La Salle girls harriers ranked sixth in preseason poll

Courtesy of Larry Byrne, which he extracted from the DyeStat Web site. ``It indicates," Byrne points out, "the LaSalle girls team ranked as #6 in the Northeast [less New York, which is a region to itself]."

2007 NTN Preseason Rankings [NTN = Nike Team Nationals]
Top 10 teams in the nine Nike Team National regions heading into the 2007 cross country season. By the NTN rankings committee 8/15/2007

There's new blood in the NTN rankings this year. Thirty-seven of the 180 teams ranked top 10 in the nine regions are entering the rankings for the first time in the 4-year history of Nike Team Nationals. All of the Number 1 teams are familiar names, though. Two schools have the honor of #1 regional ranking by both their boys & girls teams -- Midlothian VA in the Southeast and Carroll Southlake TX in the South. .

NTN Northeast Preseason Rankings by the NTN Rankings Committee 8/15/2007
Northeast Girls

Rank Club(School) State Comment
1 Colts Neck XC Club (Colts Neck) NJ ~ State champ, #2 NE and 4th-place NTN returns 5 of 7 led by rebounding Bri Jackucewicz
2 Hanover XC Club (Hanover) NH ~ State and New England champ has everyone back led by state/NE winner Georgia Griffin
3 Bromfield XC Club (Bromfield) MA ~ State and New England champ has everyone back led by state/NE winner Georgia Griffin [error-repeat of above comment]
4 Succasunna XC Club (Roxbury) NJ ~ State Div II champ has 6 of 7 back led by state winner Emily Jones
5 Emmaus XC Club (Emmaus) PA ~ Top 6 back from state 3A runner-up team, 2 juniors and 4 sophs
6 Providence XC Club (LaSalle) RI ~ Returns state’s 1-2 finishers plus solid back-up after excellent track season
7 Donovan XC Club (Msgr Donovan) NJ ~ All scorers return for team that was 2nd to Colts Neck by 3 pts in conf champs
8 Sudbury XC Club (Lincoln Sudbury) MA ~ All 7 back plus deep J.V. group for state Div I runner-up squad
9 RBC XC Club (Red Bank Catholic) NJ ~ State 3rd-place team has 6 of 7 back
10 South Yarmouth XC Club (Dennis-Yarmouth) MA ~ State Div I champ has 4 solid performers plus developing new talent

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