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Covering Cross Country and Track & Field in West Virginia

Josh Simpson 8th at Houston Half-Marathon

Josh Simpson traveled to Houston for the Chevron Houston Half-Marathon. He brought home an 8th place finish in a standout time of 1:03:27 for a 4:51 pace for the race. He crossed the 10K mark at 29:27 (4:44 pace) and 9 Miles at 42:25 (4:43 pace). The winner clocked a 1:01:54.

Josh Simpson 2nd at USATF National Club Cross Country Championships

Josh Simpson finished in 2nd place at the USATF Club Nationals clocking the 10K course in 29:27, just 8 seconds off the winning time.

WVU 6th at NCAA National Championships

The West Virginia University women finished in 6th place this morning (Monday) at the NCAA Championships. The ladies just missed out on a top 5 finish, getting edged by 8 points by Princeton. Clara Grandt (Doddridge) led the WVU effort with a 14th place finish in 20:18.2. Marie Louise Asselin finished 36th in 20:42.8. Keri Bland (North Marion) finshed 40th in 20:44.9. It is believed that all three ladies have earned All American Honors. Kaylyn Christopher (Preston) finished 106th in 21:20.9. Kate Harrison finished 117th in 21:25.0. Sarah-Anne Brault finished 179th in 21:53.5, and Ahna Lewis (Morgantown) finished 212th in 22:12.7

RunWV Brandi Bowen Scholarship 5K A Success

Thanks to everyone who came to participate and to the volunteers and to the many sponsors. The sponsors for this race included West Union Bank; Cornerstone Bank; Doddridge County Senior Citizens; West Virginia Insurance Co.; Spencer Enterprises; Matthew W. Alexander, Atty.; Charity Gas, Inc.; Cokeley & Associates, PLLC; Greg Edgell - American General Life Insurance; Michels Pharmacy, Inc.; Salem Colonial Pharmacy; 2nd Lt. Jennie Spencer, USMC; Star Furniture; United Bank of Glenville; West Union Shop N Save; Cottage Corner Restaurant; McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home; Salem Family Dentistry; Travis Physical Therapy; Town & Country Hardware; Papa John’s; Harbert Funeral Home; Betty Hunt; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lamb; Clarence & Mary Mutschelknaus; Sam’s Club; Spurgeon Funeral Home; Target; Paul & Sharon Weekley; West End Café; Yabba Dabba Doos; Ryan’s Steakhouse; GNC; Arby’s; KFC; Shoney’s; State Farm Insurance in West Union; and the Texas Roadhouse. With the help of the sponsors and the participants, several of whom made donations in addition to their entry fee, this race was able to raise over $3,500 for the Brandi Kay Bowen Scholarship Fund. Full Results are available in the Cross Country News & Notes Section.



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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