RunWV
Covering Cross Country and Track & Field in West Virginia
Sauro Wins U18 Mountain Running Championship
This morning (6/26) in Saluzzo, Italy, Williamstown's Alyssa Sauro scored the win in the International U18 Mountain Running
Championships. She joins a pretty short list of WV athletes to compete in the Mountain Running Championships. From memory,
Maria Dalzot (Morgantown), Alex Dent (Hurricane), Levi Grandt (Doddridge), and Andrew Benford (Ravenswood), have competed in
this event with Benford competing in both the U18 and Adult Divisions. But Sauro is the first to win it, taking the win on a
kick to the finish over an athlete from England. The 4.4K course featured 155 Meters (508+ feet) of ascent/descent.
Riggs Sets New Mark at Brooks PR Invitational
Morgantown's Irene Riggs narrowly missed the win in the 2 Mile at the Brooks PR Invitational on Friday Night, June 15th. Her
9:50.72 broke the old High School Record for the Outdoor True 2 Mile. This converts to a 9:47.29 for the 3200.
Riggs Approaches Record, Lamb Joins Sub-5:00 Club
Tonight in Morgantown, Morgantown's Irene Riggs blasted a 1600 in 4:37.18, just missing the All-Time Best. However, I'm adding it to the
All-Time Record list because the mark that betters that is a converted Mile, and it's too close to not acknowledge both. In
the same race, Doddridge's Lexi Lamb joined the sub-5:00 1600 list, which I believe now stands at 16.
Steorts Excels in Alabama
Hurricane's Ty Steorts, fresh off a 2nd place finish in the AAA 3200 Meter Run as a Freshman, excelled this weekend at the
RunningLane Track Championships in Huntsville, AL. Competing in the Championship Division of the 3200, Steorts dropped a
9:01.62. That wasn't the only excellent performance by a WV athlete at the meet. More details in the Track News & Notes section.
That's A Wrap
All State Meet Results are up. Congratulations to Winfield Girls, Winfield Boys, Morgantown Girls, University Boys,
Williamstown Girls, and Doddridge Boys. And to new State Meet Record Holders - Candace Morris - Capital - 100 Meter Dash
12.04 (record was from 2000). Irene Riggs - Morgantown - 3200 Meter Run 10:14.16. Jefferson Boys (Caleb Shelton, Keyshawn
Robinson, Spencer Powell, Isaiah Fritts) - 4x200 Meter Relay 1:27.80. Alyssa Sauro - Williamstown - 800 Meter Run 2:17.42.
Olivia Cress - Ritchie - High Jump 5'6. Gus Morrison - Ritchie - Long Jump 22'6.50. There were several near misses on new
records as well.
State Meet Link
I assure you that the State Meet link is accurate and active. If you are getting the 404 Error, please right click in the
contents area and select Refresh or Reload Frame. If you are on a phone or tablet, try closing out all the browser tabs and
the browser app, and restart the browser app.
No k12.wv.us E-mail
I do not have a k12.wv.us e-mail address. There is a poor teacher out there (I believe in Wetzel County) that happens to share my
name, and people have suddenly started sending him RunWV related e-mail. I don't think it's ever happened before, but there have
been two in the last week or so. Let's leave that poor guy alone and keep e-mails to me to just runwv@runwv.com.
Sauro Named to U18 US Mountain Running Team
Williamstown's Alyssa Sauro has been named to the U18 US Mountain Running Team. More Details in the News & Notes Section.
Gottlieb goes sub-1:54
While it's not a State All-Time Best, it's still rare territory for WV. Jefferson's Justin Gottlieb scored a 1:53.78 in the
800 Meter Run at the Carolina Distance Carnival on Friday.
Morgantown Girls Set New Mark, Edwards Wins at Penn Relays
The Morgantown foursome of Lea Hatcher, Amelia Summers, Jennifer O'Palko, and Irene Riggs shattered their own State All-Time Best
mark in the 4x800 meter relay at the Penn Relays on Friday. Their 9:18.17 clocking took over 9 seconds off their mark from
earlier in the season. University's Josh Edwards took the win in the 3000 Meter Run with a blistering 57.45 second final lap
to stretch a 0.25 second lead to over a 5 and a half second win in 8:20.31.
Riggs Sets New Mark
It's not often you run an 8:45.61 in the 3200 and aren't the star of the show, but that's what happened to Josh Edwards Friday
Night at the Mountaineer Showcase. That time nearly set a new mark for WV High School Boys in a very fast 3200 race. I think the
only one faster is Edwards' own run from last year that came in a converted 2 Mile. But he was outdone this time by Morgantown's
Irene Riggs, who became the first ever high school girl to go under 10:00 in the 3200, and she crushed it, scoring a 9:54.69
to take down the record held by Millie Paladino.
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A Team Manager Plea
Coaches - In your Team Manager setup, please use your school as your
Short Name rather than your mascot or your school abbreviation. For
example - I'll use Doddridge County High School - the short name should
be Doddridge, not Bulldogs or DCHS. Hy-Tek uses the Short Name in the
results listing. If you use mascots, a tri-meet between George Washington,
Parkersburg South, and Wheeling Park would have a results listing of nothing
but Patriots. If you use abbreviations, a meet between Hampshire, Hurricane,
and Huntington would have a results listing of nothing but HHS. So, please,
for my sanity, use your school name.
Also, please make sure the names of your athletes are spelled correctly
and that their grade levels are correct. .
Hy-Tek Team Manager Tips
This information is also in the top section of the News & Notes Section in
the Track Pages, but I thought I'd put it here as well. When setting up Team
Manager, please follow these guidelines to make results easy to read.
Team Abbr:
Use the 4 digit code assigned by the WVSSAC. i.e. 0026. You have to have it this way for the
Regional anyway.
Full Team Name:
The full name of your school: i.e. Doddridge County HS
Short Team Name:
A shorter name that still makes it obvious: i.e. Doddridge. The only teams I
can think of that need to do something slightly different would Lincoln County
(can't use "Lincoln" because there is also a Lincoln High that should use
Lincoln), and Liberty Harrison, and Liberty
Raleigh who need to add just a little
to differentiate themselves. Do not use an abbreviation like DCHS or a mascot like Bulldogs.
Alternate Abbr:
The school abbreviation: i.e. DCHS.
Athlete Grade Levels:
Please make sure you have updated your grade levels from last year.
Contribution Season
As always, I'm accepting donations. Please view the Wall of Support for details. Every little bit helps
pay for the site expenses. What I'd ideally like to see happen is for each team to send $1 per athlete
per season ($1 for Track and $1 for Cross Country). That way no one is emptying their pockets much, but
the site is still well-supported.
Submitting Meet Results
I thought I'd put up a reminder about how to submit meet results. Our preferred
method to received results is via E-Mail. The best method is to send me a backup
copy of the meet if you're using Hy-Tek software. Then I can extract all the information
we want. Otherwise, you can E-Mail a text file, a Microsoft Word File, a Microsoft Excel
File, or an HTML file.
