Class AA Girls
100 Meter Dash
Frankfort's Bria Welker turned away the field by over 0.3 secons with a 12.47. Bridgeport's
Kayla Haywood was the only other runner under 12.80 seconds. The next 4 spots were
separated by just 0.02 seconds. Welker also turned in a 12.34 in the Trials, which is Tied for
the 4th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
RunWV's Current Score: 6 of 6.
200 Meter Dash
It was the Bria Welker show again as she took the win by over half a second. Her 25.67 was
the only run under 26.2 seconds. Only Oak Glen's Alexis Burch was able to join her under
26.5 seconds with her 26.22. Only 4 came in under 27 seconds. Welker also ran a 25.26 in the trials
which is the 4th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
RunWV's Current Score: 11 of 12.
400 Meter Dash
Frankfort's Bria Welker dominated the field again and matched her State Meet Record performance
from a year ago with her 57.13. That time is Tied for the 8th Best All-Time State Meet Performance
and is Tied for the 2nd Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance. Oak Glen's Alexis
Burch ran a strong 58.51 to easily capture 2nd. Ravenswood's Hailey Miller also ran under
60 in taking 3rd.
RunWV's Current Score: 16 of 18.
800 Meter Run
Frankfort's Katie Jan went out in 68 and then pulled away from the field on the second lap to
win by over 5 seconds. Her 2:19.02 is the 7th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
North Marion's Emma Harrison trailed closely behind Jan for the first lap and easily held onto
the 2nd spot with a 2:24.30. No one else was under 2:27. Webster's Samantha Stout won a tight
battle for 3rd with Oak Glen's Kelsey Chambers and Berkeley Spring's Danielle Haynes.
RunWV's Current Score: 21 of 24.
1600 Meter Run
Oak Glen's Kelsey Chambers and Weir's Alexis Virtue led the field through the
first lap in 1:13. Frankfort's Katie Jan and North Marion's Emma Harrison were
just a stride behind. Philip Barbour's Brianna Waybright and Weir's Kristen
Mastrantoni were next through at about 1:15. On the backstretch of lap 2, Jan took the
lead, and Harrison matched the move into 2nd. Jan and Harrison came through at 2:34 with Jan
holding about a stride lead over Harrison. Virtue was in 3rd at 2:36. Chambers was in 4th
at 2:37 with Waybright right behind in 2:38. Mastrantoni held a slight lead over Berkeley
Spring's Danielle Haynes for the 6th spot. About half way through the 3rd lap, Jan
started to generate a gap on Harrison, and those two pulled further away from the field.
Jan crossed in 3:55 with Harrison at 3:57. Virtue has half a step ahead of Chambers as both
came though in 4:02. Waybright and Haynes were in a tight battle for 5th at 4:06 with
Mastrantoni a few strides back. On the final lap, Jan really pulled away for the convincing
win in 5:09.38, which is the 6th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
No one else came in under 5:20. Harrison held on for 2nd at 5:20.60. Virtue pulled away
from Chambers in the last 100 meters for 3rd in 5:23.00. Chambers held the 4th spot at 5:25.29.
Mastrantoni made the big move from 7th to 5th on the final lap and also slipped in under 5:30.
Haynes took the 6th position.
RunWV's Current Score: 26 of 30.
3200 Meter Run
North Marion's Emma Harrison led the field through the first lap in 1:15 with Frankfort's
Katie Jan right on her shoulder. Oak Glen's Kelsey Chambers and Weir's Kristen
Mastrantoni were right on the 1:16-1:17 bubble. I think the next two through were Philip
Barbour's Brianna Waybright and Berkeley Spring's Kinsey Reed. On the 2nd lap,
the pace slowed considerably, and the pack bunched up a little. Harrison remained in front with
Jan staying right on her shoulder. The pair crossed in 2:41. Chambers was in 3rd at 2:42
with Mastrantoni about a stride behind in 2:43. Reed was right on Mastrantoni's shoulder
also in 2:43. Waybright was running 6th in 2:44. The lead pack bunched up even more on the 3rd
lap as the pace slowed even more. Harrison and Jan continued to lead, coming through at 4:11.
Reed had moved into 3rd about a stride behind in 4:12 with Mastrantoni a stride behind her also
in 4:12. Chambers was just ahead of Waybright as both crossed in 4:13. Things started to widen
back out on lap 4. Harrison continued to lead with Jan on her shoulder, both crossing at 5:40.
