The following are the top 6 returning performers for each individual event in Class A. This listing could possibly include people who graduated. I did not have grade levels submitted for each athlete, so for the purposes of this list, I assumed that each person who did not have a year listed was returning. If you know of an athlete on the lists who has graduated, please let me know, and I will update the list.
It is also possible that someone who ran in AA last year but is A this year could be missed. The cutoffs to make the database in AA were more strenuous than those in A.
100 Meter Dash 1 Burdock, Colleena Union 12 12.69 2 Colantonio, Lea Madonna 12 12.72 3 Zide, Alexis Williamstown 12 12.90 4 Wayt, Kenadee Wheeling Cent. 10 13.04 5 Rexrode, Angel Pendleton 12 13.12 6 Newton, McKenzie Doddridge 11 13.13 11 returners under 13.20. 200 Meter Dash 1 Burdock, Colleena Union 12 26.06 2 Gardner, Ellie Williamstown 12 26.82 3 Wayt, Kenadee Wheeling Cent. 10 27.10 4 Cottrill, Marissa St. Marys 11 27.23 5 Zide, Alexis Williamstown 12 27.27 6 Saunders, Alexis Park. Catholic 12 27.41 10 returners under 27.70. 14 under 27.90. 400 Meter Dash 1 Nolte, Nikki Wheeling Cent. 11 59.58 2 Moran, McKenzie St. Joseph 10 59.85 3 Billie, Nicole Wheeling Cent. 10 101.05 4 Crosten, Emily Tucker 11 101.73 5 Moore, Sydney Tucker 11 102.59 6 Wayt, Kenadee Wheeling Cent. 10 102.84 * Blatt, Emma Teays Vall Chr 12 102.64 13 returners under 1:03.6. 800 Meter Run 1 Smith, Sydney Buffalo 10 227.48 2 Wayt, Ireland Wheeling Cent. 10 227.58 3 Delaney, Jordan Magnolia 12 227.93 4 Saurborn, Emily Trinity 11 227.97 5 Moore, Haley Wirt 11 230.05 6 Frame, Madison Richwood 12 232.04 11 returners under 2:34. 1600 Meter Run 1 Delaney, Jordan Magnolia 12 522.92 2 Michels, Madi Buffalo 10 525.35 3 Gacek, Hannah Chas. Catholic 12 530.81 4 Hedrick, Cora Pocahontas 11 532.18 5 Cowell, Caitlin Richwood 10 532.64 6 Frame, Madison Richwood 12 532.71 7 returners under 5:40. 10 under 5:45. 3200 Meter Run 1 Michels, Madi Buffalo 10 1142.99 2 Delaney, Jordan Magnolia 12 1143.72 3 Gacek, Hannah Chas. Catholic 12 1147.02 4 Frame, Madison Richwood 12 1202.33 5 McLaughlin, Piper Trinity 12 1207.46 6 Cowell, Caitlin Richwood 10 1209.86 8 returners under 12:20. 100 Meter High Hurdles 1 Plaugher, Rosa Doddridge 12 15.30 2 Kirk, Samantha Ritchie 12 15.72 3 Nichols, Elizabeth Tucker 12 15.88 4 Gardner, Ellie Williamstown 12 16.38 5 Jenkins, Renee South Harrison 11 16.83 6 Smith, Sydney Buffalo 10 16.93 6 Knight, Hannah St. Marys 12 16.93 9 returners under 17.15. 11 under 17.30. 300 Meter Low Hurdles 1 Kirk, Samantha Ritchie 12 46.88 2 Charles, Abby Doddridge 12 48.13 3 Mullen, Mills Chas. Catholic 10 48.22 4 Evans, Kacey South Harrison 11 48.85 5 Smith, Sydney Buffalo 10 49.21 6 Billie, Nicole Wheeling Cent. 10 49.34 9 returners under 50.0. 13 under 50.6. High Jump 1 Estep, Bailey Magnolia 12 5.05 2 Burdock, Colleena Union 12 5.04 3 Rothwell, Jordan Chas. Catholic 11 5.02 3 Smarr, Mista Doddridge 11 5.02 5 Baker, Rachel Valley Wetzel 12 5.00 5 King, Jillian Buffalo 10 5.00 5 Hesson, Carson Williamstown 10 5.00 15 returners at 4'10 or better. Pole Vault 1 Gardner, Ellie Williamstown 12 11.03 2 Haught, Abi Ritchie 10 9.06 3 Cokeley, Sarah Ritchie 12 9.00 4 Ammons, Addison Clay Battelle 10 8.06 4 Walters, Maggie Park. Catholic 10 8.06 6 Ferguson, Savanah Doddridge 12 8.00 6 Baker, Shaina St. Marys 12 8.00 6 Lancaster, Emily Tyler Cons. 10 8.00 6 Tallman, Cassie Ritchie 11 8.00 14 returners at 7'6 or better. Long Jump 1 Burdock, Colleena Union 12 17.0075 2 Estep, Bailey Magnolia 12 16.1100 3 Saunders, Alexis Park. Catholic 12 16.0500 4 Baker, Shaina St. Marys 12 16.0300 5 Moore, Sydney Tucker 11 16.0025 6 Newton, McKenzie Doddridge 11 15.1100 6 Nichols, Jenna St. Marys 12 15.1100 10 returners at 15'6 or better. Shot Put 1 Wright, Sada Gilmer 11 35.0550 2 Jemison, Whitney St. Marys 12 35.0500 3 Arnold, Beth Williamstown 10 35.0325 4 Bolyard, Carleigh Tucker 11 34.0350 5 Zills, Anna Magnolia 12 33.0550 6 Martin, Kinzy Summers 11 32.0400 7 returners at 32'0 or better. 9 at 31'8 or better. Discus 1 Wright, Sada Gilmer 11 114.02 2 Jemison, Whitney St. Marys 12 113.07 3 Martin, McKenzie Summers 10 99.02 4 Boyd, Tessa Tyler Consol. 12 97.05 5 Brown, Caitlin Doddridge 12 97.00 6 Carroll, Bridget Pocahontas 11 96.08 8 returners at 95'0. 10 at 93'0 or better. Teams 1. Magnolia 44 2. Union 38 3. Williamstown 37 4. Wheeling Central 36 5. Ritchie 32.25 6. Buffalo 31.50 7. Doddridge 26.75 8. St. Marys 25.25 9. Charleston Catholic 23 10. Gilmer 20 Remember that the Power Rankings allow an athlete to be in more than 4 events. The "returner rankings" also do not include any provision for relays. All 4 members of a championship relay time may be returning, but it is not reflected in the numbers above. These are only points from individual events.