Class A Boys
100 Meter Dash
Valley Wetzel's Casey Pingley powered away from the field to win convincingly by 0.18 seconds
in 11.41. Charleston Catholic's Will Dobbins was the only other runner to be under 11.70. 3rd
through 5th were decided by just 0.09.
RunWV's Current Score: 5 of 6.
200 Meter Dash
Charleston Catholic's Michael Robinson sped away from the field to win by 0.2 seconds. Valley
Wetzel's Casey Pingley got away from Fayetteville's Jonathan Gore for 2nd. Only three
runners made it in under 24 seconds.
RunWV's Current Score: 10 of 12.
400 Meter Dash
Pocahontas' Tanner Graham took control and pulled away down the stretch to win in 51.37.
St. Marys' Derek Renner held off Doddridge's Daniel Plaugher and Wheeling Central's
Carter Huffman for 2nd. Only those four ran under 53.
RunWV's Current Score: 16 of 18.
800 Meter Run
A year after the top 5 were all under 2:02, no one made it in under 2:03. Wirt's Josh Quinn
pulled away from the field down the stretch to win by nearly 2 seconds. His 2:03.05 was one of
only two runs under 2:05. Williamstown's Aaron Lockhart was the only other runner to eclipse
the 2:05 barrier. Two others were under 2:06.
RunWV's Current Score: 20 of 24.
1600 Meter Run
Richwood's Andrew Shaffer took the field out hard, coming through the first lap in 64. By
the end of lap 2, Shaffer still held a slight lead over Buffalo's Evan Childers and St.
Marys' Charlie Drazba. Doddridge's Caleb Moore was close behind. At the end of three
laps, Shaffer and Childers were battling for the lead. Drazba had dropped off by 2 seconds, and
Moore had dropped off by 4 seconds. Doddridge's Daniel Clevenger had closed to within a
second of Moore. On the final lap, Shaffer pulled away for the 2 second win over childers. Moore
used a furious last 100 meters to just squeak by Drazba at the line for 3rd as the front four all
went under 4:40. Clevenger also ran under 4:43 to take 5th. Three others made it in under 4:50 in
the battle for 6th, won by Charleston Catholic's A.J. Laska.
RunWV's Current Score: 24 of 30.
3200 Meter Run
Richwood's Andrew Shaffer, Doddridge's Caleb Cade, and Buffalo's Evan Childers
took the field through in 1:11. A number of runners came through in a strung-out pack of 1:12-1:13
times. At the end of the 2nd lap, Childers and Shaffer were together at the front in 2:25. Doddridge's
Caleb Moore had moved into 3rd, with St. Marys' Charlie Drazba in 4th as both crossed
in 2:26. They were trailed closely by Clay-Battelle's Alec Statler, Charleston Catholic's
Marcus Black and Cade who all went through in 2:27-28. At the end of three laps, Childers
held a slight lead over Shaffer and Moore, who were slightly ahead of Drazba as the group came through
in 3:38-39. The foursome had generated about a 4 second gap on Black and Statler. The fourth lap
saw Childers start to pull away. He came through in 4:51 and had generated a 3 second gap on Shaffer
and Moore. Drazba had fallen an additional 4 seconds back. Childers continued to extend his lead
on the 5th lap. The lead was up to 6 seconds as he crossed in 6:04. Shaffer started to get away
from Moore, generating a 3 second gap. Black pulled even with Drazba 11 seconds back. On lap
6, Childers stretched his lead to 11 seconds. Shaffer continued to hold a 3 second lead over Moore.
Black moved in front of Drazba. On the 7th lap, Childers' lead grew to 14 seconds. Shaffer extended
his lead over Moore to 6 seconds. Black pulled away from Drazba. On the final lap, Childers cruised
to the win in 9:47.53, taking the win by over 14 seconds. Shaffer easily held onto 2nd in 10:02.09,
and Moore easily held onto 3rd in 10:12.93. Black easily held his 4th spot. Statler made the pass
on Drazba early in lap 8 to move into 5th, and Drazba held onto 6th. Only the front 3 went under 10:15.
RunWV's Current Score: 29 of 36.
100 Meter High Hurdles
Williamstown's Dylan McNutt ran a clean race and easily won the event in 15.58. Doddridge's
Daniel Plaugher overcame an early clubbed hurdle to just nip East Hardy's George Maddox
and St. Marys' Brett Wright for 2nd. The trio were separated by just 0.02. The front four
were all 15.90 or better. All six placers were under 16.40.
RunWV's Current Score: 35 of 42.
300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles
East Hardy's George Maddox ran aggressive from the gun. Doddridge's Daniel Plaugher
had made the pass heading into the last hurdle but stuttered it, allowing Maddox to get back by
for the 0.04 win, 40.28 to 40.32. Williamstown's Dylan McNutt ran a 41.19 for a solid 3rd.
Cameron's Jared Dunn and Bishop Donahue's Tyler Zahnow were under 43 seconds.
RunWV's Current Score: 41 of 48.
4x100 Meter Relay
Doddridge took the win as a strong anchor leg by Cory Aichele got them past Williamstown by
0.14. Doddridge was the only team under 46 seconds. Williamstown held off Valley Wetzel and a
strong run by Calhoun from the first heat. Those three were separated by just 0.10. All six
placers were 46.50 or better.
br>RunWV's Current Score: 45 of 54.
