Class AA Girls
4x800 Meter Relay
Berekley Springs took the lead on the 2nd lap and never looked back. They closed
the best 4x800 Meter Performance in State Meet history wish a 2:20 leg from Megan
Mock and a 2:19 leg from Rachel Buser. Weir was also faster than the prior
state record in taking 2nd. Berkeley Springs, of course, ended the race as the fastest
team ever. Weir ended as the 6th fastest ever and 2nd fastest ever in Class AA.
Winfield nearly slipped in under 10:00 behind Lisa Day's 2:22 anchor leg taking
them from 5th to 3rd. Ritchie was close behind in 4th. Magnolia was easily 5th. Keyser
held off Roane for 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 5 of 6.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Tyler Consolidated and Winfield easily topped the field with Tyler taking the win by 0.55
seconds. Frankfort snagged 3rd from the 3rd heat. Weir was solidly 4th with Lincoln
taking 5th. Oak Glen edged Shady Spring for 6th by 0.08. Tyler Consolidated's run placed
them as the #10 All-Time team in Class AA.
RunWV's Current Score: 11 of 12.
Shot Put
No surprise here, PikeView's Lindsay Rumburg outdistanced the field by nearly 3' in
winner her 2nd shot put title. Winfield's Bridget Harper was 2nd and Roane's
Shandi White 3rd as that pair out-tossed the remainder of the field by over 3'.
A pair of Freshmen, Oak Glen's Kylie Emfinger and Tyler Consolidated's Amanda
Miller, grabbed 4th and 5th. Tyler Consolidated's Jennifer Adams rounded
out the scoring.
RunWV's Current Score: 15 of 18.
Discus
Ritchie's Betsy Nelson wailed the discus nearly 8' futher than the competition.
PikeView's Lindsay Rumburg and Magnolia's Maria Rodrigues were the only
other throwers to top 100'. Oak Glen's Jamie Woofter scored a 4th and Webster's
Kara Bachman edged Winfield's Austin Hazlett by 3" for 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 20 of 24.
3200 Meter Run
Berkeley Springs' Rachel Buser proved to be one of the top stories from this year's
meet as she became only the 2nd WV girl ever to go under 11:00. Buser's time proved to
be just a bit faster, though, as she crossed the line as the All-Time top 3200 performer
in any class. Buser went out aggressively, really pulling away on lap 3. She crossed
the mile mark in 5:22 and came back in 5:35. Lost in the Buser hoopla was the oustanding
performance by her teammate Valerie Peer who turned in the 6th fastest Class AA
3200 time ever in easily taking 2nd. Tyler Consolidated's Brenna Hagerty smartly
did not get caught up in the early pace of Buser and Peer and took 3rd. Ritchie's Jamie
Cokeley used a bold burst at the start of the last lap and at one point had passed
Hagerty. She just held off Weir's Angela Lamp who nearly took the spot back with a
final kick of her own. Lamp had gone out aggressively, running with Peer for the first
3 laps. Winfield's Holly Rooper claimed the 6th spot. The first 4 finishers came
in under 12:00.
RunWV's Current Score: 26 of 30.
Long Jump
Shady Spring's Meghan Smith surprised nearly everyone by taking first in the event.
No jumper in the field went past 15'. Smith's leap of 14'10.75 was just 1/2" better than
Poca's Jordan Meadows. Lincoln's Stephanie Cole edged Petersburg's
Whitney Veach by 1/4" for 3rd. Independence's Morgan Bryant nipped Frankfort's
Ashley Brothers by 3/4" for 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 31 of 36.
400 Meter Dash
Winfield's Megan Farmer was the only runner to crack the 60 second barrier in taking
the event by nearly a second. Lisa Day and Emily Stewart gave Winfield a
1-2-3 finish in the event. Magnolia's Allison Rothlisberger grabbed 4th. Tyler
Consolidated's Brianna Clark held onto 5th just ahead of Frankfort's Brooke
Day
RunWV's Current Score: 37 of 42.
1600 Meter Run
Berkeley Springs' Rachel Buser was again dominant taking the event by 16 seconds.
