2008 Public League Boys Cross Country Rankings

Jose Mora of Payton (left) and Kulayfi Haji of Lane (right) look to challenge for the individual city cross country title this fall.

1.Northside Prep - Maroons return everyone from runner up team that was one point away from winning city last year.

2. Lane Tech - If the Indians stay healthy - they will be tough to beat.

3. Mather - It's tough to count out the two time defending city champs who return defending city champion Ivan Coronel

4. Whitney Young- If the Dolphins develop their young talent, they may surprise everyone and finish in the top 2 at city this year.

5. Lincoln Park-  Number one runner Derek Schnake has graduated; it's now his brother Brandon Schnake (junior) to step up.

6. Lake View - 2007 State qualifiers Areki and Agafonov have graduated; The Wildcats hope to rebuild from members of it's 2007 city 5th place frosh-soph team. Lake View is probably the best class 2A cross country program in the city.

7. Payton- Unless the Grizzlies can do more recruiting, 2007 frosh-soph runner up Jose Mora, will run the show at Payton 

8. Kenwood - The Broncos may have the best cross country program in the South Side.

9. Taft -  The potential is there at this school; but they will need more numbers on their team.

10. Urban Prep -  This small all-boys school made a splash at the frosh-soph level in track. A good goal for them would be to field a varsity cross country team.

 

 

 

 

Lakeview is a program on the rise in the Public League.