4x200 Meter Relay
Charleston Catholic took the win by 0.60 over Doddridge, who got by Williamstown down the stretch
to take 2nd by 0.16. Those three teams were under 1:35. No one else was under 1:36. Only Valley
Wetzel from the 1st heat was under 1:37. One of my predicted placers was disqualified.
RunWV's Current Score: 49 of 60.
4x400 Meter Relay
Pocahontas used a strong anchor leg from Tanner Graham to win by over 2 seconds. Charleston
Catholic pulled out a 2nd place finish from the 1st heat. Williamstown edged out Doddridge by
just 0.12 for 3rd with Doddridge's run coming in the 1st heat. Only Pocahontas and Charleston
Catholic ran 3:35.19 and 3:37.38, respectively. No one else ran under 3:42. St. Marys ran fast
enough to get 2nd place but was disqualified for running outside their lane on the first leg.
RunWV's Current Score: 54 of 66.
4x800 Meter Relay
Buffalo received a 2:03 lead leg from Dylan Rich and never trailed after that. Buffalo
continued to extend their lead throughout the race and went on to win by over 6 seconds. St. Marys
used a 2:03 anchor leg from Jordan Whitehair to get by Doddridge for 2nd. Buffalo ran
a 8:23.14. St. Marys made it in under 8:30. Doddridge made it in under 8:33. Charleston Catholic
ran 8:39.31 to take 4th. No one else was under 8:50.
RunWV's Current Score: 59 of 72.
Shuttle Hurdle Relay
Doddridge took the lead on a stellar 2nd leg from Dillon Muhly-Alexander and never relented
that lead in taking the win by over 1.2 seconds. Richwood and East Hardy scored 2nd and 3rd place
finishes, respectively from the 3rd heat. Buffalo scored a 4th. Doddridge was the only team under
1:02. The front four were all under 1:03.
RunWV's Current Score: 63 of 78.
High Jump
Gilmer's Anthony Aviles sailed over a State Meet Record 6'5.25 to take the win. He was the
only jumper to go higher than 6'0. 4 other jumpers cleared 6'0.
RunWV's Current Score: 67 of 84.
Pole Vault
Charleston Catholic's Keiffer Reed and Gilmer's Cam Kinder each cleared 13'6 with Reed
taking the win on the tie-breaker. Wheeling Central's Daniel Scott and Williamstown's
Alex Marchetti cleared 13'0 to tie for 3rd. All placers cleared at least 12'0.
RunWV's Current Score: 73 of 90.
Long Jump
East Hardy's Joshua Parker was the only jumper to go past 21'0 with his leap of 21'2.25.
Only Charleston Catholic's John-Paul Tupta joined him over 20'0. 8 jumpers went past
19'0.
RunWV's Current Score: 77 of 96.
Shot Put
St. Marys' Hayden Ullman threw 51'1.75 to take the win by over a foot. Valley Wetzel's
Spencer Mason threw 50'0 for 2nd. Wheeling Central's Aaron Schneid threw 49'5.50
for 3rd. Pocahontas' Evan Rose eclipsed 47'0 in taking 4th.
RunWV's Current Score: 82 of 102.
Discus
Wheeling Central's Aaron Schneid repeated as discus champion with his toss of 143'5. Only
Pocahontas' Evan Rose was able to join him at over 140'0. Only Valley Wetzel's Spencer
Mason threw over 130' among the remaining field. Only the top 3 threw further than 125'.
RunWV's Current Score: 87 of 108.
The final score of 87 of 108 means that 80.6 % of the people picked to place did indeed place. Congratulations to those that proved me wrong.
Exceeding Predictions
The following athletes exceed the predictions by 3 or more places and
deserve special mention.
Casey Pingley, Valley Wetzel -- 200 M (picked 5th, got 2nd)
Josh Quinn, Wirt -- 800 M (picked 5th, got 1st)
Will Farkas-Worthy, Charleston Catholic -- 800 M (not picked, got 4th)
Valley Wetzel -- 4x100 M (not picked, got 3rd)
(Dylan Edgell, Robert Ueltschy, Kody Jenkins, Casey Pingley)
Calhoun -- 4x100 M (not picked, got 4th)
(Mark Bedree, Nathan Cosgrove, Zachary Hanshaw, Cameron Litviak)
Valley Wetzel -- 4x200 M (not picked, got 4th)
(Dylan Edgell, Robert Ueltschy, Kody Jenkins, Casey Pingley)
Richwood -- Shuttles (picked 6th, got 2nd)
(David Taylor, Thomas Murphy, Derek Tinney, Zach Bennett)
East Hardy -- Shuttles (not picked, got 3rd)
(Kyle Westfall, Matin Miller, Kyde Enke, George Maddox)
Joel Roberts, Gilmer -- High Jump (not picked, got 4th)
Dillon Muhly-Alexander, Doddridge -- Long Jump (not picked, got 4th)
The following teams deserve kudos for scoring seven points or more higher than we predicted.
Class A Boys Valley Wetzel +18 East Hardy +12 Doddridge + 8 Wirt + 7