Carmel may have the best high school girls cross country team in the nation. Certainly, the Greyhounds’ performance at last weekend’s Culver Academies Invitational would make that case.

Carmel’s girls swept five of the top six finish spots and scored a near-perfect 17 points in winning the Elite Division at Indiana’s largest cross country meet.

The Warsaw girls team, which finished in eighth place in the Elite Divison at Culver on Saturday, is No. 11 in this week’s poll. Coach Matt Campbell’s team will compete in the Northern Lakes Conference Meet Saturday at Ox Bow Park. The Tigers went undefeated to win the NLC regular-season title.

Carmel’s boys continue to be ranked No. 1, as well, in this week’s state poll, released by the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (IATCCC).

No. 2-ranked Carroll (Fort Wayne) may have the depth to challenge Carmel’s boys at the state finals in October.

Another school located near Fort Wayne, Homestead, is ranked No. 2 among girls.

BOYS

1, Carmel

2, Carroll (Fort Wayne)

3, Fishers

4, Hamilton Southeastern

5, Westview

6, Lowell

7, Fort Wayne Concordia

8, Columbus North

9, Indianapolis Brebeuf

10, Avon

11, Westfield

12, West Lafayette

13, Valparaiso

14, Noblesville

15, Indianapolis Cathedral

16, Tell City

17, Penn

18, Lake Central

19, Zionsville

20, LaPorte

21, Fort Wayne Northrop

22, Huntington North

23, Portage

24, Bloomington North

25, Indianapolis North Central

GIRLS

1, Carmel

2, Homestead

3, Carroll (Fort Wayne)

4, Penn

5, Zionsville

6, Bloomington North

7, Noblesville

8, Columbus North

9, Fishers

10, Guerin Catholic

11, Warsaw

12, Valparaiso

13, West Lafayette

14, LaPorte

15, Hamilton Southeastern

16, Westfield

17, Lake Central

18, Lowell

19, Indianapolis Cathedral

20, Floyd Central

21, Portage

22, Terre Haute North

23, Munster

24, Fort Wayne Northrop

25, Bloomington South