Her time of 5:08.25 was strong enough to rank as the 6th best all time and 2nd best in
Class AA. Buser again went out aggressively, crossing 800 in 2:27. Teammate Valerie
Peer edged Weir's Angela Lamp for 2nd. Logan's Darby Mullen was very
strong in finishing 4th. Tyler Consolidated's Brenna Hagerty climbed to 5th on
the final lap. Keyser's Olivia Watson was a surprise 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 41 of 48.
High Jump
Freshman Megan Mock of Berkeley Springs was the only jumper to clear 5'4. Grafton's
Valerie Wood was the only other jumper to cross 5'2. No other jumpers cleared 5'0.
5 other jumpers cleared 4'10, leaving it to the tie-breakers to determine places. Winfield's
Lindsay Abshire scored a 3rd by virtue of winning the tie-breaker. Logan's
Darby Mullen and Weir's Leah Dankovchik ended tied for 4th. Magnolia's
Micah Bell once again slipped into the placer with her 6th place finish.
RunWV's Current Score: 46 of 54.
300 Meter Low Hurdles
As expected, Winfield's Megan Farmer once again dominated the field. She did so
despite running the 400 earlier in the morning. Her time scored her as the 7th fastest
Class AA time ever. Her closest competitor, Frankfort's Brooke Day also ran the
400. Philip Barbour's Katie Schubert and Oak Glen's Megan Coxen was 4th.
Weir's Megan Stevens grabbed 5th with Frankfort's Ashley Frankland taking
6th from the 1st heat.
RunWV's Current Score: 50 of 60.
100 Meter High Hurdles
Winfield's Micah Osborne was outstanding in running 15.35, tying her for the 2nd
faster Class AA performer of all time. Frankfort's Brooke Day was an easy 2nd and
proved not to be phased by running her 3rd race of the day. Oak Glen's Megan Coxen
slipped in ahead of Weir's Megan Stevens for 3rd. Magnolia's Hilary Heinzman
held 5th despite stumbling. Frankfort's Ashley Frankland won a close battle for 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 55 of 66.
100 Meter Dash
Weir's Ayreal Thompson and Winfield's Kelly Puterbaugh ran away from the field,
but it was Thompson who proved to be the swifter of the two. Her 12.51 landed her in a
tie for the 8th fastest Class AA performance ever. Oak Glen's Jordann Mitchell was
pretty easily 3rd. Point Pleasant's Mallory Nowlin slipped in just ahead of
Tyler Consolidated's Brianna Clark for 4th. Logan's Anitra Kelly just
edged in for 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 59 of 72.
Pole Vault
Only 8 vaulters cleared the opening height. Winfield's Maggie Tincher was the class
of the field with her 11' vault. The event ended with Tincher as the #4 All-Time vaulter
regardless of class and #1 in Class AA. Teammate Alicia Etzkorn gave Winfield a
1-2 finish with her 9'6 vault. No one else clared more than 8'6. Ritchie's Kelli
Sealover and Winfield's Katie Puterbaugh tied for 3rd at 8'6. Ritchie's
Lacy Dodd, Magnolia's Amanda Howell and Point Pleasant's Rachel Hannum
hada 3-way tie for 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 64 of 78.
4x200 Meter Relay
Weir was dominant, outdistancing the field by over a second. The run was the 2nd best ever
for Class AA. Winfield was easily 2nd and tallied the 9th best time ever for Class AA.
Magnolia was easily 3rd. Tyler Consolidated was easily 4th. Oak Glen was easily 5th.
Lincoln was well back, but easily in 6th. As you can tell, there wasn't a tremendous
amount of drama in this race with the front 5 spacing out pretty evenly.
RunWV's Current Score: 70 of 84.
4x100 Meter Relay
Winfield held off Weir for the title as the pair scored the 3rd and 4th best Class AA times
ever, respectively. Tyler Consolidated squeezed ahead of Magnolia for 3rd. Point Pleasant
and Lincoln rounded out the placers.
RunWV's Current Score: 76 of 90.
800 Meter Run
Berkeley Springs' Rachel Buser made it 3 for 3 in her individual events, taking
the event in 2:20.84, which gave her the 10th best Class AA time ever. She again went
out aggressively, coming through in 66. Winfield's Lisa Day came up for 2nd
down the stretch. Weir teammates Carly Gregson and Angela Lamp snagged
3rd and 4th, just ahead of Roane's Aliy Bossert. Winfield's Holly Rooper
held on for 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 81 of 96.
