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News and
Updates
 11/19/08
SSU Men's
and Women's Cross Country Teams Qualify for Nationals - They
will be heading to Kenosha, Wisconsin this weekend!
11/19/08
WVU Ranked Fifth in Final Poll - Congrats to the WVU Girls fro
cracking the top 5 in the nation!! Last weekend performance at the
regionals helped them jump 1 spot in the rankings! More News from
Regionals:
Cleary Pleased with Finish |
Bland Named Athlete of the Week
11/18/08
State Cross Country: Bowen 10th, Fairview Girls Fourth - The KY
State Cross Country Meet that was held in Lexington featured a couple of
runners from our area. A few of them have graced the front page of
TriStateRacer.com as race winners!
11/17/08
WVU Wins MId-Atlantic Championship
- They didn't win outright but they did beat Villanova, who beat them in
the Big East Championship and tied No. 4 ranked Princeton.
Click here for Full Results.
11/16/08 Results from the Nick
Caldwell Memorial in St. Albans Posted! Click here for a
brief
Wrap-up of the event!
11/14/08
Huntington Fattest City in America!! - Read this Interesting
STory about a guy who visited Huntington and plans on pronouncing us the
Fattest City in America!! Post your opinions about this article over on
the
Message Board!
11/14/08
Sad but
Uplifting Story of the Day - Here is a story of the Tennessee
State Champion who lost his friend and fellow XC runner a week before he
crossed the finish line at his State Meet. This is a great story that
also tells how running got him through the pain and might give us a
glimpse at how running effects our lives in such a positive way.
11/14/08 Big Weekend Ahead -
The MU XC Teams and the WVU Girls XC Team are heading to their
Regionals. The WVU Girls are expected to qualify for Nationals
while the MU Teams will need a big weekend earn their ticket to Terra
Haute, Ind. Locally, we have the
Nick Caldwell
Memorial 5K in St. Albans, WV.
11/13/08
Women's NCAA
Regional Predications - WVU Girls team is in action this
weekend. Marie Louise Asselin is predicted to take home the Mid-Atlantic
regional title on her way to the NCAAs. The girls team is predicted to
get third behind Princton and Villanova! This will be a great rematch.
Just two weeks ago, Villanova edged out WVU to take the Big East
Championship. Will the WVU girls be able to get revenge?
11/13/08
X-C
Women Ranked Ninth in Final Atlantic Regional Poll - The WV
Weleyan women's XC team was the only team from the WVIAC to crack the
top 10!
11/12/08
Cabell Midland Senior Trey Beckett is this week's Athlete of the
Week on WCHSTV.com
11/11/08 Information posted for the
Russell Turkey Trot in Russell, KY on Thanksgiving Morning!
11/10/08
Tony Reavis Exhorts Race Directors to "Create Events That Inspire"
- Not local but an interesting read about some ideas to get more peopel
interested in running.
11/10/08
XC Women Finish 9th, Men 13th at NCAA Regional - The WV Wesleyan
Bobcats had one of the best showings of an WV school at Slipper Rock!
11/10/08 MU Half-Marathon Relay
Results Posted!!!
11/10/08 A bunch of WV D-II teams
travelled over the weekend to Slippery Rock , PA for the D-II Atlantic
Regional.
Click here for Full Results
11/7/08
Super Cool Link of the Day - Check this site out. It has video
of every single Track World Record!
11/7/08
Nathan Rees - Athlete of the Week - Seems like there have been a
number of runners who have received this honor. Nathan lead the
Ravenswood High School Boys Cross Country Team to their ninth straight
state title last weekend.
11/7/08
5K Run Planned to Benefit Scholarship - This article let's
everyone know about the Leah Hickman Scholarship 5K that will be held in
Point Pleasant. By ready the story, it looks like David Pyles (Race
Director) knows what he is doing and is bound to put on a really good
event!
11/6/08
WVU Ranked No. 6 in the Nation - After their Big East
Championship loss, Villanova leap frogged over WVU for the No. 5 spot.
11/5/08
Results from the Freaky Fall 5K held at Yatesville Lake on November 1
Posted!
11/5/08
WV Amateur XC Championships - This is the AAU WV Championships
held at Coonskin Park in Charleston.
11/5/08
WV Weslelyn XC Teams Ranked ninth in Atlantic Region - Both the
men's and women's teams won the WVIAC crown and now look to take their
great season to the regionals! They will be in action this weekend in
Slippery Rock, PA.
11/3/08
WVU Places Second at Big East - I know we have already covered
this but here is MSNSportsnet.com's coverage of the WVU Girls race on
Friday.
11/3/08
Results form the Pastor Mark McCalla Memorial 5K posted!
11/2/08
Pictures from the Marshall Marathon are posted.
Click here to check them out!! Check this link over the next day or
two as they will be uploading more pictures during that time.
11/2/08
Marathon Shows Off Huntington - If you haven't been to
Huntington in a while or live in Huntington, this marathon is a great
way to see the city. It hits all of the most beautiful places in the
town.
11/2/08
OSU Student wins the Marshall Marathon - Congrats to the 25 year
old who won today's Marathon in Huntington, WV!!
11/2/08
Early Results from MU Marathon are in. The winnning times
are: Mens Race - Christopher Paulett (2:38:19); Women's Race
- Holly Baker Wong (3:12:48);
Men's Half-Marathon - David McCollam (1:10:56); Women's
Half-Marathon - Amy Eddy (1:34:33)
11/1/08
Marshall Men's Cross Country Team Places Fourth - Congrats to
the Men's XC team at MU. They had another good season and looks to be
improving. With a couple more good recruits fans can be looking to a
very promising year next year. The women's team places tenth and was
lead by sophomore, Kathleen Clark.
