The following are the top 6 returning performers for each individual event in Class AA. 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 AAA last year but is AA this year could be missed. The cutoffs to make the database in AAA were more strenuous than those in AA.
100 Meter Dash 1 Spencer, Donavon Weir 12 10.82 2 Reed, Carlos Bluefield 12 10.87 3 O'Dell, Jacob Nicholas 10 11.18 4 Banks, Aaron Mingo Central 12 11.22 5 Collier, Latrell Bluefield 11 11.24 6 Amick, Oliver Nicholas 12 11.42 10 returners under 11.60 200 Meter Dash 1 Spencer, Donovan Weir 12 22.13 2 Daly, Ryan Winfield 12 22.67 3 Southerly, Cody Petersburg 12 22.94 4 Garland, Maleik Keyser 12 23.06 5 O'Dell, Jacob Nicholas 10 23.10 6 Collier, Latrell Bluefield 11 23.13 8 returners under 23.50. 400 Meter Dash 1 Armes, Trevor Clay 12 50.67 2 Amick, Oliver Nicholas 12 51.47 3 Harris, Sheb Point Pleasant 12 52.05 4 McGinnis, Austin Roane 11 52.38 5 Guy, Marcus Independence 12 52.45 6 Shetler, Steven Berkeley Spr. 12 52.58 8 returners under 53.0 and 10 under 53.50. 800 Meter Run 1 Reed, Jackson Nicholas 12 158.89 2 Shetler, Steven Berkeley Spr. 12 159.49 3 Withrow, Aaron Winfield 10 159.88 4 Price, Brady Berkeley Spr. 12 200.98 5 Cunningham, Elijah Fairmont Senior 11 202.26 6 Weese, Mason East Fairmont 12 202.68 8 returners under 2:05. 11 under 2:07. 1600 Meter Run 1 Reed, Jackson Nicholas 12 423.90 2 Withrow, Aaron Winfield 10 425.63 3 Chapman, Matt Berkeley Spr. 12 429.85 4 Lacaria, Jimmy Bridgeport 12 431.03 5 Shetler, Steven Berkeley Spr. 12 431.86 6 Ellis, Mark East Fairmont 11 437.65 7 returners under 4:40. Only 2 others under 4:50. 3200 Meter Run 1 Reed, Jackson Nicholas 12 931.11 2 Withrow, Aaron Winfield 10 934.30 3 Lacaria, Jimmy Bridgeport 12 941.31 4 Ellis, Mark East Fairmont 11 958.24 5 Duez, Mark Bridgeport 11 1001.76 6 Shetler, Steven Berkeley Spr. 12 1004.05 7 returners under 10:10. Only 2 others under 10:20. 110 Meter High Hurdles 1 Johnson, Deavonta Keyser 12 15.18 2 Cochran, Tristenn Grafton 12 15.55 3 Lee, Austin Lewis 12 15.56 4 Perez, Juvenal Nicholas 12 15.67 5 Coon, Haden Roane 11 16.14 6 Cottrell, Chris Sissonville 12 16.17 6 Schubert, Trenten Winfield 12 16.17 8 returners at 16.50 or better. 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles 1 Johnson, Deovanta Keyser 12 40.32 2 Cochran, Tristenn Grafton 12 40.64 3 Gaskill, Michael East Fairmont 12 41.30 4 Perez, Juvenal Nicholas 12 41.48 5 Cottrell, Chris Sissonville 12 41.52 6 Slusser, Andrew East Fairmont 12 41.62 No one else within a second. 9 under 43.0. High Jump 1 Nichols, Luke Nitro 11 6.09 2 Thomas, Franklin North Marion 12 6.03 3 McGinnis, Austin Roane 11 6.02 3 Ours, Brady Keyser 11 6.02 5 Schwarm, Jordan Shady Spring 12 6.00 5 Greason, Wade Keyser 11 6.00 9 at 5'10 or better. Pole Vault 1 Hoskinson, Zach Robert C. Byrd 12 13.01 2 Coon, Haden Roane 11 12.06 3 Osborne, Joshua Bridgeport 11 12.00 4 Dixon, Bryant Keyser 11 11.00 4 Moore, Kurtis Winfield 10 11.00 6 Staggs, Tanner Keyser 11 10.06 6 Nesselrotte, Dylan East Fairmont 12 10.06 6 Hawkins, Trevor Point Pleasant 12 10.06 6 Wallace, Brendan Elkins 12 10.06 Only 1 other returner at 10'0. Long Jump 1 Gaskill, Michael East Fairmont 12 21.0225 2 Banks, Aaron Mingo Central 12 20.0900 3 Guy, Marcus Independence 12 20.0675 4 McGinnis, Austin Roane 11 19.1050 5 Slusser, Andrew East Fairmont 12 19.0925 6 Sheppard, Dalton Mingo Central 12 19.0900 11 returners over 19'0. Shot Put 1 Dotson, Chase Poca 12 56.0150 2 Bonnett, Luke Braxton 12 50.1000 3 Currence, Cameron Braxton 12 48.0000 4 Clark, Joseph Point Pleasant 12 46.0200 5 Trent, Christopher Bridgeport 11 44.0950 6 Stewart, Seth Point Pleasant 12 44.0700 9 returners over 43'0. Discus 1 Dotson, Chase Poca 12 157.04 2 Gibbs, Alex Point Pleasant 11 146.05 3 Ellis, Clifford Lincoln 11 141.04 4 Gump, Jordan Lincoln 11 140.03 5 Bonnett, Lucas Braxton 12 136.09 6 Trent, Christopher Bridgeport 11 133.09 8 returners over 133'0. 12 over 127'0. Top Teams 1. Nicholas 55 2. Keyser 33.75 3. Winfield 33.50 4. East Fairmont 25.25 5. Roane 23 6. Berkeley Springs 22 7. Bridgeport 21 8. Poca 20 8. Weir 20 10. Point Pleasant 19.25 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.