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Class AA Rankings

For the week of September 26th

 

 

 

Class AA Boys-

 

1) York (Elmhurst)

2) Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn)

3) St. Charles North

4) Palatine

5) Prospect (Mt. Prospect)

6) Sandburg (Orland Park)

7) Neuqua Valley (Naperville)

8) Naperville North

9) Waubonsie Valley (Aurora)

10) Barrington

11) Downers Grove South

12) Lockport

13) Wheaton-Warrenville South

14) Benet Academy (Lisle)

15) Naperville Central

16) Edwardsville

17) Cary Grove

18) New Trier (Winnetka)

19) Lincoln Way East (Frankfort)

20) Wheaton North

21) Fenwick (Oak Park)

22) Stevenson (Lincolnshire)

23) Rock Island

24) Schaumburg

25) Oak Park-River Forest

 

Girls AA-

 

1) Palatine

2) Sandburg (Orland Park)

3) Naperville North

4) Hinsdale Central

5) Wheaton North

6) Palatine Fremd

7) Barrington

8) Edwardsville

9) St. Charles East

10) Benet Academy (Lisle)

11) Lincoln Way East (Frankfort)

12) Lyons Township (LaGrange)

13) Waubonsie Valley (Aurora)

14) Lockport

15) Andrew (Tinley Park)

16) Cary Grove

17) Stagg (Palos)

18) New Trier (Winnetka)

19) Downers Grove South

20) Mother McAuley (Chicago)

21) Conant (Hoffman Estates)

22) Evanston

23) Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake)

24) Oak Park-River Forest

25) Wheaton-Warrenville South

 

AA Boys Top 25 Summaries

 

 

1)      York (Elmhurst)- Won Palatine Invitational rather easily over host Palatine 57-110 despite sub-par efforts from mega star twins Matt and Eric Dettman; next at Peoria Invitational on 10/1.

2)      Glenbard South (Glen Ellyn) - IDLE; at Lake Front Invitational 10/1.

3)      St. Charles North- The Stars blitzed the field at Bartlett Invitational despite competing #1 and #2 out for ACT.

4)      Palatine- Finished second at own invite; held off charging Prospect in the late stages of the race.

5)      Prospect (Mt. Prospect) - third at Palatine Invite; just 8 points back of Palatine.  The Knights are a team to be reckoned when post-season arrives.

6)      Sandburg (Orland Park) - The Eagles won the Tinley Park Invite with 25 points.

7)      Neuqua Valley (Naperville) - IDLE; hibernation time is over as big Lockport Invitational looms on 10/1.

8)      Naperville North- IDLE; will try to rebound at Crete-Monee Pow Wow this weekend.

9)      Waubonsie Valley (Aurora)- The Warriors continue to play possum with varsity in low level meets but victories and solid performances from reserves still pile up.  In fact, a strong JV team won it for the regulars at Aurora Central Catholic meet.

10)  Barrington- The Broncos are moving up the charts each week.  A strong 4th place finish at Palatine Invite assisted in the climb.

11)  Downers Grove South- IDLE; next at Morton on 9/26.  First real test is not until 10/8 at West Aurora Stampede against Naperville Central, Waubonsie Valley.

12)  Lockport- IDLE; will host first annual Lockport Invitational.

13)  Wheaton-Warrenville South- IDLE; will be at Crete- Monee Pow Wow on 10/1.

14)  Benet Academy (Lisle)-IDLE; ESCC warm up against St. Pats on 9/27 before real deal at Peoria High School Invite on 10/1.

15)  Naperville Central- Won Plainfield Central Invite on 9/23; at Crete Monee 10/1.

16)  Edwardsville- Placed 4th in Hancock, Missouri meet; #4 Nike Team National Heartland St. Louis University was winner.

17)  Cary Grove- Finished sixth at Palatine without 1 and 2 runners.

18)  New Trier (Winnetka) - Finished 2nd at Oak Park without top ace Chas Gillespie.

19)  Lincoln Way East (Frankfort) - finished 3rd at Oak Park despite top two runners “running down.”

