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One of the things that I do to get ready for the season is do research for the upcoming cross-country season. I do admit it gets grueling and takes plenty of patience and perseverance going through every high school team in the state that competes in the IHSA.

Once I am done with al my research, I have three large notebooks full of information that I use when writing my previews. All that information helps with the rankings that start the season. Yes, it is hard work. Anything worth doing is putting in those hours. I learned that from running. It would be easy to take the short cut and ask a coach where do you think you should be ranked. I could not do that. It would not be professional and display laziness.

When everything stopped in March, I had the decision to make on whether to keep digging for info or just stop. I kept going. After my normal duties were done for the day, I would take 5 to 6 hours a day researching.

I did not know there would be a cross-country season. I had to hope. If there was one, I needed to be prepared.

ILXCTF.com will not do weekly rankings this season. Neither will ITCCCA with their coaches poll (that is what I have heard) and ilxcspeedratings.com. I will do final rankings at the conclusion of the IHSA Regional Meets and the ITCCCA Postal 5k Championships will be a big weight on my rankings.

The reasoning is easy on why not is simple. Smaller meets put in more variables as you are calculating on how high and how long a team will be positioned. Teams being positioned in different regions without being able to travel out of their region to compete in a bigger meet against tougher competition prohibits a fair ranking. That is what it comes down to when I came to the decision. The toughness of getting the small meet results also prohibits the rankings. You can get a good idea about a coach that is not willing to share results.

Since I did rank every school in the state, why not share a little of my research. I projected each sectional and what teams would be in there. I have been accurate the last couple of years so why not give it a shot.

THESE ARE NOT WHERE TEAMS WOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN SECTIONALS THIS SEASON. IT IS JUST A PROJECTION.

Here is a look at each sectional among the three classifications in Illinois High School Cross Country for the start of the 2020 season.

Have a GREAT season everyone!

Class 3A

Boys

		North				West
1	2	Winnetka New Trier	North	1	1	St. Charles East	West
2	5	Lake Zurich	North	2	4	Naperville North	West
3	8	Wilmette Loyola Academy	North	3	9	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	West
4	15	Barrington	North	4	14	Wheaton North	West
5	26	Deerfield	North	5	16	Wheaton-Warrenville South	West
6	28	Palatine	North	6	18	McHenry	West
7	29	Gurnee Warren Township	North	7	19	Aurora Waubonsie Valley	West
8	30	Park Ridge Maine South	North	8	23	Naperville Central	West
9	34	Arlington Heights Hersey	North	9	33	Algonquin Jacobs	West
10	35	Hoffman Estates	North	10	37	Geneva	West
11	36	Libertyville	North	11	42	Batavia	West
12	40	Lake Forest	North	12	45	Cary-Grove	West
13	43	Glenview Glenbrook South	North	13	53	Aurora East	West
14	47	Highland Park	North	14	56	St. Charles North	West
15	48	Northbrook Glenbrook North	North	15	57	Aurora West	West
16	49	Mt. Prospect-Prospect	North	16	63	Huntley	West
17	51	Skokie Niles North	North	17	65	Carpentersville Dundee-Crown	West
18	54	Evanston Township	North	18	67	South Elgin	West
19	55	Mundelein	North	19	68	Elgin	West
20	58	Fox Lake Grant	North	20	69	Bartlett	West

		East				South
1	3	Elmhurst York	East	1	10	Naperville Neuqua Valley	South
2	6	Downers Grove North	East	2	11	Yorkville	South
3	8	LaGrange Lyons Township	East	3	20	Minooka	South
4	12	Orland Park Sandburg	East	4	21	Oswego	South
5	13	Hinsdale Central	East	5	22	Oswego East	South
6	17	Downers Grove South	East	6	24	New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central	South
7	25	Chicago Jones Prep	East	7	27	Edwardsville	South
8	38	Chicago Lane Tech	East	8	31	Pekin	South
9	41	Oak Park-River Forest	East	9	32	Plainfield North	South
10	64	Chicago Whitney Young	East	10	39	O'Fallon	South
11	70	Berwyn-Cicero Morton	East	11	44	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	South
12	79	Chicago Marist	East	12	46	Lockport Township	South
13	81	Chicago Taft	East	13	50	Quincy	South
14	82	Blue Island Eisenhower	East	14	52	New Lenox Lincoln-Way West	South
15	85	Lombard Glenbard East	East	15	59	Normal Community West	South
16	88	Burbank Reavis	East	16	60	Joliet West	South
17	94	Palos Heights Shepard	East	17	61	Plainfield South	South
18	98	Villa Park Willowbrook	East	18	62	Joliet Central	South
19	100	Oak Lawn	East	19	66	Belleville East	South
20	104	Homewood-Flossmoor	East	20	73	Collinsville	South

