Meet: AAA Boys State Meet Predictions Location: Mineral Wells, WV Date: To be held October 29, 2005 Predicted AAA Boys Team Results Cabell Midland once again comes in as the favorite. With three likely to finish in the top 10 and depth that exceeds all other teams, they have to be the favorite. North Marion will try to hold off Preston for 3rd. North Marion has gotten the better of them most of the season and looks to have the upper hand coming in. Fairmont Senior could up-end both teams is they're hitting on all cylinders. However, they'll have their hands full just trying to hold off Parkersburg South for 4th. Jefferson has a shot at the 5th spot as well. When they're all on their game, as they were at the Regional Meet, they can make a major move. 1. Cabell Midland 61 2. North Marion 77 3. Preston 94 4. Fairmont Senior 118 5. Parkersburg South 125 6. Jefferson 155 7. Elkins 164 8. Hampshire 185 9. Parkersburg 209 10. Capital 245 11. George Washington 252 Predicted Boys AAA Top 25 It looks like we could have the ultra-rare occurrence of a Freshman walking away with the individual title. David Ciarolla has been at the top of the heap for almost the entire season. However, he was beaten by Josh Holley at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational, so he's certainly not unbeatable, and I expect this race to be very tight. Holley is the favorite for 2nd. Nick Walsh has been elevated to 3rd based on his MSAC Championship. David Bias also beat Holley at the MSAC meet. Brian Floyd beat Holley and Bias at the regional meet, so he has to be considered a threat as well. Cass Meadows finished 3rd last season and seems to be starting to come around late in this season. Travis Mersing's ranking has been hindered by the meets that he used simply as a tempo run. He's definitely better than his ranking indicates. Matt Rouzer has had some up-and-down performances. A good showing could land him in the top five. One of the bad ones could drop him out of the top 15. Corey Waybright has come on late and has the speed to move up. Andrew Skidmore was a bit off in his regional meet, but has been very steady throughout the season. Cory Hampshire is another Freshman that could easily move up the list into the top 6 or 7. There are a number of other runners who could crack the top 10 as well. Here are the predicted top 25. Place Score Name Year Team 1 1 Ciarolla, David 9 Fairmont Senior 290 2 2 Holley, Josh 12 Cabell Midland 252 3 3 Walsh, Nick 12 Geo. Washington 227 4 4 Bias, David 10 Cabell Midland 244 5 5 Floyd, Brian 12 Park. South 232 6 6 Meadows, Cass 11 Cabell Midland 211 7 7 Mersing, Travis 12 Preston 191 8 Rouzer, Matt 12 Musselman 217 9 Waybright, Corey 11 Ripley 207 10 Skidmore, Andrew 11 Robert C. Byrd 215 11 8 Hampshire, Cory 9 Jefferson 194 12 Frohnapfel, Eric 11 University 197 13 9 Cummings, Bryant 11 Elkins 198 14 Cole, Chris 10 University 186 15 10 Harris, Ethan 9 North Marion 192 16 Beabout, Ryan 10 Wheeling Park 173 17 Long, Matt 11 Morgantown 186 18 11 Serian, Zach 11 North Marion 159 19 12 Zurbuch, Alex 10 Elkins 167 20 13 Richardson, Drew 12 North Marion 176 21 14 Anderson, Jacob 12 Preston 165 22 15 Johnson, Ryan 12 Park. South 163 23 16 Binotto, John 9 Hampshire 163 24 17 Johnston, Kenny 12 Preston 148 25 18 Daniel, Derek 12 North Marion 167