20)  Wheaton North- IDLE; vs. Glenbard East on 9/27 before Crete-Monee “pressure cooker” on 10/1.

21)  Fenwick (Oak Park) - IDLE; 9/27 at Catholic League North Division Meet; 10/1 at Niles West Invitational.

22)  Stevenson (Lincolnshire) - Finished a lowly ninth at Palatine Invite; will have to bounce back very quickly at Peoria Invite on 10/1.

23)  Rock Island- dominated their own invite over the best that Iowa had to offer; at Clinton, Iowa invite on 10/1.

24)  Schaumburg- finished second at Bartlett Invite; got Hoffman Estates on 9/29 before big Loyola Lakefront Invite 10/1.

25)  Oak Park-River Forest- makes debut on the strength of winning invite; will try to stay in the fraternity after Crete-Monee 10/1.

 

Girls AA Top 25 summaries

 

1)      Palatine- The Pirates won their own invite easily with 48 points (scoring was 3, 7, 8, 9, 21).  #2 runner Carly Bates ran but was suffering an injury; at #21 Conant on 9/29.

2)      Sandburg (Orland Park)- The Eagles celebrated their first full week at #2 with a crushing defeat of Lockport, 42-68, at Oak Park Invite.

3)      Naperville North- back to its winning ways at Dupage County meet.  The Huskies get out of town with a narrow 43-45 decision over #5 Wheaton North.

4)      Hinsdale Central- competed only in triangular meet vs. Proviso West and Downers North on 9/20- won 20-42 and 20-38; tune up vs. Glenbard West on 9/29 then the big Wheaton North Invite 10/1.

5)      Wheaton North- ran well in loss to Naperville North at Dupage meet; will host big invite on 10/1.

6)      Palatine Fremd- IDLE over weekend; next is big showdown vs. #7 Barrington then another big exam at Wheaton North Invite.

7)      Barrington- The Fillies finished second to host Palatine and in the process made their case as a team that will be challenge some of the elite teams for a state trophy.  Will have to be ready for next challenge at #6 Fremd on 9/29.

8)      Edwardsville- The Tigerettes finished second to Missouri State ranked and 4A favorite Jefferson City in Hancock, Missouri; next at Peoria Invitational.

9)      St. Charles East- IDLE; vs. Streamwood 9/27 and then at BIG Wheaton North Invite on 10/1.

10)  Benet Academy (Lisle) - 3rd at Dupage Meet behind powerhouses Naperville North and Wheaton North; at Antioch Invitational on 10/1.

11)  Lincoln Way East (Frankfort) - IDLE; vs. #17 Stagg and Homewood-Flossmoor; at Wheaton North Invite 10/1.

12)  Lyons Township (LaGrange) - ran extremely well at Palatine Invite as evidenced by 3rd place finish.  The Lions appear to be running on all cylinders now; next up is Proviso West and York tri-meet before challenging Wheaton North on 10/1.

13)  Waubonsie Valley (Aurora) - varsity was idle; at Niles West Invite 10/1.

14)  Lockport- placed second at Oak Park Invite behind a record-breaking performance of Janna Mitsos.  #2 runner Liz Phillips was resting; should breeze in duals vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais and Rich East (9/27 & 9/29) before turning their attention to Wheaton North Invite on 10/1.

15)  Andrew (Tinley Park)- starting to become a solid team as they narrowly edged then #10 Stagg at Tinley Park Invite; at Rich East 9/29; at Wheaton North Invite 10/1.

16)  Cary Grove- placed a very respectable5th in the loaded field at Palatine; at St. Charles North Invite 10/1.

17)  Stagg (Palos)- placed second to Andrew at Tinley Park Invite despite #1 girl Annette Glaz winning.

18)  New Trier (Winnetka)- placed 3rd at Oak Park behind two solid teams in Sandburg and Lockport; will be at #22 Evanston dual on 9/27; at Antioch Invite on 10/1.

