St. Margaret's Boys Top CIF-SS Preseason Cross-Country Poll

Here are the CIF Southern Section cross-country preseason division rankings by Rich Gonzalez of ESPNHS/DyeStatCal.

The teams covered by Orange County Patch sites are in bold. Complete rankings for all divisons can be found at cifss.org.

BOYS

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Arcadia; 2. Rancho Cucamonga; 3. Dana Hills; 4. Trabuco Hills; 5. El Toro; 6. Great Oak; 7. Corona; 8. Long Beach Poly; 9. Burbank; 10. Burroughs/Burbank.

DIVISION 3 -- 1. Palos Verdes; 2. West Torrance; 3. St. John Bosco; 4. Brea Olinda; 5. San Juan Hills; 6. Cathedral; 7. Granite Hills; 8. Buena Park; 9. South Pasadena; 10. Damien.

DIVISION 4 -- 1. Don Bosco Tech; 2. Salesian; 3. JSerra; 4. Laguna Beach; 5. Nordhoff; 6. Harvard-Westlake; 7. Crespi; 8. Fillmore; 9. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks; 10. Paraclete.

DIVISION 5 -- 1. St. Margaret's; 2. Desert Christian/Lancaster; 3. Woodcrest Christian; 4. Flintridge Prep; 5. Xavier Prep; 6. Thacher; 7. Pasadena Poly; 8. Sage Hill; 9. Buckley; 10. Chadwick.

GIRLS

DIVISION 1 -- 1. Great Oak; 2. Dana Hills; 3. Vista Murrieta; 4. Warren; 5. San Clemente; 6. Rancho Cucamonga; 7. Trabuco Hills; 8. Arcadia; 9. Corona; 10. Crescenta Valley.

DIVISION 2 -- 1. Saugus; 2. Simi Valley; 3. Redondo Union; 4. Woodbridge; 5. Foothill; 6. Tesoro; 7. Ayala; 8. Mira Costa; 9. Serrano; 10T. Canyon/Anaheim; 10T. Thousand Oaks.

DIVISION 3 -- 1. Palos Verdes; 2. Corona del Mar; 3. Granite Hills; 4. Bonita; 5. Northwood; 6. San Luis Obispo; 7. West Torrance; 8. Mater Dei; 9. San Juan Hills; 10. South Pasadena.

DIVISION 4 -- 1. Harvard-Westlake; 2. JSerra; 3. La Reina; 4. Flintridge Sacred Heart; 5. El Segundo; 6. Bishop Montgomery; 7. Mayfield; 8. Notre Dame/Sherman Oaks; 9. Morro Bay; 10. Marlborough.

DIVISION 5 -- 1. Chadwick; 2. Flintridge Prep; 3. Thacher; 4. St. Margaret's; 5. Xavier Prep; 6. Pasadena Poly; 7. Cate; 8. Desert Christian/Lancaster; 9. Sage Hill; 10. Woodcrest Christian.