200 Meter Dash
Weir's Ayreal Thompson completed her day with a 200 title to go with her 100
title and running the 7th fastest Class AA time ever. She was the only one in the
field to go under 26. Winfield's Megan Farmer pulled into 2nd ahead of Weir
freshman Sharron Gianessi. Kelly Puterbaugh and Emily Stewart
gave Winfield 3 placers in the event. Tyler Consolidated's Brianna Clark
rounded out the scoring.
RunWV's Current Score: 87 of 102.
4x400 Meter Relay
Weir used a 59.0 anchor leg from Sharon Gianessi to edge Oak Glen as both went
under 4:12. Weir crossed with the 8th best Class AA performance of all time.Winfield
snared a 3rd place finish. Magnolia was solidly 4th with Berkeley Springs and Shady
Spring easily taking 5th and 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 92 of 108.
The final score of 92 of 108 means that 85.2 % of the people picked to place did indeed place. Congratulations to those that proved us wrong.
Exceeding Predictions
The following athletes exceed our predictions by 3 or more places and
deserve special mention.
Mallory Nowlin, Point Pleasant -- 100 M (not picked, got 4th)
Lisa Day, Winfield -- 400 M (picked 5th, got 2nd)
Carly Gregson, Weir -- 800 M (not picked, got 3rd)
Darby Mullin, Logan -- 1600 M (not picked, got 4th)
Megan Coxen, Oak Glen -- 300 LH (not picked, got 4th)
Meghan Smith, Shady Spring -- Long Jump (not picked, got 1st)
Kylie Emfinger, Oak Glen -- Shot Put (not picked, 4th)
Lindsay Rumburg, PikeView -- Discus (picked 6th, got 2nd)
The following teams deserve kudos for scoring seven points or more higher than we predicted.
Class AA Girls Weir +19 Shady Spring +11 Frankfort +10 Oak Glen + 8 PikeView + 7
Class AA Boys
4x800 Meter Relay
Winfield's Ricardo Atkinson and Ravenswood's Andrew Benford each led
off in just under 2:00. However, Ravenswood botched their handoff, with their
second runner stumbling and then tumbling to the track. In the time it took to
get to his feet, Winfield was gone and several other teams had passed as well. At
the end of two legs, Winfield had a substantial lead, a full 6 seconds ahead of
Magnolia. Ravenswood was 10 seconds back. After 3 legs, Winfield still held a
6 second lead, but it was Scott who had moved into 2nd. Ravenswood was still 8 seconds
back. On the anchor leg, a 2:02 split from Charles Smith was plenty to hold
the lead for Winfield, who won by over 4 seconds. Ravenswood used a 1:58.5 leg from
Ben Miller to storm back into 2nd place. Scott held off Magnolia for 3rd.
Philip Barbour took 5th off a 2:00 anchor leg from Wayne Ridgway. Braxton
claimed the final point.
RunWV's Current Score: 5 of 6.
Shot Put
Pre-meet favorite M.J. Twyman of Keyser came through with a winning toss of
50'11.50. Webster's Matthew Cogar was the only other thrower to top 50' with
his throw of 50'3. Roane's Derek Hardman just missed the mark by an inch in
taking 3rd. Point Pleasant's Kevin Hudnall took 4th by less than 3" over Winfield's
Tyler Hamilton. Tyler Consolidated's Jacob Bonner rounded out the placers.
RunWV's Current Score: 11 of 12.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Only a pair of teams managed to clock under 60 seconds. Point Pleasant was the fastest
of these in 59.10. Lincoln just skimmed in under the barrier with a 59.99, just edging
out Ritchie by 0.09 for 2nd. Winfield was solidly in 4th with about a second and a half
distance in both directions. Magnolia beat out Tyler Consolidated for 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 16 of 18.
