OSAAtoday - Girls cross country coaches polls: Oct. 4

Oct. 4 Statewide Girls Cross-Country Coaches Polls

OSAAtoday presents its twice-monthly weekly statewide Girls Cross-Country Coaches Polls in all classifications. Thanks to all the coaches who took the time and had the expertise to contribute their opinions to this endeavor.

1. Summit (12) [1] 129

2. Jesuit [2] 116

3. St. Mary’s (1) [3] 94

4. South Eugene [5] 80

5. Lincoln [4] 64

6. Sunset [8] 50

6. Wilson [6] 50

8. Franklin [nr] 27

9. Tualatin [7] 24

10. Sheldon [nr] 12

First-place votes in parentheses

Last ranking in brackets

Others receiving significant votes: Central Catholic (11)

Notes: Lincoln senior Kyla Becker, the state leader for all classifications, finished second in the Stanford Invitational on Sept. 29 with a PR of 17:25.4. ... Summit has six runners ranked among the top 16, led by junior Fiona Max (second, 17:31.3).

1. Hood River Valley (10) [1] 100

2. Wilsonville [3] 82

3. North Salem [2] 71

4. Crater [6] 67

5. Crescent Valley [4] 56

6. Ashland [5] 31

7. Corvallis [7] 27

8. Churchill [9] 23

9. The Dalles [7] 17

10. La Salle Prep [nr] 10

First-place votes in parentheses

Last ranking in brackets

Others receiving significant votes: None

Notes: Hood River Valley has four runners ranked among the top 10 in junior Frances Dickinson (first, 18:26.1), Brinna Weiseth (fourth), Evelyn Nunez (seventh) and Lottie Bromham (10th). ... Wilsonville junior Samantha Prusse has the No. 2 time (18:39.5).

1. Marist Catholic (6) [2] 78

2. Tillamook (2) [1] 74

3. Philomath [5] 53

4. Siuslaw [3] 50

5. Marshfield [4] 37

6. Stayton [9] 34

7. Henley [6] 25

7. La Grande [nr] 25

9. Valley Catholic [7] 12

9. Astoria [10] 12

First-place votes in parentheses

Last ranking in brackets

Others receiving significant votes: Sisters (11)

Notes: Tillamook junior Solace Bergeron, last year's champion, leads with a time of 18:07.2, which is 34 seconds faster than her PR from 2017. ... Marist junior McKenna Priske, a former volleyball player competing in her first season of cross country, is No. 2 at 18:18.9.

3A/2A/1A

1. Burns (7) [1] 88

2. Catlin Gabel [3] 69

3. Oregon Episcopal School (2) [5] 66

4. Union / Cove [2] 61

5. Enterprise [6] 58

6. Lakeview [4] 42

7. Bandon [10] 30

8. St. Mary’s, Medford [nr] 23

9. Oak Hill [8] 14

10. Neah-Kah-Nie [7] 12

First-place votes in parentheses

Last ranking in brackets

Others receiving significant votes: None

Notes: Oregon Episcopal senior Stephanie Finley (18:39.6) and Kennedy senior Alejandra Lopez (18:47.6) have the top two times. Both were recorded Sept. 8 at the Saxon Invite, where they finished fourth and fifth.