The following are the top 8 returning performers for each individual event in Class AAA. This listing could possibly include people who graduated. I did not have grade levels submitted for each athlete, so for the purposes of this list, I assumed that each person who did not have a year listed was returning. If you know of an athlete on the lists who has graduated, please let me know, and I will update the list. It could also include transfers that I missed or don't know occurred. Let me know if that is the case, and I'll fix it. The listing also does not include rising freshmen who could have had 8th grade performances that make the list.
100 Meter Dash 1 Wright, Lela Tucker 11 12.65 2 Watkins, Laney St. Marys 10 12.74 3 Dawson, Laken Valley Wetzel 12 12.89 4 Perkins, Shy Greenbrier West 10 13.01 5 Jefferson, Ally Wheeling Cent. 11 13.13 5 Sockman, Bella Magnolia 10 13.13 7 Whittington, Kayleigh Wheeling Cent. 12 13.16 8 Bauserman, Abbey Pocahontas 10 13.26 12 Returners at 13.60 or better. 200 Meter Dash 1 Dawson, Laken Valley Wetzel 12 26.14 2 Watkins, Laney St. Marys 10 26.20 3 Sockman, Bella Magnolia 10 26.83 4 Perkins, Shy Greenbrier West 10 27.05 5 Whittington, Kayleigh Wheeling Cent. 12 27.31 6 Lough, Mia Chas. Catholic 12 27.33 7 Ondrejko, Morgan Wheeling Cent. 11 27.66 8 Price, Ava Greenbrier West 12 27.90 * Walker, Brynaza Linsly 10 27.90 Only 1 more under 28.20, but 15 total under 28.50. 400 Meter Dash 1 Watkins, Laney St. Marys 10 59.69 2 Kusic, Loni Wheeling Cent. 10 101.57 3 Bennett, Avry St. Marys 10 102.36 4 Steele, Elizabeth Wheeling Cent. 10 102.44 5 Rushworth, Mary Chas. Catholic 12 102.85 6 Bennett, Anna St. Marys 11 103.77 7 Gross, Mayah Tucker 12 104.12 8 Lemley, Magnolia Clay-Battelle 12 104.13 Only 2 more under 1:05, but 14 total under 1:06. 800 Meter Run 1 Boggs, Bella Chas. Catholic 12 221.95 2 Bennett, Anna St. Marys 11 226.30 3 Kusic, Loni Wheeling Cent. 10 226.67 4 Wright, Rylee Wheeling Cent. 10 231.27 5 Rushworth, Mary Chas. Catholic 12 232.96 6 Steele, Elizabeth Wheeling Cent. 10 233.20 7 Williams, Bentlee Ritchie 12 234.03 8 Handley, Elliot Wood Co. Chr. 10 234.21 * Moncrief, Jordyn Ignite Ath. 10 224.66 * Heffernan, Abigail Ignite Ath. 12 228.54 * Richardson, Audrey Covenant Chr. 12 231.46 * Fisher, Bre Ignite Ath. 11 234.20 15 Returners under 2:38. 1600 Meter Run 1 Boggs, Bella Chas. Catholic 12 512.13 2 Bennett, Anna St. Marys 11 529.39 3 Williams, Bentlee Ritchie 12 531.90 4 Wright, Rylee Wheeling Cent. 10 535.96 5 Burd, Savana St. Marys 11 545.02 6 Sterns, Paige Calhoun 11 548.16 7 Chase, Estoria Tucker 10 552.52 8 Perkins, Amber Wood Co Chr 12 553.61 * Richardson, Audrey Covenant Chr. 12 527.38 * Heffernan, Abigail Ignite Ath. 12 532.60 * Moncrief, Jordyn Ignite Ath. 10 532.63 * Fisher, Bre Ignite Ath. 11 537.62 * Erwin, Kate Ignite Ath. 12 544.61 * Wilt, Ava Ignite Ath. 10 546.91 19 Total under 6:00. 3200 Meter Run 1 Boggs, Bella Chas. Catholic 12 1052.73 2 Williams, Bentlee Ritchie 12 1157.03 3 Wright, Rylee Wheeling Cent. 10 1209.67 4 Handley, Elliot Wood Co Chr 10 1215.69 5 Chase, Estoria Tucker 10 1221.52 6 Burd, Savana St. Marys 11 1239.49 7 Perkins, Amber Wood Co Chr 12 1244.77 8 Sterns, Paige Calhoun 11 1320.36 * Richardson, Audrey Covenant Chr. 12 1144.65 * Fisher, Bre Ignite Ath. 11 1207.07 * Wilt, Ava Ignite Ath. 10 1236.85 * Heffernan, Abigal Ignite Ath. 12 1254.67 * Heffernan, Abigal Ignite Ath. 12 1254.67 Only 1 more under 14:00. 