Discus
On a rainy evening that saw very few throwers have good days, Winfield's Alex Kovarik
bested the field with a throw of 146'1. Webster's Matthew Cogar followed up his
outstanding Shot Put effort with an equally strong Discus hurl, claiming his second 2nd
place finish of the day. Braxton's Kenny Hacker finished 3rd. Ritchie's Rustyn
Goff was the top underclassman in taking 4th. Keyser's John Helman scored a
5th place finish. Point Pleasant's Kevin Hudnall and Shady Spring's Tyler
Prince had matching throws, but Hudnall won the point on having a better 2nd best
throw.
RunWV's Current Score: 20 of 24.
Long Jump
Berkeley Springs' Tony Belt took the meet record with his outstanding leap of
23'5.50. That leap won him the event by over 3' and in the process gave him the 3rd
Best All-Time jump of any class and the top ever Class AA jump by 6.5". Winfield took
the next two spots with Tyler Kovarik and Bobby Cunningham each surpassing
20'. Sissonville's Kenner Lowe took 4th. Philip Barbour took the final two
spots with a Freshman and a Sophomore, Michael Hunter and Aaron Gould,
respectively.
RunWV's Current Score: 24 of 30.
3200 Meter Run
Sorry, but I don't have many notes from this. By the time lap 6 was completed, Ravenswood's
Andrew Benford had pulled out to a 6 second lead. Poca's Matt Null and
Winfield's Zach Noel were even for 2nd. By the end of lap 7, Benford had stretched
his lead to a comfortable 9 seconds. Null had pulled out on Noel by 2 seconds. On the
final lap, Benford cruised to the victory. Null used a late surge to hold off a kicking
Noel. Grafton's Brandon Miles held onto 4th. Scott's Jose Schultz just
held off a late kick by Ritchie's Michael Hardbarger. The first 4 were under 10:00.
RunWV's Current Score: 29 of 36.
High Jump
Berkeley Springs' Tony Belt again leaped up and over the rest of the field, clearing
6'8 and landing himself as the # 7 All-Time jumper and #3 in Class AA. Ritchie's Zach
Linville cleared 6'4 in taking 2nd. No other jumpers cleared 6'0. Logan's Kenneth
Akers took 3rd and Keyser's Tyrell Clay took 4th with each clearing 5'10.
Magnolia's Anthony Wells and Petersburg's Adam Strosnider tied for 5th
with each clearing 5'8.
RunWV's Current Score: 34 of 42.
400 Meter Dash
This was one of the most anticipated races of the meet. Any of about 6 people could
walk away with the title. Shady Spring's Brandon Phillips went out very aggressively,
building a commanding lead over the first 200 meters. He held on down the stretch to cross
in 50.50, just 0.14 ahead of Berkeley Springs' Ricky Kump and 0.33 ahead of Liberty
Harrison's John Natow. Tyler Consolidated's Trent Wable clocked a 50.57
to put the top 4 in at under 51. Ravenswood took the final two places with Ben
Miller and Ross Ritchie taking 5th and 6th, respectively.
RunWV's Current Score: 40 of 48.
1600 Meter Run
I have absolutely no notes on this race. Ravenswood's Andrew Benford took the
convincing victory by over 5 seconds. Ritchie's Michael Hardbarger finished
strong to take 2nd. Philip Barbour's Travis Snider was solidly in 3rd. Poca's
Matt Null again held off Winfield's Zach Noel in taking 4th. Grafton's
Brandon Miles rounded out the scoring.
RunWV's Current Score: 45 of 54.
Pole Vault
Ritchie's Michael Manning took the event with a vault of 13'. Winfield took the
next two spots with Sophomore Seth Beckner taking 2nd at 12'6 and Junior
Jordan Kessler taking 3rd at 12'0. Roane's Shane Lucas and Winfield's
Donald Pauley cleared 11'0 in taking 4th and 5th, respectively. Ritchie's
Chuck Richards scored the final point with his 10'6 vault.
RunWV's Current Score: 50 of 60.
300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles
Ritchie's Zach Linville ran away from the field, winning by well over a second and
scoring the 4th Best Class AA performance of all time. Liberty Harrison's John Taylor
took 2nd by over a second. Ravenswood's Ross Ritchie edged Roane's Shane Lucas
for 3rd. Lincoln's Richie Crites scored a 5th place finish. Shady Spring's
Kane Gyovai grabbed the final spot.
