Andrew Shaffer

Richwood High School senior Andrew Shaffer completed a triple in the distance events at the Ripley Invitational this past Thursday. The class-A distance standout ran new season best times of 4:33.20 in the 1600m and 10:04.59 in the 3200m, and he ran a PR of 2:05.55 in the 800m.

Philip Barbour Wins Boys and Girls AA-A State Championship The last race at the West Virginia State Cross Country Championships was expected to be the wildest race of the day. It was the boys’ AA-A race. It didn’t disappoint.

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.

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.