NTN Releases Pre Season Regional Rankings

NTN Northeast Pre-Season Rankings
by the NTN Rankings Committee 8/15/2007


Danbury CT boys, Colts Neck NJ girls are #1

Northeast Boys

rankClub(School)statecomment
1Danbury XC Club (Danbury)CTState and New Eng champs return 9 of 10 led by blue-chippers Matt Terry and Willie Ahearn
2Glastonbury XC Club (Glastonbury)CTDanbury rival returns solid line-up led by national contender Donn Cabral
3Allegheny XC Club (North Allegheny)PAState 3A 5th-placer has 6 of 7 back with top 5 returning a 16:39 5k avge on tough course
4Friends XC Club (Germantown Friends)PAReturns 5 of 6 from Manhattan meet 4th-place team behind Shen, Danbury and Clovis (CA)
5Brookline XC Club (Brookline)MAState Div I 3rd-placer has solid front 4 and good depth led by state contender Bob Gibson
6Merrimack XC Club (Merrimack)NHState class L defender has 6 of 7 back that averaged 16:18 on hilly 5k course
7Jackson XC Club (Jackson)NJState Meet of Champs winner returns 4 of 7 back with good back-up on all-senior squad
8Con-Val XC Club (Con-Val)NHReturns top 3 scorers from 4th-place New England team
9Don Bosco XC Club (Don Bosco)NJState runner-up brings back a solid top 5 led by 9:28 3200 man
10Brothers XC Club (Christian Brothers)NJColts seek to regain state supremacy with 7 harriers between 9:46 and 10:07 for 3200m

Boys bubble teams alphabetically:
Brockton (MA), Cedar Cliff (PA), Coatesville (PA), East Greenwich (RI), Haddonfield (NJ), Henderson (PA), La Salle (RI), Manchester Central (NH), Mascenic (NH), Nashua South (NH), West Chester East (PA), West Middlesex (PA).

Northeast Girls

rankClub(School)statecomment
1Colts Neck XC Club (Colts Neck)NJState champ, #2 NE and 4th-place NTN returns 5 of 7 led by rebounding Bri Jackucewicz
2Hanover XC Club (Hanover)NHState and New England champ has everyone back led by state/NE winner Georgia Griffin
3Bromfield XC Club (Bromfield)MAState and New England champ has everyone back led by state/NE winner Georgia Griffin
4Succasunna XC Club (Roxbury)NJState Div II champ has 6 of 7 back led by state winner Emily Jones
5Emmaus XC Club (Emmaus)PATop 6 back from state 3A runner-up team, 2 juniors and 4 sophs
6Providence XC Club (LaSalle)RIReturns state’s 1-2 finishers plus solid back-up after excellent track season
7Donovan XC Club (Msgr Donovan)NJAll scorers return for team that was 2nd to Colts Neck by 3 pts in conf champs
8Sudbury XC Club (Lincoln Sudbury)MAAll 7 back plus deep J.V. group for state Div I runner-up squad
9RBC XC Club (Red Bank Catholic)NJState 3rd-place team has 6 of 7 back
10South Yarmouth XC Club (Dennis-Yarmouth)MAState Div I champ has 4 solid performers plus developing new talent

Girls teams alphabetically:
Central Cambria (PA), Champlain Valley (VT), Coventry (RI), Glastonbury (CT), Lancaster Mennonite (PA), Pinkerton (NH), Pope John (NJ), Radnor (PA), St. Basil (PA), Voorhees (NJ).