100 Meter High Hurdles 1 Kerr, Madison East Hardy 11 15.48 2 Tanouye, Shayla Paw Paw 12 15.55 3 Lough, Mia Chas. Catholic 12 16.29 4 Lemley, Magnolia Clay-Battelle 12 16.42 5 Wright, Lela Tucker 11 16.87 6 Anderson, Jessa Magnolia 12 17.51 7 Barnitz, Aly Wahama 10 17.63 8 Miller, Morganne East Hardy 12 17.65 * Thomas, Soraya Faith Chr. 12 16.31 * Walker, Brynaza Linsly 10 17.34 * Selick, Hadley Linsly 12 17.54 13 Returners under 18.00. 300 Meter Low Hurdles 1 Tanouye, Shayla Paw Paw 12 45.55 2 Lemley, Magnolia Clay-Battelle 12 46.76 3 Bennett, Avry St. Marys 10 48.52 4 Lough, Mia Chas. Catholic 12 48.91 5 Derby, Elynn Valley Wetzel 10 50.42 6 VanMeter, Adyson Wahama 10 50.70 7 Stitt, Kadessa Gilmer 12 50.72 8 Law, Elsa Ritchie 11 51.01 12 Returners under 52.00. High Jump 1 Loy, Alexa Wheeling Cent. 12 5.02 1 Lemley, Magnolia Clay-Battelle 12 5.02 1 Tanouye, Shayla Paw Paw 12 5.02 4 St. Clair, Nevaeh Clay-Battelle 11 5.01 5 Dobbins, Ava Gilmer 12 5.00 5 Stitt, Kadessa Gilmer 12 5.00 5 Sterns, Paige Calhoun 11 5.00 5 Hartline, Leah Magnolia 12 5.00 3 more at 4'10 or better. Pole Vault 1 Bennett, Avry St. Marys 10 10.02 2 Ammons, Farrah Clay-Battelle 12 9.06 3 Law, Elsa Ritchie 11 8.06 4 Gerlach, Sidni St. Marys 11 7.06 5 Conley, Paytyn St. Marys 10 7.00 5 Thomas, Julianna Ritchie 10 7.00 5 Clemens, Adara Clay-Battelle 11 7.00 5 Williams, Bentlee Ritchie 12 7.00 1 more at 6'6. Long Jump 1 Dawson, Laken Valley Wetzel 12 17.0325 2 Loy, Alexa Wheeling Cent. 12 16.0600 3 Tanouye, Shayla Paw Paw 12 16.0150 4 Perkins, Shy Greenbrier West 10 15.1050 5 Garcia, Madeline St. Joseph 11 15.0900 6 Barnitz, Aly Wahama 10 15.0800 7 Hoard, Airiana Gilmer 11 15.0300 8 Lough, Mia Chas. Catholic 12 15.0225 * Moncrief, Jordyn Ignite Ath. 10 15.1025 4 more over 14'6. Shot Put 1 Barnette, Lila Sherman 12 35.1100 2 Crall, Helene Wheeling Cent. 12 33.0300 3 Birkheimer, Rylee Madonna 12 33.0250 4 Hill, Ashtyn Notre Dame 11 32.0700 5 Stewart, Sabena Wood Co Chr 11 32.0550 6 Morris, Morgan Ritchie 11 32.0125 7 Smith, Joselyn Paw Paw 11 31.0400 8 Gibson, Monaya Magnolia 10 31.0150 Only 1 more over 29'0. Discus 1 Taylor, Allyson Pocahontas 11 117.02 2 Henger, Natalie Ritchie 11 116.02 3 Birkheimer, Rylee Madonna 12 111.02 4 Barnette, Lila Sherman 12 107.03 5 Smith, Joselyn Paw Paw 11 101.11 6 Stewart, Sabena Wood Co Chr 11 97.03 7 Morris, Morgan Ritchie 11 96.10 8 Riley, Aliana Clay-Battelle 11 93.07 4 more over 89'0. Teams 1. St. Marys 81.50 2. Wheeling Central 73.50 3. Charleston Catholic 53 4. Ritchie 41 5. Clay-Battelle 38.50 6. Paw Paw 38 7. Valley Wetzel 30 8. Tucker 22 9. Greenbrier West 16 9. Magnolia 16 9. Wood County Christian 16
Remember that the Power Rankings allow an athlete to be in more than 4 events. The "returner rankings" also do not include any provision for relays. All 4 members of a championship relay time may be returning, but it is not reflected in the numbers above. These are only points from individual events.