Happy State XC day. Here are some links that may be useful: State primer preprunningnerd.com/post/nl1… Individual rankings preprunningnerd.com/week7ran… Team rankings preprunningnerd.com/rankings Live results - no link has been posted yet, but most likely will be at results.raceroster.com/v3/ev… or nsaahome.org/nsaa-cross-coun… or live.athletic.net/meet-list?… Course map attached No room for fear or doubt preprunningnerd.com/post/fea…

We've issued our final Nerd rankings of the season. It's a labor of love; while we lost most of our Sunday mornings for the last eight weeks, it did allow us to become familiar with the results of over 200 outstanding runners. Here's a recap of the boys' rankings: In Class A, Norfolk's Liam Gonzalez earns the first #1 ranking of his career after edging Papio South's Aiden Gehring at Districts. These two boys have separated from the Class A field, and it's a toss-up who will win at State. Gavin Leeper of Westside and Mitchell Ripley of LSW return to the rankings at #9 and #10 after strong District performances. Elijah Bickley is the biggest mover, jumping from #14 to #7 after he and #6 Leverett Stricklett of Prep tied for the 2nd-fastest District times at Pioneer's Park on Wednesday. In Class B, Jackson Einspahr of Seward maintains his stranglehold on #1 after his finish at Overton was 25 seconds better than the rest of the B3/B4 competitors. Carter Ribble of Beatrice and Sam Robinson of Norris move up to #2 and #3 after posting the two fastest times at Beatrice in B1/B2. Ethan Smith of Northwest jumps from #8 to #4 by winning his District meet and posting the second fastest time at Overton. Isac Portillo-Munoz of Lexington and Joe Norman of Pius return to the rankings. The top four spots in Class C are unchanged, but Holdrege's Christophe Widick returns to the rankings at #5 after finishing 4th at the loaded C5 meet. His teammate Hunter Mueller earns his first ranking of the season at #12 after finishing 5th in C5. Esten Kohl of Platteview is the biggest mover, improving from #12 to #8 after winning the C2 meet at Boys Town. Teddy Haake of Norfolk Catholic and Gage Thull of Minden return to the rankings at #14 and #15. We don't have many changes in Class D. The Cornerstone boys and Jaiden Anderson of Archangels first met a few weeks ago at Battle Creek and raced again at the D2 meet, and the results there led to a slight change. Kole Krusemark of Ponca is the only new arrival at #15; he was previously ranked in Week 2 and 3. In addition to the top 10 boys listed on these graphics, you can find team names, the boys ranked #11-#15, and the boys on the final Nerd watch list at preprunningnerd.com/week7ran…. If you'd like to review prior week rankings as well as the coaches' team rankings for the entire year, go to our website at preprunningnerd.com/rankings.

The final coaches' polls for Classes B, C and D have been released. Heading into Friday's State meet, here are the top-ranked teams: Class B Boys - North Platte, up from #2 last week Girls - Lincoln Pius Class C Boys - Lincoln Christian Girls - Adams Central, up from #2 last week Class D Boys - Doniphan-Trumbull Girls - Crofton The final Class A poll was issued last week and reflects Creighton Prep as the top-ranked boys' team and Millard West as the girls' favorite. To view the coaches’ polls for the entire year, as well as the Nerd individual rankings, go to preprunningnerd.com/rankings. Our final individual rankings will be issued tomorrow.