Girls

		North				West
1	3	Mt. Prospect-Prospect	North	1	1	Naperville North	West
2	13	Barrington	North	2	5	Batavia	West
3	14	Arlington Heights Hersey	North	3	12	Glen Ellyn Glenbard West	West
4	16	Lake Zurich	North	4	17	Wheaton-Warrenville South	West
5	24	Wilmette Loyola Academy	North	5	18	Huntley	West
6	25	Palatine	North	6	19	St. Charles East	West
7	28	Winnetka New Trier	North	7	20	St. Charles North	West
8	32	Wheeling	North	8	26	Cary-Grove	West
9	34	Gurnee Warren Township	North	9	29	Rockton Hononegah	West
10	36	Libertyville	North	10	33	Geneva	West
11	40	Fox Lake Grant	North	11	37	Naperville Central	West
12	44	Park Ridge Maine South	North	12	38	South Elgin	West
13	45	Palatine Fremd	North	13	46	Algonquin Jacobs	West
14	51	Glenview Glenbrook South	North	14	48	Wheaton North	West
15	52	Northbrook Glenbrook North	North	15	57	McHenry	West
16	54	Evanston Township	North	16	61	Bartlett	West
17	56	Zion-Benton	North	17	64	Carpentersville Dundee-Crown	West
18	58	Lake Forest	North	18	66	Aurora Metea Valley	West
19	62	Lincolnshire Stevenson	North	19	72	Aurora West	West
20	67	Skokie Niles West	North	20	74	West Chicago	West

		East				South
1	7	Oak Park-River Forest	East	1	2	Yorkville	South
2	9	Downers Grove South	East	2	4	Oswego	South
3	10	Elmhurst York	East	3	6	Lockport Township	South
4	11	Downers Grove North	East	4	8	Minooka	South
5	17	LaGrange Lyons Township	East	5	22	Naperville Neuqua Valley	South
6	21	Hinsdale Central	East	6	23	New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central	South
7	30	Orland Park Sandburg	East	7	27	Normal Community	South
8	43	Villa Park Willowbrook	East	8	31	Edwardsville	South
9	47	Chicago Marist	East	9	35	Oswego East	South
10	55	Lombard Glenbard East	East	10	39	O'Fallon	South
11	59	Chicago Lane Tech	East	11	41	Pekin	South
12	60	Chicago Mother McAuley	East	12	42	Moline	South
13	63	Chicago Whitney Young	East	13	49	Plainfield North	South
14	73	Chicago Jones Prep	East	14	50	New Lenox Lincoln-Way West	South
15	79	Chicago Taft	East	15	53	Normal Community West	South
16	82	Franklin Park-Northlake Leyden	East	16	65	Frankfort Lincoln-Way East	South
17	85	Berwyn-Cicero Morton	East	17	68	Bolingbrook	South
18	94	Palos Hills AA Stagg	East	18	69	Granite City	South
19	99	Harvey Thornton	East	19	71	Belleville East	South
20	100	Oak Lawn	East	20	75	Belleville West	South

