The preseason cross country rankings have been released by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.
Here is the complete top 20 for both the girls and boys in Class 4A:
Girls
1. Johnston
2. Pleasant Valley
3. Waukee Northwest
4. Waukee
5. Iowa City High
6. Cedar Falls
7. Dubuque Senior
8. ANKENY
9. Valley
10. Dubuque Hempstead
11. Dallas Center-Grimes
12. ANKENY CENTENNIAL
13. Des Moines Roosevelt
14. Dowling Catholic
15. Norwalk
16. Linn-Mar (Marion)
17. Davenport Central
18. Ames
19. Cedar Rapids Prairie
20. Indianola
Boys
1. Cedar Falls
2. Iowa City High
3. Waukee Northwest
4. Dowling Catholic
5. Cedar Rapids Prairie
6. Dallas Center-Grimes
7. Bettendorf
8. Indianola
9. Norwalk
10. Iowa City Liberty
11. ANKENY
12. Johnston
13. Marshalltown
14. Cedar Rapids Kennedy
15. Dubuque Hempstead
16. Pleasant Valley
17. ANKENY CENTENNIAL
18. Ames
19. Waukee
20. Sioux City North
In the individual rankings, Ankeny senior Makenna Madetzke is 14th among the girls in Class 4A. Junior Ellie Blevins of Ankeny Centennial is ranked 29th.
In the boys’ rankings, Ankeny senior Isaiah Smith is 19th in Class 4A.