RunWV's Current Score: 56 of 66.
110 Meter High Hurdles
This was another highly anticipated race with three people having very legitimate shots
at taking the title. In the end, the power of Keyser's Jarran Shockley was too
much for Ritchie's Zach Linville to overcome and he took the victory for the
second year in a row. The margin was a scant 0.06. Shady Spring's Kane Gyovai
had a shaky start and couldn't get back to the leaders, but did pull through into
3rd place, edging Sissonville's Kenner Lowe by 0.04 for the spot. Liberty
Harrison's John Taylor was close behind in 5th. Point Pleasant's Justin
Smith slipped in for 6th by 0.06.
RunWV's Current Score: 62 of 72.
100 Meter Dash
Bluefield's Quentin Steptoe held off Winfield's Ian Ingraham in a tight
finish, taking the event by 0.04. Winfield's Wayne Pritt nipped Point Pleasant's
Newton Mattox for 3rd by 0.01. Liberty Harrison's John Natow and Magnolia's
Joey Farrell had the same time, but Natow gained the 5th place position when the
time was broken down to the thousandths place.
RunWV's Current Score: 67 of 78.
4x200 Meter Relay
Winfield completely ran away from the event taking the win by over 2 seconds. Their
time of 1:30.82 was the #4 All-Time Class AA performance. Berkeley Springs was easily
2nd, nearly 2 seconds ahead of 3rd. Keyser was 3rd, coming in about a half-second ahead
of Herbert Hoover. Shady Spring was solidly in 5th. Ritchie came out of the 1st heat
to take 6th.
RunWV's Current Score: 72 of 84.
4x100 Meter Relay
Winfield wasn't as dominant in the 4x100 as they were in the 4x200, but they still won
the event, and did so in 43.72, scoring them the #3 All-Time Class AA performance.
Berkeley Springs wasn't far off the pace, coming in 44.03. Keyser also ran under 44.5
and was the only other team to run under 45 seconds. Bluefield was solidly in 4th.
Magnolia edged Weir by 0.01 for 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 77 of 90.
800 Meter Run
It was believed that three people had a shot to take the title, and those three people
took the top three spots, with all going under 2:00. Ravenswood's Ben Miller
ended up winning convincingly, pulling away down the stretch to win by over a second
in 1:58.48. Winfield's Ricardo Atkinson held off a late kick by Ravenswood's
Andrew Benford for 2nd place. Scott's Josh Bowe held on to 4th.
Winfield's Charles Smith held off a late kick by Ritchie's Michael
Hardbarger to take 5th.
RunWV's Current Score: 82 of 96.
200 Meter Dash
Bluefield's Quentin Steptoe finished off the double in taking the 200. This time
he left no doubt, winning by 0.20 and establishing the #7 All-Time Class AA performance.
Winfield's Ian Ingraham was again second. Berkeley Springs' Ricky Kump was
third, followed by 400 champ Brandon Phillips of Shady Spring. Liberty Harrison's
John Natow was 5th, just ahead of Winfield's Wayne Pritt.
RunWV's Current Score: 87 of 102.
4x400 Meter Relay
Liberty Harrison used a high 48 or low 49 anchor leg from John Natow to take the
event by nearly a second. Tyler Consolidated just edged Winfield for 2nd in a very
tight battle that saw them separated by only 0.03. Ravenswood held 4th place. Magnolia
scored a 5th, just faster than Shady Spring who snared 6th place out of the 1st heat.
RunWV's Current Score: 92 of 108.
The final score of 92 of 108 means that 85.2 % of the people picked to place did indeed place. Congratulations to those that proved us wrong.
Exceeding Predictions
The following athletes exceed our predictions by 3 or more places and
deserve special mention.
Brandon Phillips, Shady Spring -- 400 M (picked 5th, got 1st)
Matthew Cogar, Webster -- Shot Put (picked 6th, got 2nd)
Matthew Cogar, Webster -- Discus (picked 6th, got 2nd)
Rustyn Goff, Ritchie -- Discus (not picked, got 4th)
The following teams deserve kudos for scoring seven points or more higher than we predicted.
Class AA Boys Winfield +18 Webster +14