Class 2A

Boys

		North				East
1	6	Maple Park Kaneland	North	1	3	Wheaton St. Francis	East
2	7	Dixon	North	2	4	Chicago St. Ignatius Prep	East
3	12	Sycamore	North	3	16	Lisle Benet Academy	East
4	13	Aurora Marmion Academy	North	4	19	Chicago Mather	East
5	18	Crystal Lake Central	North	5	26	Riverside-Brookfield	East
6	22	Hampshire	North	6	28	Oak Park Fenwick	East
7	25	Belvidere North	North	7	31	Chicago Brother Rice	East
8	27	Burlington Central	North	8	33	Glen Ellyn Glenbard South	East
9	34	Woodstock	North	9	42	Niles Notre Dame	East
10	37	Marengo	North	10	50	Chicago Payton Prep	East
11	38	Arlington Hts St. Viator	North	11	51	Darien Hinsdale South	East
12	39	Grayslake Central	North	12	52	Elmwood Park	East
13	44	Wauconda	North	13	53	Chicago Solorio Academy	East
14	45	Lake Villa Lakes Community	North	14	57	Chicago St. Patrick	East
15	46	Crystal Lake South	North	15	74	Chicago Senn	East
16	47	Antioch	North	16	76	Bensenville Fenton	East
17	48	Sterling	North	17	79	LaGrange Park Nazareth Acad	East
18	60	Rockford Boylan	North	18	89	Chicago ITW David Speer	East
19	66	Aurora IMSA	North	19	90	Chicago Northside Prep	East
20	68	Freeport	North	20	91	Norridge Ridgewood	East

	Central				South
2	Mahomet-Seymour	Central	1	1	Chatham-Glenwood	South
5	Morton	Central	2	8	Troy Triad	South
10	Peoria Notre Dame	Central	3	9	Springfield	South
11	Oak Lawn HL Richards	Central	4	15	Mascoutah	South
14	Bartonville Limestone	Central	5	20	Champaign Central	South
17	Geneseo	Central	6	21	Olney Richland County	South
23	Lemont	Central	7	29	Marion	South
24	Metamora	Central	8	32	Carbondale	South
30	Normal University	Central	9	35	Rochester	South
36	Dunlap	Central	10	41	Centralia	South
40	East Peoria	Central	11	43	Urbana	South
56	Midlothian Bremen	Central	12	49	Mattoon	South
58	Chicago Hts Marian Catholic	Central	13	54	Taylorville	South
59	Bloomington	Central	14	55	Jacksonville	South
63	Morris	Central	15	61	Mt. Zion	South
64	Washington	Central	16	62	Highland	South
65	LaSalle-Peru	Central	17	67	Champaign Centennial	South
72	Richton Park Rich Twp	Central	18	71	Jerseyville-Jersey	South
82	Galesburg	Central	19	80	Herrin	South
85	Calumet City TF North	Central	20	81	Maroa-Forsyth	South

Girls

		North				East
1	5	Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge	North	1	1	Lisle Benet Academy	East
2	6	Vernon Hills	North	2	2	Chicago Latin School	East
3	8	Dixon	North	3	3	Oak Park Fenwick	East
4	9	Lake Villa Lakes Community	North	4	12	Chicago St. Ignatius Prep	East
5	11	Crystal Lake South	North	5	14	Wheaton St. Francis	East
6	20	Crystal Lake Central	North	6	17	Chicago Payton Prep	East
7	22	Burlington Central	North	7	24	River Forst Trinity	East
8	23	Maple Park Kaneland	North	8	32	Riverside-Brookfield	East
9	28	Wauconda	North	9	35	Darien Hinsdale South	East
10	30	Belvidere North	North	10	39	Chicago Northside Prep	East
11	33	Grayslake Central	North	11	45	Glen Ellyn Glenbard South
12	37	Rockford Boylan	North	12	52	LaGrange Park Nazareth Acad	East
13	42	Sterling	North	13	60	Chicago Resurrection	East
14	43	Sycamore	North	14	61	Evergreen Park	East
15	44	Arlington Hts St. Viator	North	15	62	Chicago Solorio Academy	East
16	47	Mundelein Carmel	North	16	73	Chicago De La Salle	East
17	50	Aurora IMSA	North	17	78	Norridge Ridgewood	East
18	55	Antioch	North	18	82	Chicago Mather	East
19	56	Grayslake North	North	19	90	Chicago ITW David Speer	East
20	58	Belvidere	North	20	93	Chicago Senn	East

