Rankings: Top semistate squads stay on top

Welcome to
the sixth edition of the HoosierAuthority.com girls cross country team and individual
rankings! Our Colin Altevogt has compiled the predictions from his Staff of
Four (Adrian Wunderlich for Bedford North Lawrence, Brandon
Jones for Franklin Central, himself for New Haven, and
Stephen Bain for New Prairie), and we�ve listed them below by semistate.

Castle,
Northridge, and Valparaiso
all remain atop the semistate rankings. Here are your Top 10 team and Top 25 individual
rankings from Sept. 27:

Teams
1. Castle

2.
Jasper

3.
Tell City

4.
Bedford North Lawrence

5.
Bloomington
North

6.
Terre Haute
North

7.
Edgewood

8.
Terre Haute
South

9.
Bloomington
South

10.
Floyd Central

1.
Maria Gramelspacher – Jasper

2.
Emalie Alvey – Castle

3.
Molly Hirt – Bloomington
North

4.
Kassie Kovert – Brownstown

5.
Rachael Wood – Perry Central

6.
Casey Fougerousse – Shakamak

7.
Hannah Fox – Signature

8.
Myra Dauby –
Tell City

9.
Corinne Innes – Bloomington
South

10.
Amy Hamilton – Terre Haute
North

11.
Kacie Klem – Southridge

12.
Erika Wilson – Eastern Pekin

13.
Kylee Thacker – Northview

14.
Kristi Vest – Eastern Pekin

15.
Victoria Schmitt – Signature

16.
Casey Gillespie – Bedford North
Lawrence

17.
Shelby Cron – Evansville
Memorial

18.
Amanda Hon – Switzerland
County

19.
Lindy Jones – Terre Haute
North

20.
Kristy Twitchell – Terre Haute
South

21.
Vanessa Yeary – Bedford North
Lawrence

22.
Allison Laird – Floyd Central

23.
Tiffany Davis – Tell City

24.
Kristen Hart – Madison

25.
Holly Barlett – Heritage Hills

Team
and individual rankings were unavailable from
Jonesie this week ââ?¬â?? we can only assume heââ?¬â?¢s still partying over Michiganââ?¬â?¢s
drubbing of Notre Dame.

1.
Northridge – Raiders are the northeast’s only podium threat.

2.
Carroll (Fort Wayne)
– Blanchard and Ginther combo goes 1-2 on tough Snider course.

3.
Fort Wayne Concordia
Lutheran – Neubacher emerges as potential All-Stater for solid Cadet team.

4.
DeKalb – All-Stater Hissong is due for a breakout race for the Barons.

5.
Huntington
North – Barring something catastrophic, Vikings should advance to state finals.

6.
Goshen

7.
Fort Wayne
Northrop

8.
Western

9.
Jay County

10.
Elkhart
Memorial

1.
Chelsea Blanchard ââ?¬â?? Carroll (Fort
Wayne)

2.
Juliana Roche – Fort Wayne Canterbury

3.
Samantha Ginther – Carroll (Fort
Wayne)

4.
Tynae Wilson – Fort Wayne
Snider

5.
Sara Tereshema – Richmond

6.
Hannah Miller – Northridge

7.
Emily Dean – Jimtown

8.
Sarah Neubacher – Fort Wayne
Concordia Lutheran

9.
Karissa Cominator – Northridge

10.
Kara Van Horn – Huntington
North

11.
Jessie LaFree – Northridge

12.
Aimee Gingerich – Northridge

13.
Hannah Mercer – Northridge

14.
Sage Knopp – Central Noble

15.
Erica Ridderman – Warsaw

16.
Megan Miller – Northridge

17.
Rachel Hissong – DeKalb

18.
Hillary Stickell – Fort Wayne
Concordia Lutheran

19.
Ana Paez – Elkhart
Memorial

20.
Laura Ardington – Fort Wayne Canterbury

21.
Katy Ritchie – Northridge

22.
Emily Iddins – DeKalb

23.
Veronica Jersey – Whitko

24.
Kristen Fletcher – Fort Wayne
Concordia Lutheran

25.
Autumn Beachy – DeKalb

Teams
1. Valparaiso

2.
Portage

3.
Culver Academies

4.
Lake Central

5.
West Lafayette

6.
Chesterton

7.
New Prairie

8.
South Bend St.
Joseph’s

9.
Mishawaka
Marian

10.
South Bend
Riley

1.
Alex Banfich ââ?¬â?? Culver Academies

2.
Amanda Hardesty – Valparaiso

3.
Lauren Hardesty – Valparaiso

4.
Linsey Daluga – West Lafayette

5.
Megan Plenus – Lake
Central

6.
Mary Catherine Quiett – Mishawaka
Marian

7.
Melinda Misch – Portage

8.
Tiffany Fowler – South Bend
Riley

9.
Dana Payonk – Lake
Central

10.
Courtney Bennet – Kouts

11.
Katelyn Eberhardt – Mishawaka

12.
Mary Kate Mellen – Michigan City

13.
Kiley Trennepohl – Culver Academies

14.
Sunsea Shaw – South Bend
Riley

15.
Tiffany Caluag – Portage

16.
Natalie Goolik – Highland

17.
Sarah Konkey – Oregon-Davis

18.
Brittaney Humphrey – New Prairie

19.
Jaclyn Jessen – Kouts

20.
Kelsey Lewark – West Lafayette

21.
Ashlee Karp – Valparaiso

22.
Tina Guidarelli – Chesterton

23.
Sarah Hutchings – Penn

24.
Paula Puntillo – Andrean

25.
Melissa Gymrek – Andrean

So
what do you think? Share your thoughts in our Girls Cross Country forum.