Meet: AAA Girls State Meet Predictions
Location: Cabell Midland High School
Date: To be held October 29, 2011
Predicted AAA Girls Team Results
This will be a very exciting team race. Morgantown and University are the dominant teams. University
won the battle at the OVAC. Morgantown won the battle at the Regional Meet. University was ranked at
the top for most of the season. Morgantown took that spot late in the season and currently holds it.
I have it separated by just 2 points with University coming out on top. I have Preston in a very solid
3rd and Hurricane in a very solid 4th. I have Bridgeport very solidly in 5th. Things get very tight
after that.
1. University 42
2. Morgantown 44
3. Preston 82
4. Hurricane 119
5. Bridgeport 154
6. Parkersburg 182
7. Hampshire 192
8. Cabell Midland 193
9. Hedgesville 200
10. George Washington 259
11. Greenbrier East 291
Predicted AAA Girls Top 25
Amelia Paladino has been at the top of the heap the entire season, and I see no reason for the
State Meet to be any different. Victoria Cooke has been strong all season and looked great at
her Regional Meet. The same is true for Abbey Harrison. Kaitlyn Workman was runner up last year
and is 2nd place in the seasonal rankings. Sydney Pineault was an All-State Performer a year ago
and has elevated her performance late in the season. Brynn Harshbarger has been very solid all
season long. Alyssa Scherich is the 4th ranked runner and was 3rd last season, so a move up is
clearly a possibility. Tori Dent has been strong all season. Reba Cutright has finished right
on Scherich's heels a number of times and is possibly the most improved runner in the state.
Emma Harrison looks to repeat an All-State Performance from last year. She beat Pineault, Harhsbarger,
and Scherich at the Regional Meet. This was a very tough set of picks. I expect it will be
the hardest set of the season. I left out of the top 10 a trio of All-State Performers last year
(Morganne Phillips, Emily Lynch, and Jorden Thornton). They could each easily crack the lineup.
For that matter, I could easily see at least 20 of these runners cracking the top 10.
The predicted top 25 are as follows.
Place Score Name Year School
1 1 Paladino, Amelia 10 University
2 2 Cooke, Victoria 9 Morgantown
3 3 Harrison, Abbey 9 University
4 4 Workman, Kaitlyn 10 Preston
5 5 Pineault, Sydney 10 Morgantown
6 6 Harshbarger, Brynn 11 Morgantown
7 X Scherich, Alyssa 12 Fairmont Senior
8 7 Dent, Tori 10 Hurricane
9 X Cutright, Reba 11 Buck-Upshur
10 X Harrison, Emma 11 North Marion
11 8 Lynch, Emily 10 University
12 9 Lipps, Rachel 10 Hampshire
13 10 Phillips, Morganne 11 Bridgeport
14 11 Hulett, Racheal 12 Preston
15 12 Lynch, Allison 10 Morgantown
16 13 Wheeler, Katelyn 12 University
17 X Panger, Peyton 9 Capital
18 14 Thornton, Jorden 11 Cabell Midland
19 15 Williams, Kaylee 11 Parkersburg
20 16 Workman, Whitney 12 Preston
21 X Jenkins, Heather 11 Musselman
22 17 Martinelli, Deborah 12 University
23 18 Burkett, Sara 12 Hampshire
24 19 Pettit, Andrea 9 Morgantown
25 X Kirk, April 11 Park. South