The morning session was concluded with the Boys AAA race. As it was in the Girls' event, the team competition was not expected to be close, so the interest was in the Individual race, in which it was widely acknowledged that there were three legitimate contenders for the title: East Fairmont's Tyler DeVault (RunWV's pick), George Washington's Chris Walsh, and St. Albans' Ben Lukowski. The gun fired, and the race was on. Our first checkpoint was again at the bottom of the hill. Tyler DeVault had taken an early lead, followed a few seconds back by Richard Kitching and Chris Walsh. Keith Rand was running in fourth, and Forrest Boggess in fifth. At the mile mark, Tyler Devault had extended his lead, and Ben Lukowski had moved up to join Chris Walsh and Richard Kitching. We checked the boys again a bit earlier than the girls, catching them at the bottom of the hill, just before going past the crowd...at roughly 1.7 miles. Tyler DeVault had even further asserted himself. Chris Walsh and Ben Lukowski were running closely together for second. Keith Rand had moved into fourth, followed a few seconds back by Ryan Smith. Richard Kitching was in sixth, followed by Stephen Hiser, Forrest Boggess, David Dombek, and Eric Cooper. In the woods, between the creeks, it became fully evident that Devault would take the title, as his lead had grown to a full 21 seconds. Chris Walsh had opened a small gap on Ben Lukowski. Keith Rand and Ryan Smith maintained their positions, as did Richard Kitching and Stephen Hiser. Eric Cooper had moved into 8th, with David Dombek in 9th, and Craig Waybright had moved into 10th. At the final creek crossing, nothing had changed. Each of the top 10 had maintained their respective positions. In the last half mile, Tyler DeVault extended his lead even further, and set a new course record in the process with an outstanding time of 17:03. Chris Walsh was the next finisher across the line in 17:31 with Ben Lukowski following in 17:36. Keith Rand and Ryan Smith kept the 4th and 5th positions. Stephen Hiser finished strong to move into 6th, with Richard Kitching taking 7th. David Dombek moved back into 8th, and Eric Cooper claimed 9th. Craig Waybright rounded out the All-State team with his 10th place finish.

In the team event, Cabell Midland ran away with the title as expected with a score of 59 points, 42 better than runner-up East Fairmont. The battle for second was considered to be wide open coming in, but East Fairmont and cross-town rival Fairmont Senior distanced themselves from the other contenders with totals of 101 and 110. Elkins achieved their goal of getting in the top five with their 4th place finish. Parkersburg South claimed 5th. The RunWV MVP is East Fairmont's Bryan Talerico. Bryan was picked to place 51st and came through with a very strong 28th. That jump was enough to move him and the remainder of the Bees past Fairmont Senior. Congratulations to Tyler DeVault, Cabell Midland, and Bryan Talerico.

So how did RunWV do on our predictions? We again picked the team champion correctly (but who didn't). Individually, our top five finished as the top five, and in the correct order. Eight of our top 10 finished in the top 10. Only 10 of our top 15 finished in the top 15. Of course, one of those runners did not finish the race. He was running in the top 15, but dropped out at some point. We did correctly pick 21 of the top 25, again with one of those having dropped out. We must congratulate those runners who stepped up to claim those spots: David Dombek for rising into an All-State position, Tim Andrew for moving into the top 15, and Dameon Hall and Harman Hartman for jumping into the top 25. The big mover of the day was Parkersburg South's Keith Wilson, who was picked 50th, but finished 26th, a 24 place improvement.