Reed held a slight margin over Mastrantoni with both at 5:41. They had opened a gap on Waybright,
who had moved into 5th, and Chambers who was in 6th, both at 5:44. Waybright was about a step
ahead of Chambers. The front 4 stayed together on lap 5 with Harrison, Jan, and Reed coming
through at 7:11 and Mastrantoni at 7:12. Their gap on the rest of the field grew as Waybright
continued to lead Chambers for 5th in 7:17 to Chambers' 7:18. On lap 6, Harrison and Jan finally
started to create a gap on Reed and Mastrantoni. Harrison continued to hold the lead with Jan
continuing to stay right on her shoulder with both crossing in 8:42. Reed remained ahead of
Mastrantoni by less than a step with both crossing at 8:45. Waybright remained about a step
ahead of Chambers with both crossing in 8:54. On the final stretch of lap 7, Jan made the move
into the lead and quickly opened a 2 second gap with Jan crossing in 10:10 and Harrison in 10:12.
Mastrantoni had generated a similar gap on Reed with Mastrantoni at 10:14 and Reed at 10:16.
Chambers had moved around Waybright into 5th in 10:26 to Waybright's 10:28. On the final lap,
Jan left no doubt as she powered away from the field to win by nearly 12 seconds in 11:26.78.
Harrison held onto the 2nd spot with an 11:38.52. Mastrantoni kept 3rd at 11:41.39. Reed
easily held the 4th spot in 11:43.79. Chambers held the 5th spot and Waybright maintained
the 6th spot. The front 7 made it in under 12:00.
RunWV's Current Score: 31 of 36.
100 Meter High Hurdles
Summer's Emily Smith was the only one to crack the 16 second barrier in winning by over
0.4 seconds. Nicholas' Elizabeth Messer was in contention until a slight stumble over the
next-to-last hurdle slowed her. She still held the second spot. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th were under
16.50.
RunWV's Current Score: 37 of 42.
300 Meter Low Hurdles
Frankfort's Bria Welker picked up a new event this year. And, of course, she won it. She
actually trailed Keyser's Sharia Hernandez coming into the final straight, but she pulled
away with relative ease to win by 1.42 seconds in 45.45. Hernandez held off Lincoln's Madison
Cunningham and Fairmont Senior's Natalia Parker with Hernandez scoring a 46.87 and
Cunningham nipping Parker by less than 0.01 as both clocked a 47.12.
RunWV's Current Score: 42 of 48.
4x100 Meter Relay
The North Marion crew of McKenzi Fisher, Marlee Angelucci, Alexis Hillberry, and Kaitlyn Conaway
won convincingly, taking the win by nearly 0.6 seconds. They were the only team to come in under
51 seconds. Their 50.88 time is Tied for the 10th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
East Fairmont edged Bridgeport for 2nd as they were the only other teams under 52 seconds. 4th through
6th were separated by just 0.04 seconds with all three under 52.40. 7 teams were under 52.50.
RunWV's Current Score: 48 of 54.
4x200 Meter Relay
This was the North Marion show as the group of Alexis Hillberry, Marlee Angelucci, McKenzi Fisher,
and Kaitlyn Conaway blew away the field to win by over 3 seconds in 1:47.06. No one else was under
1:50. The real race was for 2nd as Weir, Keyser, Oak Glen, and East Fairmont were separated by just
0.08 seconds, all under 1:50.20. Two others were under 1:51.
RunWV's Current Score: 53 of 60.
4x400 Meter Relay
Oak Glen took the lead on the lead led of Megan Collins. Christen Mangano and Alex
Arnott held it, and Alexis Burch put it away with a 58.7 anchor leg as the foursome won
by over 6 seconds. Their 4:10.62 is the 10th Best All-Time Class A-AA State Meet Performance.
Berkeley Springs got a big 3rd leg from Danielle Haynes to move from 5th to 2nd. There was a
lot of shuffling on the final leg, but Berkeley Springs moved back into the 2nd spot. North Marion
was 3rd. Frankfort moved from 6th to 4th on the anchor leg of Katie Jan. 2nd through 6th was
a battle with the 5 teams all coming in withing 1.65 seconds of each other.
RunWV's Current Score: 58 of 66.
4x800 Meter Relay
Weir took the lead on a 2:27 lead leg from Kristen Mastrantoni. Oak Glen was running 2nd.
Bridgeport was in 3rd. I think it might have been Webster was in 4th. After two legs, it was still Weir
in command. Oak Glen remained in 2nd. I think it was Webster in 3rd with Bridgeport in 4th,
Scott in 5th and Berkeley Springs in 6th. On the 3rd leg, Oak Glen took the lead from Weir, but Weir took
it back in the last 100 to maintain their lead. Oak Glen remained in 2nd. Bridgeport remained in 3rd.
Berkeley Springs had moved up to 4th. Scott remained in 5th, and Keyser had moved into 6th. The final
leg became a duel between Weir's Alexis Virtue and Oak Glen's Kelsey Chambers. Chambers
pulled even with Virtue on the backstretch of the final lap and again as they were coming out of the final
turn, but Virtue fended her off and pulled away down the stretch. Her 2:21 leg secured the win for Weir.
