Meet: AAA Girls State Meet Location: Williamstown, WV Date: October 31, 1998 The final event of the day began with some bad news. One of the pre- race favorites, Susan Davis of Hampshire, would not be competing due to an injury sustained at the regional meet. Sprinting out to the early lead at the gun was Jennifer Davis of Hampshire, Nikki Moore of Wheeling Park, and Giti Farudi of University. By the half-mile mark, the only two RunWV.com felt had a chance to win the race (with Susan Davis out) had taken over the top two spots. Jennifer Davis was leading and Hunter was in second. Moore was holding the third position and was followed by Farudi and Jefferson's Michell VanHorn. At the mile marker, Hunter had opened a four second lead on Davis by blasting through the first mile in 5:30 to Davis' 5:34. VanHorn had pulled into third place and was followed now by Ryann Metheny of Elkins and Sarah Corley of Fairmont Senior. The two-mile mark saw Davis close the gap on Hunter to two seconds. Hunter came through in 11:39 and Davis in 11:41. Metheny had taken the third position away during the second mile and crossed the marker at 12:10. Elkins' Zaia Wharton had moved into fourth place and Sarah Corley remained in fifth. The last mile of the race belonged to Jennifer Davis of Hampshire as she passed East Fairmont's Holly Hunter and easily outdistanced her to the finish line. Davis finished in 18:39 to Hunters' 18:58. Ryann Metheny of Elkins held on for third with a time of 19:30. Zaia Wharton, also of Elkins, main- tained her fourth position with a time of 19:40 and was followed closely by Sarah Corley of Fairmont Senior in fifth with a time of 19:45. Rounding out the All-State team were George Washington's Katherine Gorrell in sixth with a time of 19:48, Lisa Sappey of Hedgesville in seventh with a time of 19:49, Michelle VanHorn of Jefferson in eighth with a time of 19:53, Amanda Hall of Fairmont Senior in ninth with a time of 19:53, and Morgantown's Stephanie Meleadey in tenth with a time of 20:07. In the team event, Fairmont Senior's depth proved too much for challenger Elkins with Fairmont winning by a score of 56 to 66. Cabell Midland claimed the third position with 80 points. How did RunWV.com do with our predictions? We again picked the team champion correctly, but had our perfect day taken away when Jennifer Davis took the individual title. Hey, seven out of eight isn't too shabby, though. Of the fifteen girls we picked to be the top finishers, fourteen of them did finish in the actual top fifteen, and the only error was Susan Davis who didn't run. Our surprise runner that moved into the top fifteen was Cabell Midland's Amanda Terry who we had picked to finish 16th. While this race provided us with our only champion error, it was easily the one we predicted best. The biggest jump when comparing predicted place to actual finish was George Washington's Lanie Lord who finished 21st after being predicted to finish 35th. TEAM SCORES ------------------------------- 1. Fairmont Senior FS 56 2. Elkins ELK 66 3. Cabell Midland CM 80 4. Morgantown MGT 96 5. Jefferson JEFF 105 6. George Washington GW 118 7. Wheeling Park WP 145 Incomplete -- Capital (CAP), East Fairmont (EF), Hampshire (HAMP), Hedgesville (HED), Huntington (HUNT), University (UHS) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Place Name School YR Time --------------------------------------------- 1. Jennifer Davis HAMP 10 18:39 2. Holly Hunter EF 11 18:58 3. Ryann Metheny ELK 11 19:30 4. Zaia Wharton ELK 09 19:40 5. Sarah Corley FS 11 19:45 6. Katherine Gorrell GW 12 19:48 7. Lisa Sappey HED 10 19:49 8. Michelle VanHorn JEFF 12 19:53 9. Amanda Hall FS 09 19:53 10. Stephanie Meleadey MGT 12 20:07 11. Nikki Moore WP 11 20:19 12. Heather King FS 11 20:23 13. Giti Farudi UHS 11 20:37 14. Amanda Terry CM 12 20:39 15. Leah Erenrich MGT 09 20:57 16. Ariel Davis ELK 12 20:58 17. Jenny Watkins CM 11 21:00 18. Misha Phillips ELK 12 21:01 19. Erica Reese CAP 11 21:05 20. Leslie Lawson JEFF 11 21:10 21. Lanie Lord GW 11 21:20 22. Stephanie Boone CM 10 21:20 23. Jessica Schneider FS 11 21:22 24. Beth Bridgewater CM 11 21:24 25. Joy Vincent HUNT 12 21:28 26. Carrie Friesmuth FS 12 21:32 27. Kate Harlow CM 09 21:33 28. Emily Johnstone MGT 12 21:46 29. Laurie Rendeiro JEFF 09 21:50 30. Jessica Yareb FS 09 21:52 31. Rachel Erenrich MGT 12 22:02 32. Valerie Kelley FS 11 22:12 33. Brittney Banks HED 10 22:13 34. Rene Showalter GW 09 22:18 35. Allison Younkins WP 11 22:19 36. Bethany Romanek WP 10 22:30 37. Jiketta Underwood JEFF 10 22:32 38. Elena Knight MGT 11 22:36 39. Jill Morton JEFF 11 22:48 40. Rebecca Muck JEFF 11 22:50 41. Jessica Lawson CM 12 22:55 42. Carol Lee GW 10 22:56 43. Ayca Gokcen GW 11 23:01 44. Jackey Lewis ELK 10 23:05 45. Nancy Buchanan CM 12 23:12 46. Jessica Spieth WP 10 23:14 47. D'Arcy Robb GW 12 23:20 48. Anne Beggel WP 11 23:30 49. Kimberly Pogue WP 12 23:39 50. Rebecca Myers JEFF 10 24:05 51. Robin Cross MGT 12 24:36 52. Kristy Bruner GW 12 24:45 53. Megan Firl ELK 11 24:54 54. Dawn Fasig ELK 11 25:11 55. Sara Martin WP 09 25:28 56. Krista Tibbs MGT 12 25:32