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Clara Grandt 7th at US Olympic Marathon Trials
Clara Grant (WVU, Doddridge) finished in 7th place today in the US Olympic Marathon Trials. Her time of 2:30:46 was just 6 seconds behind former
Olympic Bronze Medalist Deena Kastor. The top 3 compose the US Olympic Marathon Team (Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Davila, and Kara Goucher). It was
another great run in just her 2nd ever marathon.
Clara Grandt Article
Here's a link to an article on Clara Grandt in the lead-up to the Marathon Trials sent to me today.
http://www.hmcpresscenter.com/featured/runner-profile-clara-grandt/.
WV Runners at National Championships
A handful of West Virginia Runners competed at the NCAA Championships this weekend. First, Dustin Hall (Wheeling
Jesuit/St. Marys HS) finished 137th in the Division II Championships in 34:09.0. In the Division I meet at
Terre Haute, IN, Matt Schiffbauer (Marshall/University HS) came in 149th in 31:10.8. The WVU women came in 8th place in the Women's meet
at Terre Haute with Kate Harrison leading the way in 8th with a 19:49.5. Kaitlyn Gillespie ran a 20:16.5 for 27th. Sarah
Anne Brault ran a 20:46.7 for 68th. Ahna Lewis (Morgantown) ran a 21:10.4 for 116th. Stephanie Aldea ran a 21:35.3
for 172nd. Kaylyn Christopher (Preston) ran a 21:49.1 for 196th. Jordan Hamric ran a 23:30.9 for 253rd.
New Classifications Announced
The WVSSAC has released the new classifications for the 2012-2013 through 2015-2016 school years. There has
been quite a bit of movement: Moving Up to AAA - Oak Hill, Shady Spring, Point Pleasant. Moving Down to AA -
Nicholas County, North Marion, Bridgeport, Robert C. Byrd, East Fairmont, Fairmont Senior. Moving Up to AA -
None. Moving Down to A - Greenbrier West, Magnolia, Sherman, Tyler Consolidated, Tug Valley.
This will likely change the Regional Alignment landscape as the new teams are filtered into existing regions
and teams are moved to keep geographic balance. I don't know when that will be decided or announced.
A complete list of the new classifications can be found at
www.wvssac.org/new_site/WVSSAC_WebSite/HTML/news/Classifications.pdf.
Brandi Bowen Scholarship 5K
I am no longer the director for the Brandi Bowen Scholarship 5K, but the race will go on. The new date is
Saturday, November 19th. Here is a link for the Entry
Form.
State Meet Results are Posted
The State Meet Results are posted. Congratulations to our Team State Champions - Morgantown Girls, Jefferson
Boys, Philip Barbour Girls, and Philip Barbour Boys. Congratulations to our Individual State Champions -
Victoria Cooke of Morgantown, Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland, Maggie Drazba of St. Marys, and Andrew Shaffer
of Richwood.
Results Needed
The 2011 Cross Country season has ended. Please remember to send all results to RunWV.com this Track season.
Contribution Season
As always, I'm accepting donations. Please view the Wall of Support for details. Every little bit helps
pay for the site expenses. What I'd ideally like to see happen is for each team to send $1 per athlete
per season ($1 for Track and $1 for Cross Country). That way no one is emptying their pockets much, but
the site is still well-supported.
Submitting Meet Results
I thought I'd put up a reminder about how to submit meet results. Our preferred
method to received results is via E-Mail. The best method is to send us a backup
copy of the meet if you're using Hy-Tek software. Then we can extract all the information
we want. Otherwise, you can E-Mail a text file, a Microsoft Word File, a Microsoft Excel
File, or an HTML file.
If you cannot accomplish one of the above, it only takes a minute to
fax things our way (1-775-655-5335).
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