Chambers put together a very nice 2:23 leg of her own. Bridgeport and Berkeley Springs easily held onto
the 3rd and 4th spots, respectively. Scott finished very solidly in 5th with Philp Barbour holding off
the late charge of Webster for 6th. Weir's group of Kristen Mastrantoni, Chantelle Harper, Stephanie
Pennacchio, and Alexis Virtue scored a 9:53.91 for the win. Oak Glen was also under 10:00 and Bridgeport
made it in under 10:10.
RunWV's Current Score: 62 of 72.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Nicholas' quartet of Autumn Tyree, Elizabeth Messer, Shayla Stear, and Arianna Crawford got the win
by a lot after a very close 2nd place finishing Keyser got hit with the dreaded DQ. Bridgeport scored a
2nd place finish from the 3rd heat. Nicholas was the only team under 1:07 with their 1:06.27. Bridgeport
was the only other team under 1:08 with their 1:07.91. No one else was under 1:09. 3rd through 7th was
decided by just 0.43 seconds. One of my predicted placers was disqualified.
RunWV's Current Score: 67 of 78
High Jump
Berkeley Spring's Sarah Haynes won the event for the 2nd year in a row and was the only competitor
to clear 5'2. Only Fairmont Senior's Shania Riffle was able to clear 5'0 among the rest of the
competitors. Only 5 in the event cleared 4'10.
RunWV's Current Score: 72 of 84.
Pole Vault
With only 6 competitors in the event, if you clear a height, you place. Fortunately, everyone
cleared a height. Keyser's Allison Evans was the only vaulter to go higher than 8'0 with
her 9'0 vault. Only Roane's Shania Lloyd was able to clear 8'0 among the rest of the field.
RunWV's Current Score: 78 of 90.
Long Jump
Four jumpers topped 16'0 with Liberty Harrison's Alexandria Allen taking the event with a
leap of 16'9 1/4. Scott's Haylie Damron, Bridgeport's Kayla Haywood, and Nicholas'
Autumn Tyree were the others to top 16'0. This was the incrediby rare occurrence in which
all 6 of my predicted long jump placers actually placed.
RunWV's Current Score: 84 of 96.
Shot Put
Keyser's Kendra Johnson picked up the win with a toss of 34'7 1/2 to win by nearly a foot.
No one else topped 34'. Only Bridgeport's Raina Young was able to throw 33'0 among the
rest of the field. Only the 6 placers threw 31'.
RunWV's Current Score: 90 of 102.
Discus
Only two throwers topped 100' this year with Bridgeport Freshman Hannah McCall taking the
event with a throw of 108'6. Keyser's Kendra Johnson was the other thrower to top 100'
with her throw of 101'7.
RunWV's Current Score: 94 of 108.
The final score of 94 of 108 means that 87.0% of the people picked to place did indeed place. Congratulations to those that proved me wrong.
Exceeding Predictions
The following athletes exceed the predictions by 3 or more places and
deserve special mention.
Kinsey Reed, Berkeley Springs -- 3200M (not picked, got 4th)
Elizabeth Messer, Nicholas -- 100HH (picked 5th, got 2nd)
Weir -- 4x200 (picked 6th, got 2nd)
(Kylee Leathers, Shelva Burns, Raven Young, Chantelle Harper)
Berkeley Springs -- 4x400 (picked 5th, got 2nd)
(Keri Shetler, Sara Younker, Danielle Haynes, Ashley Griffin)
Berkeley Springs -- 4x800 (not picked, got 4th)
(Keri Shetler, Sara Younker, Kinsey Reed, Danielle Haynes)
Bridgeport -- Shuttles (picked 5th, got 2nd)
(Yanapoli Fofanah, Emily Griffith, Mateah Kittle, Jenna Alonge)
Bailey Aab, Herbert Hoover -- High Jump (not picked, got 4th)
Caroline Lloyd, Bridgeport -- Pole Vault (picked 6th, tied for 3rd)
Haylie Damron, Scott -- Long Jump (picked 5th, got 2nd)
Lexie Beckett, Wayne -- Shot Put (picked 6th, got 3rd)
Hannah McCall, Bridgeport -- Discus (picked 6th, got 1st)
Christy Carson, Lincoln -- Discus (not picked, got 4th)
The following teams deserve kudos for scoring seven points or more higher than we predicted.
Class AA Girls Berkeley Springs +17 (2nd year in a row BS has been at the top of this list. Shame on me) Herbert Hoover +11 North Marion +10 Scott + 8 Bridgeport + 7 East Fairmont + 7