Meet: A-AA Girls State Meet Predictions Location: Elkins, WV Date: To be held October 27, 2001 Predicted A-AA Girls Team Results Grafton is a heavy favorite to bring home their third consectuive title. However, their hold is not as strong as it has been in previous years. If any of their top runners falters, there are two teams that could contend for the top spot. Charleston Catholic and Doddridge have traded the 2nd and 3rd places in the Power Rankings several times throughout the season. Charleston Catholic has taken a stronger hold on the spot late in the season and appears to be stonger in the second half of its lineup. PikeView has enough quality to fight for a spot in the top three. Frankfort had a standout performance at the state meet last season, and it will take another one to climb higher than 5th. St. Marys and Sissonville will battle Frankfort for that 5th spot. 1. Grafton Gra 46 2. Charleston Catholic CC 69 3. Doddridge Dodd 81 4. PikeView PV 99 5. Frankfort FF 149 6. St. Marys SM 162 7. Sissonville Siss 177 8. Magnolia Mag 192 9. Oak Glen OG 247 10. Webster Web 254 Predicted A-AA Girls Top 25 Sherri Flohr has dominated A-AA competition throughout the season and should waltz to an easy victory. Of course, on race-day anything can happen. The battle for 2nd is the race to watch. Charleston Catholic's Sarah Coyle will battle five runners from Region II: Bridgeport's Theresa Melko, Grafton's Nicole Tingler, and Doddridge's Clara Grandt and Jennie Spencer. The four from Region II have all gotten the better of each other at some point during the season. Coyle rarely ran against any of them. She has, however, won her recent meets handily. Jennifer Povick finished fourth in last year's meet, and could possibly cause problems. Grafton's Heather McDaniel is a wildcard. She has recently battled illness, and her condition for the meet is in question. Fully healthy, she's definitely a top five threat. Marian Brooks is a returning all-state performer that should repeat the honor. Team Place Score Name Year Team -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 Flohr, Sherri 12 Grafton 2 2 Coyle, Sarah 10 Chas. Catholic 3 Melko, Theresa 12 Bridgeport 4 3 Spencer, Jennie 9 Doddridge 5 4 Grandt, Clara 9 Doddridge 6 5 Tingler, Nicole 9 Grafton 7 6 Povick, Jennifer 10 Sissonville 8 7 Brooks, Marian 12 PikeView 9 8 McDaniel, Heather 12 Grafton 10 Watson, Kristina 10 Ritchie 11 9 Taylor, Megan 10 St. Marys 12 10 Hughes, Meghan 11 Chas. Catholic 13 11 Crandall, Shelly 9 PikeView 14 12 Mohler, Sally 10 Chas. Catholic 15 13 Coffman, Lori 12 Doddridge 16 Newberger, Barri 11 Winfield 17 Puckett, Kellie 10 Greenbrier West 18 14 Jones, Whitney 10 Magnolia 19 15 Sheme, Natasha 10 Grafton 20 Gateless, Ashley 11 Braxton 21 16 Perrine, Valerie 11 Webster 22 17 Lafferty, Tia 12 Grafton 23 Crislip, Ashli 11 Braxton 24 Sloane, Bethany 10 Wheeling Cent. 25 18 Docherty, Megan 11 Grafton