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For the second consecutive week Clear Creek Amana has climbed in the Iowa Association of Track Coaches girls cross country rankings and the most recent jump for the Clippers was a big one.

Clear Creek Amana moved up five spots to fifth in the most recent IATC Class 3A rankings released by the organization on Tuesday.

The Clippers trail only top-ranked Pella, No. 2 Gilbert, Ballard and ADM in the 3A rankings and are just in front of WAMAC rivals Mount Vernon-Lisbon which is sixth and Solon which is seventh in this week’s rankings.

The Spartans dropped three spots from last week to seventh.

Three Your Prep Sports area teams appear in the Class 4A rankings this week.

City High moved up three spots to No. 10 in Class 4A while Liberty High makes its season debut in the rankings at No. 19.

West High remained No. 20 in the 4A rankings for the third week in a row.

Regina made a big climb in the Class 1A rankings moving up four spots to No. 8.

Top-ranked teams in the second rankings this season are Johnston in Class 4A, Pella in Class 3A, Mid-Prairie in 2A and Earlham in Class 1A.

Iowa Association of Track Coaches Girls Cross Country Rankings

Class 4A

1. Johnston

2. Dubuque Hempstead

3. Pleasant Valley

4. Dubuque Senior

5. Ankeny

6. Ankeny Centennial

7. West Des Moines Valley

8. Waukee

9. Ames

10. City High 

11. Dallas Center-Grimes

12. Waukee Northwest

13. Indianola

14. West Des Moines Dowling

15. Cedar Falls

16. Southeast Polk

17. Linn-Mar

18. Cedar Rapids Prairie

19. Liberty High 

20. West High 

Class 3A

1. Pella

2. Gilbert

3. Ballard

4. ADM

5. Clear Creek Amana 

6. Mount Vernon-Lisbon

7. Solon 

8. Glenwood

9. Harlan

10. Sioux City Heelan

11. Center Point-Urbana

12. Clear Lake

13. Washington

14. Marion

15. MOC-Floyd Valley

16. Waverly-Shell Rock

17. Sioux Center

18. Atlantic

19. Council Bluffs Lewis Central

20. Davenport Assumption

Class 2A

1. Mid-Prairie

2. Albia

3. Monticello

4. Denver

5. Tipton

6. Unity Christian

7. Sumner-Fredericksburg

8. Des Moines Christian

9. Van Meter

10. Hudson

11. Sioux Central

12. Clarinda

13. Jesup

14. Union

15. Okoboji

16. Cherokee

17. Williamsburg

18. George-Little Rock/Central Lyon

19. Forest City

20. Pella Christian

Class 1A

1. Earlham

2. Madrid

3. Dyersville Beckman

4. North Linn

5. Alta-Aurelia

6. Fort Dodge St. Edmond

7. South Winneshiek

8. Regina 

9. Pekin

10. Martensdale-St. Marys

11. Woodbine

12. Central Decatur

13. AHSTW

14. Collins-Maxwell

15. Grand View Christian

16. Logan-Magnolia

17. ACGC

18. Boyer Valley

19. Grundy Center

20. Central Springs

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