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 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 Smith, McKenna Bridgeport 12 11.89 2 Lawman, Mary Winfield 12 12.69 3 Joplin, Tyra Mingo Central 12 12.81 4 Hinkle, Carly Winfield 12 12.92 5 Rhodes, Josie Liberty Harr 11 12.96 5 Raines, Josie Roane 12 12.96 8 returners under 13.10. 10 at 13.20 or better. 200 Meter Dash 1 Smith, McKenna Bridgeport 12 24.37 2 Raines, Josie Roane 12 26.50 3 Hinkle, Carly Winfield 12 26.67 4 Preece, Katie Scott 12 26.68 5 Bowen, Isabella Bridgeport 10 27.10 6 Hefner, Reagan Shady Spring 10 27.14 Only one other under 27.50. 400 Meter Dash 1 Smith, McKenna Bridgeport 12 55.25 2 Preece, Katie Scott 12 59.88 3 Wilson, Catie Bridgeport 11 100.33 4 Hine, Eve North Marion 11 100.68 5 Bowen, Isabella Bridgeport 10 100.89 6 Burgess, Grace Keyser 12 100.94 No one else under 1:02, but 11 total under 1:03. 800 Meter Run 1 Louk, Emily Lewis 11 221.16 2 Cole, Grace Winfield 10 221.47 3 Woods, Alyssa Nicholas 11 223.04 4 Robinson, Isabella Winfield 10 223.91 5 Carpenter, Olivia Nicholas 10 225.74 6 Hoff, Savannah Winfield 10 225.87 11 returners under 2:30. 1600 Meter Run 1 Melvin, Jessica Philip Barbour 11 521.14 2 Trowbridge, Taylor North Marion 12 521.32 3 Louk, Emily Lewis 11 522.60 4 Golden, Stephanie Berkeley Spr. 11 526.63 5 Hoff, Savannah Winfield 10 526.73 6 Beeman, Abby Frankfort 10 530.21 10 under 5:36. 12 under 5:40. 3200 Meter Run 1 Melvin, Jessica Philip Barbour 11 1137.35 2 Hoff, Savannah Winfield 10 1139.53 3 Underwood, Olivia Elkins 12 1141.14 4 Louk, Emily Lewis 11 1143.28 5 Golden, Stephanie Berkeley Spr. 11 1150.02 6 Hodge, Kierra Philip Barbour 11 1158.10 11 returners under 12:10. 100 Meter High Hurdles 1 Lawman, Mary Winfield 12 14.67 2 Bady, Lauryn Winfield 12 15.68 3 Hegele, Erica Shady Spring 10 16.06 4 Teets, Khara Keyser 12 16.67 5 Gordon, Hanah North Marion 12 16.74 6 McKown, Hannah Roane 11 16.83 No one else under 17.15. 8 total under 17.25. 300 Meter Low Hurdles 1 Smith, McKenna Bridgeport 12 44.03 2 Hegele, Erica Shady Spring 10 47.82 3 Godbey, Danielle Roane 11 48.08 4 Grose, Kayla Frankfort 10 48.49 5 Janutolo, Dani Bluefield 11 48.75 6 White, Bajur Keyser 12 49.10 8 returners under 50.0. 11 under 50.20. High Jump 1 Hinkle, Carly Winfield 12 5.08 2 Willey, Hayley Robert C. Byrd 10 5.02 2 Crowder, Kristen Bridgeport 10 5.02 2 Cartwright, Caroline Winfield 10 5.02 5 Stern, Bethany Liberty Harr. 12 5.00 5 Marple, Rory Bridgeport 10 5.00 5 May, Laura East Fairmont 11 5.00 5 Moore, Hannah Liberty Harr. 10 5.00 5 Porter, Cierra Point Pleasant 11 5.00 15 returners at 4'10 or better. Pole Vault 1 Riley, Shannon Winfield 11 10.00 2 Everly, Wylie Liberty Harr. 11 9.06 3 Albert, Avery Winfield 11 8.06 3 Winkie, Lauren Bridgeport 11 8.06 3 Love, Jenna Bridgeport 11 8.06 6 Gordon, Hannah North Marion 12 8.00 6 Berkhouse, Carli Roane 11 8.00 6 Liberati, Arionna Bridgeport 10 8.00 6 Means, Kayla Robert C. Byrd 10 8.00 10 returners at 7'6 or better. Long Jump 1 Lawman, Mary Winfield 12 17.0625 2 Philogen, Lydia Liberty Raleigh 11 17.0600 3 Raines, Josie Roane 12 17.0500 4 Cavender, Sydney Winfield 11 16.0900 5 Reynolds, Cailyn Roane 12 15.0825 6 Kincaid, Hannah Independence 10 15.0800 8 returners at 15'6 or better. 14 at 15'2 or better. Shot Put 1 Hayman, Aislyn Point Pleasant 12 39.0200 2 Burns, Brooke Scott 10 36.0750 3 Neville, Kasey Philip Barbour 11 36.0500 4 Willison, Kayla Keyser 11 36.0125 5 Mathis, Mica Wayne 12 35.1000 6 Tuttle, Presley North Marion 12 33.0300 Only one other returner over 32'0. 11 total over 31'0. Discus 1 Hayman, Aislyn Point Pleasant 12 132.01 2 Burns, Brooke Scott 10 117.00 3 Bennett, Sirena Shady Spring 10 106.03 4 Hegele, Erica Shady Spring 10 105.05 5 Tuttle, Presley North Marion 12 103.02 6 Williams, Kylee Oak Glen 11 102.07 7 returners over 101'0. 11 over 95'0. Teams 1. Winfield 103 2. Bridgeport 64.85 3. Scott 28 4. Philip Barbour 27 5. Shady Spring 25 6. Roane 23.75 7. Point Pleasant 20.60 8. Lewis 20 9. North Marion 17.25 10. Liberty Harrison 10.70 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.