Region III A-AA – Shady Spring girls placed all 7 of their runners in the top 10 as they put on a memorable performance. The ladies of Pikeview prevented the shutout as they placed two girls in the top 5. The final margin was 20-44. Chelsea Callaway, a senior, ran away from the field with a 32 second win in 20:29 over sophomore teammate Desiree Roseberry (21:03). Chelsea East (21:12) led the Pikeview girls to their 2nd place finish. Shady Spring girls and Pikeview girls advance to the State meet.
Pikeview of Princeton won an exciting and highly contested region title over strong and pesky Richwood with the slim margin of 2 points (33-35). Richwood placed 4 harriers in the top 8 but was edged out as Pikeview’s pack was a little more efficient as two runners, Brent Roarke (17:33) and Jordan Weitzel (17:59) placed 2nd and 3rd respectively and ahead of Richwood 1st place runner and 4th place finisher Derrick Chaffin (18:07). Both Pikeview and Richwood advance to next week’s State meet.
Region III AAA – Capital girls (34 points) of Charleston led by Chelsea Jarvis’ 40 second win over teammate Christine Azeredo claimed the Region III AAA crown. George Washington girls took the 2nd place and runner-up title with 55 points. Jarvis ran the only time under 20 minutes as she finished in 19:56 while runner-up Azeredo was a minute and 15 seconds ahead of the next runner.
On the boy’s side, South Charleston only had one boy to race. However, that did not stop David Caldwell from claiming the Region III AAA individual champion. Caldwell would post the only sub 17 minute time of the day in 16:55. 2nd place finisher Andy Bailey and 3rd place runner Caleb Ellis led St. Albans to the team championship with a score of 28 points. George Washington took 2nd with 54 points.
Advancing to the State meet are the girl’s teams of Capital and George Washington and the boy’s teams of St. Albans and George Washington.