Will Shaffer

Bria Welker and Katie Jan lead the Frankfort ladies with 71 points of their team's 82 points while Ritchie County took care of business on the boys side.

Senior Nick Trefz of Fairmont Senior with the 4th fastest time posted in West Virginia this year and the fasted in A-AA classification in 2012 cruised to a 12 second victory with a sub 16 minute time of 15:52.2.

At the West Virginia High School State Track Meet at Laidley Field in Charleston, WV on May 18-19, Ritchie County High School boys track team won its second Class AA title in three years.

Will Shaffer and the Skyhawks of Scott High School of Madison West Virginia competed at the Beach Run Invitational on April 7th, 2012 at Doug Shaw Stadium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Shaffer, a junior, placed first with a PR of 4:26.35 in the high school boys’ 1600-meter run.

Will Shaffer, a junior at Scott High School in Madison, WV, picked up where he left off during the 2011 track and field season in the 1600m run.

Congratulations to Maggie Drazba and Eric Graf for placing the highest of all West Virginia runners at the Foot Locker South Reginal held at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC.  Drazba competing in the seeded race placed 13th in a personal best and WV#1 time of 17:40. Graf also running in the seeded race placed 14th and ran a personal best and WV#2 time of 15:15.    

Nothing should be assumed or predicted in the A-AA boys race. It appears to be the wild card of all the races on Saturday. Cross country will get a special treat because it will be the last race of the day.

WVRunners Top 1A/2A 100 Boys and Girls Pre-State Meet 5K rankings

While the Preston High School boys’ team was in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, the lady knights were in Fairmont taking care of business. Sophomore sensation Kaitlyn Workman (20:21) led her team to victory as she won the individual battle between Alyssa Scherich (20:38) of Fairmont Senior.

Drazba Wins Showdown Against Harris Maggie Drazba of St.Marys - File Photo The 2011 GEICO Classic held at the West Virginia State Championship course at Cabell Midland in Ona, gave us some insights to the early season form of many teams and individuals in the hunt for State titles.  

Philip Barbour Ladies Favored to Repeat as State Champions   On the girls’ side of things in the AA-A classes, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is Sarah McCauley graduated and will be running at WVU this fall. The bad news is that Philip Barbour returns the other six runners that blew the away the second place Shady Spring by 58 points at the state meet.   The Colts may have another runner take home the individual crown. Last year, then-sophomore Briana Waybright finished fifth and freshman Katie Mahoney finished ninth.   However, when talking about the individual title, the conversation starts with St. Mary’s Maggie Drazba and Charleston Catholic’s Sami Harris.

Woodford on his way to the AA-A Boys Victory   McCauley making her move at the 2 mile mark Under clear, sunny skies, the AA-A boys kicked off things in Ona, WV at the West Virginia Cross Country State Championships.

On October 21, 310 St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope.  On October 21, 686 Conon begins his reign as Catholic Pope.  On October 21, 1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island and “discovers America.”  On October 21, 1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.  On October 21, 1555 English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king.  And on October 21, 2010 cross country regional races were underway all over the state of West Virginia.  

File Photo: Dayton McVicker at 2010 New Balance Outdoor Nationals This year’s Chick-Fil-A Invitational, held on the home course of Williamstown High School saw great competition and quick times! This invitational, which is one of the largest invitationals in the state with over 400 runners finishing this year, produced 5 Milesplit Elite performances.