Meet: AAA Girls State Meet Predictions
Location: Cabell Midland High School
Date: To be held November 2, 2019
Predicted AAA Girls Team Results
University's run of championships looks like it may come to an end. Despite
sitting atop the rankings all season long, Morgantown has beaten them fairly
soundly twice in October. I have it reasonably close, but I have Morgantown
coming out on top by 12 points. It could certainly go either way, but
Morgantown is the favorite. I have a very close battle for the 3rd spot
between Preston and Hurricane, and I have Preston taking the spot by 3 points.
Cabell Midland could slide into that spot with a strong meet. I have those
five teams well ahead of the rest of the field.
1. Morgantown 46
2. University 58
3. Preston 103
4. Hurricane 106
5. Cabell Midland 123
6. Woodrow Wilson 168
7. Parkersburg 182
8. George Washington 205
9. Hampshire 239
10. Musselman 249
11. Spring Mills 270
Predicted AAA Girls Top 25
But for a couple injuries, We could be having the best State Meet ever,
but with Tori Starcher out and Madison Trippett being out for most of the year,
we have to settle for a still really outstanding one. Lea Hatcher is clearly
the favorite and has laid down some really impressive times, including a 17:32
at the Regional. I gave Athena Young the nod for 2nd as she always seems to step
up her game quite well for the State Meet. I dropped Irene Riggs into the 3rd
spot, courtesy of her excellent regional showing. Zoe Shetty gets the nod for the
4th spot, having edged out Caroline Kirby in each of the last two meets. They both
beat Riggs at the OVAC Championships, and it's quite conceivable that they could move
into the 2-3 spots. Those five appear to have a pretty good gap on the rest of the
field. I put Allie Martin in the 6th spot as the next highest ranked runner and
having the 6th best regional showing. Madison Trippett is slotted into the 7th
spot. As the defending champion, it's certainly well within reason that she could
move higher. Isabella DiSaia has been solid all season long and falls into the 8th
spot. Things really tighten up after that, and I have moved Audrey Hall into the
9th position based on consistency over the season and a strong regional. Emma
Jenkins is placed into the 10th position, largely based on an excellent MSAC run
on the State Meet course.
The predicted top 25 are as follows. If you want to know where you are picked, just
send me an e-mail, and I'll tell you.
Place Score Name Year School
1 1 Hatcher, Lea 10 Morgantown
2 2 Young, Athena 12 Morgantown
3 3 Riggs, Irene 9 Morgantown
4 4 Shetty, Zoe 12 University
5 5 Kirby, Caroline 11 University
6 6 Martin, Allie 10 Preston
7 7 Trippett, Madison 12 Parkersburg
8 X DiSaia, Isabella 12 Wheeling Park
9 8 Hall, Audrey 9 Hurricane
10 9 Jenkins, Emma 10 Cabell Midland
11 10 Stark, Chloe 10 Preston
12 11 Williams, Emma 12 University
13 12 Bora, Asha 10 Hurricane
14 X Vincent, Cadence 9 Buck-Upshur
15 13 McGinnis, Charlotte 9 Woodrow Wilson
16 14 Lindley, Collette 10 Woodrow Wilson
17 15 Edstrom, Kara 9 Geo. Washington
18 16 Gray, Madison 11 Musselman
19 17 Hancox, Lauren 12 Morgantown
20 18 Troischt, Emma 12 University
21 19 McKenna, Tatum 9 Cabell Midland
22 20 Vos, Hermione 11 University
23 21 Meek, Kate 9 Cabell Midland
24 22 Nolan, Abby 9 Preston
25 X McGivern, Katie 9 Washington