The Iowa Association of Track Coaches has released the new cross country rankings for this week and Washington and Mid-Prairie continue to represent the KCII listening area. The Washington Demon boys are No. 13 this week in Class 3A, up three spots from a week ago. Micah Rees stands at No. 11 in the Class 3A individual poll, up one spot from 12th a week ago. The Demon girls are No. 14 in Class 3A this week, Washington was 16th last week, an improvement of two places. Iris Dahl stands at No. 16 in this weeks individual rankings, she jumped into the poll for the first time this year a week ago at No. 15. The Demon boys and girls ran last at Waterworks Park in Fairfield September 8th where the boys won the team title led by an individual championship for Rees. The Washington girls were runners-up with Dahl third. Washington runs at Fort Madison tonight.

In Class 2A, the Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk girls are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A for the second straight week. They have three ranked runners in their lineup with Danielle Hostetler in the top spot in the state followed by Abby Fleming remaining at No. 12 and Phoebe Shetler returning to the poll at No. 30. In the boys 2A rankings, Mid-Prairie remains at No. 8 this week. The Hawks have one ranked runner in their order with Emmett Swartzentruber at No. 10, up seven spots this week. The Hawks ran last Saturday at Monticello where the girls were team runners-up led by individual champion Hostetler and the boys were fourth in the team standings with Swartzentruber finishing sixth. The Mid-Prairie boys and girls will run in Pella Saturday at the All-Midwest Heartland Classic Meet.