Dear Adminstrators and Coaches,

 

We look forward to hosting your school at the Region I Cross Country Championship on Thursday, October 19th.  I wanted to make you aware of a few changes we have planned for tomorrow.  

 

Course Change

Due to construction of some bleachers at the track & field facility, we may elect to run in front of the bleachers along the fence line of the track instead of behind the bleachers.  We will remeasure the course and make any adjustments necessary to retain the proper length of the course.  If our maintenance staff has things cleaned up in time we will run our traditional route.    

 

Bib Numbers

In an effort to highlight the top athletes in our region, we will be assigning each athlete the bib number that corresponds with their RunWV ranking in the region.  The top ten athletes will have bib numbers that are lime green whereas everyone else will have a gray bib number.  Below are the top ten athletes in our region.  Please let me know if there are any errors or if an athlete is not able to run tomorrow.

 

  1.  Phillip White  12  University
  2.  Ward Ries  12  Preston
  3.  Michael Gharib  12  University
  4.  Andrew Jones  12  Morgantown  
  5.  Andrew Christy  12  Morgantown
  6.  Cole Friend  10  Preston
  7.  Mikael Virji  10  Morgantown
  8.  Michael Hoefler  9  Morgantown
  9.  Gideon Temple  10  Morgantown
  10.  Kevin Donnelly  12  Morgantown

 

  1.  TaShala Turner 12  University
  2.  Zoe Shetty 10  University
  3.  Samantha Hatcher  12  Morgantown
  4.  Beighley Ayers  12  Wheeling Park
  5.  Peyton Kukura  12  University
  6.  Isabella DiSaila  10  Wheeling Park
  7.  Caroline Kirby  9  University
  8.  Avigail Radabaugh  12  Morgantown
  9.  Myah McAlister  12  Morgantown
  10.  Emma Williams  10  University

 

Awards

Due to a WVSSAC rule change that now allows apparel to be given out as an award, we will be presenting the top ten finishers t-shirts.  The shirts will be  "dry-fit" style and available in sizes small, medium, and large.  The WVSSAC will furnish plaques to the top boys and girls team in the region.  Former Preston High Athletic Director, Mike Contic, will be handing out the awards in the stadium.  

 

 

Meet Referee / Games Committee

Long time meet meet referee, Dave Hickman, will be the starter.  The games committee will consist of Bruce Huggins (Preston High Athletic Director), Ed Frohnapfel (University Head Coach), and Jacob Galik (Wheeling Park Head Coach).  

 

Live Broadcast

We will be having a live broadcast of the Region I AAA XC Championship on our county schools website:  www.prestoncountyschools.com 

 

Parking

Preston High will be practicing an emergency evacuation procedure tomorrow so buses will be loading behind the vocational school.  This will free up the front of the school for buses and personal vehicles to park. 

 

Number of Teams Competing / Qualification 

This is just a reminder that a team must have five runners on the line at the start of the race in order to considered a full team.  With only seven teams in our region, it is imperative that each school have five legal runners on the line if at all possible.  Failure to do so will decrease the number of teams we have qualify for the state championship.  Based on entries on www.racetimeentry.com all seven schools will have full boys teams and six of the seven girls teams will be complete.  I will mention that one of the schools only has five runners entered.  

 

If you have any questions or concerns about the Region I AAA Cross Country Championship please let me know.  We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul W. Martin

Dean of Students - Central Preston Middle School

County Middle School Athletic Director - Preston County Schools

Cross Country Head Coach - Preston High School

Track & Field Head Coach - Central Preston Middle School

 

School Phone - (304) 329-0033 extension 134

Cell Phone - (304) 290-3772