbon, 8. Decorah, 9. Carlisle, 10. LeMars, 11. ADM Adel, 12. Clear Creek Amana, 13. Humboldt, 14. Monticello, 15. Atlantic. Teams to Watch: Dubuque Wahlert, Glenwood, MOC Floyd Valley, Waverly Shell Rock, West Delaware

Class 2A Boys

1. Danville-New London, 2. Tipton, 3. Denver, 4. Davis County, 5. Mid-Prairie, 6. Williamsburg, 7. Des Moines Christian, 8. Western Christian, 9. Central Decatur, 10. Albia, 11. North Fayette Valley, 12. GC-GR, 13. Okoboji, 14. Waukon, 15. Jesup. Teams to Watch: Clarinda, GLR-CL, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Unity Christian

Class 1A Boys

1. Madrid, 2. Earlham, 3. South Winneshiek, 4. Maquoketa Valley, 5. Pekin, 6. Bellevue, 7. Ogden, 8. Newman Mason City, 9. ACGC Guthrie Center, 10. Greenfield Nodaway Valley, 11. West Fork, 12. Manly Central Springs, 13. Fort Dodge St. Edmond, 14. Cascade, 15. Cedar Falls Valley Lutheran. Teams to Watch: Columbus, East Marshall Le Grand, Hudson, IKM-Manning, Siouxland Christian

Class 4A Girls

1. Johnston, 2, Linn-Mar, 3. West Des Moines Valley, 4. Waukee, 5. Southeast Polk, 6. Iowa City Liberty, 7. Dubuque Senior, 8. Ankeny Centennial, 9. Dubuque Hempstead, 10. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 11. Bettendorf, 12. Dowling Catholic, 13. Indianola, 14. Norwalk, 15. Ankeny. Teams to Watch: Cedar Falls, Western Dubuque Epworth, Pleasant Valley, Sioux City East, Urbandale

Class 3A Girls

1. Ballard, 2. Dubuque Wahlert, 3. Dallas Center-Grimes, 4. Solon, 5. Bishop Heelan, 6. Davenport Assumption, 7. Glenwood, 8. Harlan, 9. Decorah, 10. ADM, Adel, 11. Mount Vernon-Lisbon, 12. Waverly-Shell Rock, 13. Carlisle, 14. Spencer, 15. Charles City. Teams to Watch: Atlantic, Benton, Gilbert, Monticello, Pella.

Class 2A Girls

1. Mid-Prairie, 2. Williamsburg, 3. Jesup, 4. Roland-Story, 5. Wc-Kp, 6. Panorama, 7. Tipton, 8. Dike-New Hartford, 9. Starmont, 10. Sibley-Ocheyedan, 11. Davis County, 12. Denver, 13. Danville-New London, 14. DSM Christian, 15. Cherokee. Teams to Watch: Crestwood, GLR/CL, North Fayette Valley, Okoboji, PCM

Class 1A Girls

1. Hudson, 2. Pekin, 3. Regina, 4. South Winneshiek, 5. AHSTW, 6. Van Meter, 7. ACGC, 8. Manson NW Webster, 9. Prince of Peace, 10. St Edmond, 11. North Linn, 12. Newman Mason City, 13. Earlham, 14. Nashua Plainfield, 15. Montezuma. Teams to Watch: Aplington Parkersburg, Turkey Valley, Sumner Fredricksburg, Turkey Valley