Meet: AAA Girls State Meet Predictions Location: Mineral Wells, WV Date: To be held October 30, 2004 Predicted AAA Girls Team Results Morgantown looks nearly unbeatable with 5 of the top 14 girls in the individual rankings. Preston has an excellent team as well with 5 of the top 25. Elkins appears to be well behind the other two but is still a strong team. Elkins could score a little better if Erika Thompson runs. She didn't run the Conference or Regional Meets, so she was left off the State Meet predictions. North Marion should make the top 4 a sweep for the NCAC but will have to hold off Cabell Midland and Parkersburg who both have their eyes on squeezing out a top 3 finish. 1. Morgantown 32 2. Preston 54 3. Elkins 95 4. North Marion 112 5. Cabell Midland 118 6. Parkersburg 119 7. Jefferson 159 8. Hedgesville 220 9. South Charleston 275 10. George Washington 284 Predicted AAA Girls Top 25 Keri Bland has knocked off Claire Berryman each time they have raced this season including a resounding win at the Regional Meet. However, Berryman always performs well on the Cross Country big stage and will make this a very close race and could repeat as champion. Amber Riley has stepped up late in the season and looks fairly solidly in third. Heather Saffel had an outstanding regional race and finished right behind Riley at the NCAC conference meet. Kaylyn Christopher has been strong throughout the season and is eyeing a top 5 finish. Ahna Lewis was 2nd last year and has the upward potential to finish in the top 3. Lauren DeMarco won the Chick-Fil-A Invitational and finished 3rd at the Mountaintop Combo. She's fallen off a bit since but is clearly capable of running with the lead group. Maria Dalzot was 2nd two years ago and is capable of moving up. Molly Stevens won handily at her Conference and Regional Meets. Aubrey Moskal looks to hold off a host of others for the final All-State spot. There are numerous girls who could legitimately climb into the top 10. Here is the predicted top 25. Place Score Name Year Team 1 1 Bland, Keri 11 North Marion 2 2 Berryman, Claire 12 Morgantown 3 3 Riley, Amber 10 Preston 4 4 Saffel, Heather 11 Elkins 5 5 Christopher, Kaylyn 10 Preston 6 6 Lewis, Ahna 10 Morgantown 7 X DeMarco, Lauren 10 Robert C. Byrd 8 7 Dalzot, Maria 11 Morgantown 9 X Stevens, Molly 10 Huntington 10 8 Moskal, Aubrey 9 Morgantown 11 X Vernon, Hannah 9 University 12 9 Berry, Emma 9 Morgantown 13 10 Hamilton, Mariah 9 North Marion 14 11 Boening, Brooke 10 Jefferson 15 12 Teets, Ashley 9 Preston 16 X Knotts, Chelsea 9 Ripley 17 13 Thomas, Alicia 10 Cabell Midland 18 X Griffith, Kelsey 9 Park. South 19 14 Hamric, Karly 12 Preston 20 X Henderson, Hannah 10 Nicholas 21 15 Riley, Rachel 9 Cabell Midland 22 16 Jaskot, Alexandra 10 Cabell Midland 23 X Lemons, Kylie 9 Spring Valley 24 17 Kenaston, Rachel 11 Parkersburg 25 18 Arthurs, Erica 11 Morgantown