19)  Downers Grove South- won triangular meet vs. Hinsdale South and Leyden earlier in week; at Wheaton North Invite on 10/1.

20)  Mother McAuley (Chicago) - finished 6th in the loaded Palatine Invite; at Wheaton North Invite 10/1.

21)  Conant (Hoffman Estates) - IDLE over weekend; vs. #1 Palatine.

22)  Evanston- IDLE; 9/29 vs. #18 New Trier.

23)  Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake) - makes IPTT debut on the strength of 4th place finish at Palatine Invite.

24)  Oak Park-River Forest- placed a mysterious 4th in own invite- a sudden change from the previous week’s solid performance in Peoria; at DGN on 9/29; can redeem itself at Loyola Lakefront Meet on 10/1.

25)  Wheaton-Warrenville South- placed 5th at Dupage with incomplete squad; major test is Wheaton North Classic on 10/1.

 

 

Boys AA- Super 25 Rankings

*Week #4- September 26, 2005

 

 

1)      Jon Popejoy (Sr) (Wheaton-Warrenville South) - IDLE; will battle Luciano at Crete-Monee Pow Wow on 10/1.

2)      Ryan Craven (Sr) (Prospect) - enjoyed the best XC performance of his high school career by blitzing a tremendous field at Palatine Invitational.  The field included the previously top-rated Dettman twins; Part Deux will happen 10/1 at Peoria H.S. Invite.

3)      Jesse Luciano (Sr) (Willowbrook) - IDLE; at Crete Monee Pow Wow against Popejoy this weekend.

4)      Steve Finley (Sr) (Palatine) - second thrice more.  Finley’s thoughts finishing second so many times this season: “I don’t mind if I get second all [the way through state].”

5)      Eric Dettman (Sr) (York) - suffered first non-York loss since ’04; was not pleased with individual 3rd place at Palatine indicating this: “I felt good in the first quarter but who doesn’t but from there on out I was tired.”

6)      Evan Jager (Jr) (Jacobs) - keeps on rolling; won the Bartlett Invitational by over 15 seconds in 14:53 (3m).

7)      Bruce MacTaggart (Sr) (Glenbard South) - IDLE; at Loyola Lakefront Invitational on 10/1.

8)      Luke Ryan (Jr) (Downers Grove North)- IDLE

9)      Ryan Jacobs (Jr) (Hononegah) - a very fine 6th place at Palatine Invite.  Jacobs ran well as he paced with the leaders through two miles before settling in the top ten.

10)  Kevin Havel (So) (Hersey) - Back on track after an idle period.  Havel’s 4th place finish at Palatine was just off E. Dettman.

11)  Kevin Adamowski (Jr) (Sandburg) - perhaps the best runner in the south Chicago suburbs, Adamowski strolled to victory at Tinley Park Invitational.

12)  Matt Dettman (Sr) (York) - finished a surprising 8th place at Palatine.  Like his team brother, M. Dett was visibly upset after the race but offered these consoling words to his fans and foes: “We’re just killing ourselves [in practice] right now.  We did 12x800m in 2:12; the last one was in 2:01.  We also did [a gang] of 400’s in :62 on Tuesday.  Yeah, I’m disappointed in how I did, but I’m also looking forward to peaking.”

13)  Dustin Davis (Sr) (Edwardsville) - finished second in Hancock, Missouri Invitational.  Davis narrowly lost to St. Louis University’s Ben Murphy-Baum.  Murphy Baum was an all-stater in xc last year and track this past year (9:25 for 3200).

14)  David Grange (Jr) (Marmion Academy)- one of three runners still undefeated; won the Aurora Central Catholic Invite in record time over 2.85m (14:24).

15)  Tim Entwistle (Sr) (Stevenson)- debuts very high based off of premier performances the last few times out, including a monster 15:11 last week.  However, the performance of finishing fifth at Palatine just validates his status.

16)  Jacob Kolacz (Sr) (Naperville North) - IDLE.

17)  Christian Escareno (Sr) (Rolling Meadows) - IDLE.

