Meet:  		AAA Girls State Meet Predictions
Location:	Cabell Midland High School
Date:		To be held October 31, 2010

Predicted AAA Girls Team Results
This could be the closest team race of the day. I have the top 3 separated by just 11 points. Most people seem to think that this is simply a Preston/University battle, but Hampshire has a very strong squad. I have Preston taking the win by just two points over University, so it won't take much of a jump by anyone for that to reverse. Hampshire has a couple girls that have been a bit up and down during the season. If they all have an "up" day, the Eastern Panhandle could take home the title for the 2nd year in a row. Morgantown looked very good at the Regional and could squeeze into the top 3, but I have trouble seeing them knocking off Preston or University. I have Hurricane ten points ahead of Parkersburg for the 5th spot.
1.  Preston              60
2.  University           62
3.  Hampshire            71
4.  Morgantown           93
5.  Hurricane           121
6.  Parkersburg         131
7.  Bridgeport          159
8.  Buckhannon-Upshur   223
9.  George Washington   224
10. Greenbrier East     285

Predicted AAA Girls Top 25
Letitia Propst looks to close her High School career the same way she opened it...with a State Championship. She comes in as a pretty clear favorite having not been beaten by an in-state athlete all season. She hasn't completely obliterated the field in a lot of meets, though, so there is hope for others. Alyssa Scherich has been very strong all season and has great closing speed. Kaitlyn Workman has been strong all season as well and has looked very good late. Morganne Phillips has finished as close to Propst as anyone. Madison Hill missed the early part of the season with an injury but seems to have come back strong late in the season. I was very tempted to drop her into the 2nd spot. I'm a believer. Sydney Pineault had been missing since September 11th prior to her Regional run, but it was quite a run. Amelia Paladino has been very strong all year. Jorden Thornton scored a top 5 last year. Lindsey Hash looked very good early in the season but seems to have really struggled late. She's got the potential to score a top 3, so I hated to leave her out of the top 10. Ashley Shultz gets a narrow nod for the 10th spot. This was a really tough set of picks. I could easily see most of this group in the top 10, so obviously, these ladies are going to have to run well to accomplish it.

The predicted top 25 are as follows.

Pick	Score	Name	 		Year	School
1	X	Propst, Letitia		12	Elkins     
2	X	Scherich, Alyssa		11	Fairmont Senior
3	1	Workman, Kaitlyn		9	Preston     
4	2	Phillips, Morganne	10	Bridgeport
5	3	Hill, Madison		12	Parkersburg
6	4	Pineault, Sydney		9	Morgantown
7	5	Paladino, Amelia		9	University
8	X	Thornton, Jorden		10	Cabell Midland
9	X	Hash, Lindsey		12	Jefferson
10	6	Shultz, Ashley		12	Preston     
11	X	Harrison, Emma		10	North Marion
12	7	Lipps, Rachel		9	Hampshire
13	8	Lynch, Emily		9	University
14	9	Wheeler, Katelyn		11	University
15	10	Harshbarger, Brynn	10	Morgantown
16	11	Guyer, Carissa		12	Hampshire
17	12	Lewis, Danielle		11	Hampshire
18	13	Shaffer, Laura		12	Preston     
19	14	Dent, Tori		9	Hurricane
20	15	Lynch, Allison		9	Morgantown
21	16	Hulett, Racheal		11	Preston     
22	X	Kirk, April		10	Park. South
23	17	Martinelli, Deborah	11	University
24	18	Voreh, Erica		11	Bridgeport
25	19	Burkett, Sara		11	Hampshire