Lake Central tops 1st Girls Cross-Country Poll
Carmel, Valparaiso, FW Carroll, and Columbus North follow

Chris May - IHSAASports.org
8/21/2008

2007 State runner-up Lake Central begins the 2008 IHSAA girls' cross-country season as the top ranked team, according to the initial Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches' poll.

Lake Central, who is scheduled to return their top four runners and five of their top seven from last year's State Meet, are rated ahead of Carmel, Valparaiso, Fort Wayne Carroll, and Columbus North in this week's rankings.

Three-time defending state champion Westfield begins the year ranked eighth, after the loss of a few seniors as well as Waverly Neer's transfer following a fantastic freshman season.

The complete rankings for the week of August 18:

1. Lake Central
2. Carmel
3. Valparaiso
4. FW Carroll
5. Columbus North
6. Bloomington South
7. Center Grove
8. Westfield
9. Bishop Chatard
10. Cathedral
11. Northridge
12. Dekalb
13. West Lafayette
14. Noblesville
15. Bloomington North
16. West Noble
17. Franklin Central
18. Lawrence North
19. Culver Academy
20. Munster
21. Madison
22. Terre Haute North
23. Edgewood
24. Goshen

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