		Central				South
1	4	Peoria Notre Dame	Central	1	13	Chatham-Glenwood	South
2	7	Bloomington	Central	2	16	Mt. Zion	South
3	10	Dunlap	Central	3	18	Highland	South
4	15	Mahomet-Seymour	Central	4	21	Carbondale	South
5	19	Lemont	Central	5	25	Mascoutah	South
6	26	Morton	Central	6	29	Troy Triad	South
7	27	Metamora	Central	7	31	Charleston	South
8	38	Washington	Central	8	34	Olney Richland County	South
9	41	Geneseo	Central	9	36	Champaign Central	South
10	46	Canton	Central	10	40	Urbana	South
11	57	East Peoria	Central	11	48	Bethalto Civic Memorial	South
12	66	Morris	Central	12	49	Columbia	South
13	67	Peoria Richwoods	Central	13	51	Waterloo	South
14	69	Oak Forest	Central	14	53	Springfield	South
15	70	New Lenox Providence	Central	15	54	Rochester	South
16	72	Ottawa Township	Central	16	63	Effingham	South
17	76	Chicago Hts Marian Catholic	Central	17	65	Jacksonville	South
18	77	LaSalle-Peru	Central	18	68	Centralia	South
19	79	Calumet City TF North	Central	19	74	East St. Louis-Senior	South
20	85	Midlothian Bremen	Central	20	80	Jerseyville-Jersey	South

Class 1A

Boys

		North				East
1	3	Elgin Harvest Christian Acad	North	1	5	Herscher	East
2	12	Rockford Christian	North	2	7	Niles Northridge Prep	East
3	23	Aurora Central Catholic	North	3	11	Chicago Latin School	East
4	25	Sherrard	North	4	22	Chicago University	East
5	28	Amboy	North	5	24	Joliet Catholic	East
6	32	Johnsburg	North	6	25	W Chgo Wheaton Acad	East
7	40	Seneca	North	7	29	Gilman Iroquois West	East
8	47	Port Byron Riverdale	North	8	30	Chicago DePaul Prep	East
9	48	Poplar Grove North Boone	North	9	42	Lombard Montini	East
10	53	Rock Falls	North	10	49	Chicago Leo Catholic	East
11	54	Pontiac	North	11	50	Kankakee McNamara	East
12	57	Rock Island Alleman	North	12	52	Palos Hts Chicago Christian	East
13	58	Byron	North	13	78	Clifton Central	East
14	70	Sterling Newman Catholic	North	14	81	Chicago Wolcott	East
15	72	Kewanee	North	15	82	Westmont	East
16	73	Erie-Prophetstown	North	16	86	Winnetka NSCD	East
17	75	Orion	North	17	93	Chicago Francis W Parker	East
18	79	East Dubuque	North	18	107	Beecher	East
19	87	Rockford Lutheran	North	19	113	Elmhurst Timothy Christian	East
20	90	Cambridge	North	20	122	Peotone	East

		Central				S Central
1	2	Stanford Olympia	Central	1	1	Monticello	S Central
2	4	Elmwood	Central	2	8	Tolono Unity	S Central
3	6	Deer Creek-Mackinaw	Central	3	10	St. Joseph-Ogden	S Central
4	9	El Paso-Gridley	Central	4	13	Urbana University	S Central
5	15	Chilicothe IL Valley Central	Central	5	16	Paxton-Buckley-Loda	S Central
6	33	Franklin	Central	6	20	Effingham St. Anthony	S Central
7	34	Macomb	Central	7	31	Marshall	S Central
8	37	Eureka	Central	8	36	Arthur-Lovington	S Central
9	43	Bloomington Central Catholic	Central	9	38	Robinson	S Central
10	44	Tremont	Central	10	56	Teutopolis	S Central
11	45	Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin	Central	11	59	Shelbyville	S Central
12	51	Hamilton-Warsaw	Central	12	68	Champaign St. Thomas More	S Central
13	55	Williamsville	Central	13	69	Toledo Cumberland	S Central
14	61	Clinton	Central	14	77	Carlinville	S Central
15	64	Auburn	Central	15	80	Decatur St. Teresa	S Central
16	65	Minonk Fieldcrest	Central	16	85	Litchfield	S Central
17	66	Havana	Central	17	91	Chrisman	S Central
18	67	Princeville	Central	18	95	Mt. Carmel	S Central
19	71	Liberty	Central	19	97	Bismarck-Henning	S Central
20	83	Heyworth	Central	20	102	Lawrenceville	S Central