18)  Nick Farina (Sr) (Barrington) - step up his game with a top ten finish at Palatine (7th).  Farina should be a Super 25 mainstay the rest of the way.

19)  Chas Gillespie (Sr) (New Trier) - IDLE.

20)  David Montgomery (Sr) (York) - finished just a step back of M. Dett at Palatine; fortifies depth to the max!

21)  Matt DeSilva (Sr) (St. Charles North) - IDLE due to ACT testing.

22)  Luke Rygh (Sr) (Oswego) - Ahh… the young man from way out west has been running well.  His performance at Charger Classic behind Grange is a classic.

23)  Brendan Murphy (Sr) (Oak Park-River Forest) - won his team’s invite in the late stages on a not so fast course in 15:33.

24)  Ben Bouman (Sr) (Downers Grove South) - IDLE.

25)  Jared Richardson (Sr) (Harlem) - IDLE.

 

Girls AA Super 25 Rankings

*Week #4- September 26, 2005

 

1)      Caitlin Comfort (So) (Peoria Notre Dame) - holds down the top spot after only performance of week against Woodruff; will receive another big test in upcoming Peoria Invitational.

2)      Shannon Phelan (Sr) (Naperville North) - won Dupage County meet by over 15 seconds.

3)      Haley Staples (Fr) (Crystal Lake Central) - the sensational freshman bested a tremendous field at Palatine.  In Staples own words on being undefeated, “I just had to stay within myself and do the best I can.”

4)      Chelsea Bolton (Jr) (Palatine Fremd) - IDLE over weekend.

5)      Amanda Beggs (Sr) (Lincoln Way East) - IDLE over weekend.

6)      Michelle Stratton (Fr) (Naperville North) - finished second to teammate Phelan at Dupage county meet.

7)      Janna Mitsos (Fr) (Lockport) - won Oak Park River Forest over solid field and established the course record in the process.

8)      Jamie Kanter (Jr) (Edwardsville) - placed very high in ultra hilly 20:53 5k in Missouri behind several all-staters from Kansa and Ohio.

9)      Kalli Dalton (Fr) (Conant) - IDLE over the weekend.

10)  Amanda Laesch (Sr) (Wheaton North) - a distant third place behind the NN harriers at Dupage meet.  Laesch will get another crack at some of the best in the state this weekend in her tough Wheaton North Invite.

11)  Stephanie Peisker (Fr) (Crystal Lake Central) - only losses are to teammate Staples; held off Amy Laskowske in the late stretches of the race at Palatine.

12)  Amy Laskowske (So) (Palatine) - has been reeling over the last few weeks but no one seems to notice, as she is still team’s #1 runner.

13)  Kristen Sutherlin (Fr) (Sandburg) - finishes a distant second behind Mitsos at OPRF but still ran very well.

14)  Nefeteri Williams (Sr) (Proviso West) - won easily over a tough Hinsdale Central squad in a recent triangular meet.

15)  Amber Stack (So) (Wheeling) - holds to spot.

16)  A’seret Dokubu (Sr) (Conant) - IDLE over weekend.

17)  “Lizzy” Hynes (Fr) (St. Charles East) - IDLE over weekend.

18)  Kim Ebbeson (Sr) (Bartlett) - IDLE over weekend.

19)  Nicole Thate (Fr) (Downers Grove South) - IDLE over weekend.

20)  Regina George (Fr) (Chicago Gordon Tech) - has been brewing for a while; 3rd place at OPRF and on the heels of Sutherlin until the very late goings.

21)  Annette Glaz (Stagg) - has been running well the last several weeks and clinched her ticket in the super 25 with a victory at Tinley Park Invitational.

22)  Liz Phillips (So) (Lockport) - IDLE over weekend.

23)  Abby Higgins (Jr) - just a bad race at Dupage meet; should rebound this week.

24)  Nicole Benson (So) (Limestone) - was surprised at the E. Peoria Invite with a second place.

25)  Nancy Nieto (Jr) (Streamwood) - IDLE over weekend.