Meet:  		AAA Boys State Meet Predictions
Location:	Cabell Midland High School
Date:		To be held October 30, 2010

Predicted AAA Boys Team Results
This is the highlight race of the day in both the team and individual categories. Cabell Midland simply appears to have too much depth. That gives them a little more room for error. I actually have Jefferson ahead through four runners, which means that if Jefferson gets a big-time run from Andrew Milliron or Jimmy Munnis, they could take the win. I don't really think anyone else has a chance. Parkersburg will try to hold off Preston and Fairmont Senior for 3rd. Those three positions could go any which way. Huntington could actually have a shot to move up as high as third. They've been hindered by a lingering injury to Sam Smith.
1.  Cabell Midland       51
2.  Jefferson            63
3.  Parkersburg         119
4.  Preston             129
5.  Fairmont Senior     130
6.  Huntington          149
7.  Hampshire           163
8.  University          193
9.  Musselman           205
10. George Washington   253
11. Elkins              287
12. Greenbrier East     348
13. Nicholas            384

Predicted Boys AAA Top 25
I don't really think there are predictions for 1st through 4th. I think it's more like 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. Dayton McVicker still hasn't run an all-out race this year, which makes him a little hard to gauge. However, the ease with which he pulled away from Brandon Doughty and Eric Graf in the last mile of the Times Invitational left quite an impression. I tend to think that McVicker is the hardest working one of the group. I think Jacob Burcham is the most talented of the group. He's run some incredible times in some big out-of-state meets. Pelliccioni won the meet two years ago, and I have to believe he's better now than he was then. He's certainly a threat to win. Brandon Doughty is the defending champion and probably the gutsiest runner in the group. He also has great closing speed, so if these guys are going to beat him, they probably want to get rid of him before they hit the track. He'll probably also be running with a chip on his shoulder because there's pretty much nobody out there picking him to win. For anyone outside these four to win, this would have to turn into a tactical race and be executed very poorly. Eric Graf has a pair of wins over Doughty and has really stepped forward this year. Tyler Salmons didn't run the Regional meet, but I don't think that's going to hurt him any. He's been very fast over the 2nd half of the season. Peter Schwarzenberg was stellar at the Geico Classic, but he's not looked quite as good in the 2nd half of the season. Brody Born has been strong late in the season. Joseph Kirtner didn't have an exceptional Regional run, but he's been very strong all season. Jordan Brown-Stobbe has also been very strong late in the season. Any of these top 25 scoring a top 10 wouldn't be a huge surprise. It's going to be very, very fun to watch.

Pick	Score	Name	 		Year	School
1	1	McVicker, Dayton		12	Fairmont Senior
2	2	Burcham, Jacob		10	Cabell Midland
3	X	Pelliccioni, Cody	12	Morgantown
4	3	Doughty, Brandon		12	Jefferson
5	4	Graf, Eric		11	Jefferson
6	5	Salmons, Tyler		11	Cabell Midland
7	6	Schwarzenberg, Peter	11	Preston     
8	7	Born, Brody		10	Preston     
9	X	Kirtner, Joseph		11	Winfield
10	8	Brown-Stobbe, Jordan	11	University
11	X	Jividen, Patrick		12	Winfield
12	9	Graf, Ryan		10	Jefferson
13	10	Harmon, Josh		12	Parkersburg
14	11	Rigsby, Austin		12	Musselman
15	12	Wilson, Chris		12	Hampshire
16	13	Waugh, Jeremy		10	Cabell Midland
17	14	Smith, Ryan		12	Cabell Midland
18	15	Munnis, Sam		11	Jefferson
19	16	Loughran, Tim		12	Hampshire
20	X	Greza, Cameron		10	Morgantown
21	17	Campbell, Avery		10	Cabell Midland
22	18	Smith, Ashton		12	Huntington
23	X	Davis, Joshua		12	Washington
24	19	McDonald, Cody		12	Musselman
25	20	Edgell, Todd		12	Fairmont Senior