		South
1	14	Glen Carbon Father McGivney	South
2	17	Roxana	South
3	18	DuQuoin	South
4	19	Benton	South
5	21	Trenton-Wesclin	South
6	26	Freeburg	South
7	35	Centralia Christ Our Rock Lut	South
8	39	Pinckneyville	South
9	41	Steeleville	South
10	46	Breese Mater Dei	South
11	60	Belleville Althoff Catholic	South
12	62	McLeansboro Hamilton County	South
13	63	Carterville	South
14	74	Fairfield	South
15	76	Vienna	South
16	84	West Frankfort-Frankfort	South
17	88	Okawville	South
18	89	Sparta	South
19	96	Norris City-Omaha-Enfield	South
20	99	Marissa	South

Girls

		North				East
1	1	Winnebago	North	1	11	Elmhurst IC Catholic Prep	East
2	6	Aurora Rosary	North	2	18	West Chicago Wheaton Acad	East
3	7	Rock Falls	North	3	21	Chicago University	East
4	14	Elgin Harvest Christian Acad	North	4	27	Westmont	East
5	15	Rockford Christian	North	5	32	Lombard Montini	East
6	23	Aurora Central Catholic	North	6	36	Kankakee McNamara	East
7	25	Seneca	North	7	39	Clifton Central	East
8	44	Toulon Stark County	North	8	40	Des Plaines Willows Academy	East
9	46	Orion	North	9	42	Chicago DePaul College Prep	East
10	47	Shabbona Indian Creek	North	10	52	Palos Heights Chicago Christian	East
11	54	Oregon	North	11	55	Wilmette Regina Dominican	East
12	62	Genoa-Kingston	North	12	56	Joliet Catholic	East
13	65	Sterling Newman Catholic	North	13	59	Elmhurst Timothy Christian	East
14	69	Johnsburg	North	14	68	Peotone	East
15	72	Rock Island Alleman	North	15	70	Gilman Iroquois West	East
16	79	Princeton	North	16	74	Herscher	East
17	80	Kewanee Wethersfield	North	17	75	Beecher	East
18	81	Rockford Lutheran	North	18	89	Winnetka NSCD	East
19	82	Cambridge	North	19	105	Skokie Ida Crown	East
20	87	Durand	North	20	112	Chicago Hope Academy	East

		Central				S Central
1	3	Normal University	Central	1	2	Monticello	S Central
2	5	Eureka	Central	2	4	Tolono Unity	S Central
3	13	Stanford Olympia	Central	3	8	St. Joseph-Ogden	S Central
4	19	Elmwood	Central	4	9	Marshall	S Central
5	22	Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin	Central	5	10	Urbana University	S Central
6	24	Williamsville	Central	6	12	Champaign St. Thomas More	S Central
7	26	El Paso-Gridley	Central	7	29	Newton	S Central
8	31	Bloomington Central Catholic	Central	8	33	Shelbyville	S Central
9	37	Tremont	Central	9	43	Decatur St. Teresa	S Central
10	49	Quincy Notre Dame	Central	10	45	Casey-Westfield	S Central
11	51	Pleasant Plains	Central	11	48	Staunton	S Central
12	58	Auburn	Central	12	50	Litchfield	S Central
13	60	Chilicothe IL Valley Central	Central	13	53	Teutopolis	S Central
14	64	Farmington	Central	14	63	Toledo Cumberland	S Central
15	66	Macomb	Central	15	67	Robinson	S Central
16	78	Fairbury Prairie Central	Central	16	71	Paxton-Buckley-Loda	S Central
17	83	Petersburg PORTA	Central	17	77	Paris	S Central
18	85	Franklin	Central	18	84	Carlinville	S Central
19	90	Aledo Mercer County	Central	19	86	Hillsboro	S Central
20	93	Havana	Central	20	88	Tuscola	S Central

		South
1	16	Benton	South
2	17	Roxana	South
3	20	DuQuoin	South
4	28	Freeburg	South
5	30	Anna-Jonesboro	South
6	34	Breese Mater Dei	South
7	35	Belleville Althoff Catholic	South
8	38	Pinckneyville	South
9	41	Breese Central	South
10	57	McLeansboro Hamilton Cty	South
11	61	Sparta	South
12	73	Metropolis Massac County	South
13	76	Carterville	South
14	91	Okawville	South
15	95	Marissa	South
16	98	Nashville	South
17	99	Steeleville	South
18	101	Red Bud	South
19	103	Goreville	South
20	106	Trenton-Wesclin	South

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