Men's Individual Results |
Men's Team Results |
Women's Individual Results |
Women's Team Results
11/1/08
Goumri eyes breakthrough
at NYC Marathon - Good story posted in the
Herald-Dispatch about the NY City Marathon tomorrow. Too bad no one told
them that there is a marathon in their own city tomorrow morning as
well!!
11/1/08
Ritter Park Run Honors Memory of Slain Pastor - This race was
ran this morning and we will have results posted soon!
11/1/08
Results from the Hawaii 5K in Russell, KY from today posted! Congrats to
Matt Collins and Mandy Musik for their individual wins today. Both of
these runners have been on this front page before!
11/1/08
Information posted for the
Nick Caldwell
Memorial 5K on November 15, 2008 in St. Albans, WV.
10/31/08
WVU Girls Finish 2nd in Big East Championships - Marie Louise
Asselin wins the overall title while Clara Grandt and Keri Bland
finished| 3rd and 4th respectively. Villanova beat the girls by 8 points
putting their top 6 in front of WVU's 5th runner.
Click here for results
10/31/08
Preview of Today's Big East Meet - Great rundown of the
meet with predictions. Sounds like the guys at Letsrun.com are in love
with Marie Louise Asselin! The race starts at 10:30 AM!!
10/30/08
WVU Looks to Defend Title - The WVU Girls are heading to the
Bronx to defend their Big East Title. They are picked to win the title.
After this weekend, they are heading to the National Qualifier where
they should be a shoe in for the big dance (National Championship) in
Terra Alta, Ind.
10/30/08
Marshall Marathon Set To Run Sunday - MU Football Great Mike
Bartrum will be handing off footballs as the runners complete the last
100 yards of their race on Sunday morning!!
10/29/08
Top Spots
up for Grabs at MU Marathon - Check out our brief preview of
this weekends Marathon action.
10/29/08
Big Weekend Ahead - I know this is a little early, but this is one
of the BIGGEST running and racing weekends this year. On Saturday, we
start with the WV
HS XC State Meet at Cabell Midland High School. Come by and
cheer on the young runners. It is the only sport that you can watch and
get a workout in at the same time. There is the
Freaky Fall 5K in
Louisa, KY, the Hawaii 5K
in Russell, KY, The
Pastor Mark
McCalla Memorial 5K in Huntington, WV and the
Toys for Tots Trot
1 Mile in Parkersburg, WV. On Sunday, we have the
Marshall
Marathon. The entries for the Marshall Marathon closed last night
and we will have an entry list sometime in the morning. Check back for a
full preview of the Marshall Marathon.
10/29/08
WVU Still Ranked No. 5 in the Nation - The WVU Girls XC Team
will be heading to The Bronx, NY this weekend to attempt to capture the
2008 Big East Conference Crown.
10/28/08
Fairland 12th at
Cross Country Meet - Congrats to the Fairland Cross Country Team
led by freshman Tanner Mattie.
10/27/08 Stay
tuned as later this week we will post a preview of this weekend's
Marshall University Marathon and Half-Marathon.
10/25/08
Cross Country Sweeps WVIAC Titles - The West Virginia Wesleyan
Cross Country Teams win both the Men's and Women's titles this weekend.
Men's Full Results |
Women's Full Results
10/24/08
Leah Hickman Benefit Scheduled - WSAZ briefly mentions the
Leah
Hickman Scholarship 5K run that will be held in her hometown of
Point Pleasant, WV.
10/23/08
Local Cross Country Runners Advance - In Ohio action, a couple
of Southern Ohio runners have advanced to their regoinal meet this
Saturday at Pickerington. (Please forgive the first line of this
story, about as good as a 'Run, Forest,Run!')
10/23/08
Nicole Prince - Athlete of the Week - We have two runners as
athletes of the week right now. This one is from Hurricane High School
and she has helped her No. 1 ranked Girls XC Team out. She has been
around for a while and here she is profiled on WCHS.
10/23/08
Zach Tennant - Athlete of the Week - Zach has set the state on
fire this year. However, he has been struggling lately but still is the
favorite to win the WV HS State Meet on Nov. 1 where he set the course
record early this year with a time of 15:52
10/23/08
WV HS Regional Coverage
All WV XC Regional (the state meet qualifier) will be held today.
The state meet is next Saturday, Nov. 1 at Cabell Midland High School.
Cross Country Teams Set to meet Today in Teays Valley
(Herald-Disptach)
Local Cross Country Teams Compete at Regionals. (Parkersburg
News and Sentinel)
Prep
Cross Country Regional Today (WV Gazette)
10/23/08
Wesleyan Favored in WVIAS XC Championships - The WV Wesleyan
Men's and Women's teams are favored to win this weekend's WVIAC Cross
Country Meet in Wheeling.
10/22/08
Results from the Faith Runners 10K Run / 5K Walk posted! Congratulations
to Dalton Caudill and Mandy Musik for their individual wins!
10/22/08
Results from the Bellington 1 Mile Race in Bellington, WV posted!
Congratulations to Joel Wolpert (4:47) and Katelyn Mahoney (6:23) for
their wins!
10/21/08
Results from the Bobcat Basketball 5K on October 11, 2008 in Franklin
Furance, OH Posted!!
10/21/08
WVU Jumps to No. 5 in the Nation - We have no idea why more
people are not PUMPED about this!! WVU is 2nd in the Mid-Atlantic region
behind Princeton. Princeton is No. 4 in the nation!! WVU jumped to No. 5
without even running their No. 1 runner this past weekend!!!
10/21/08
No. 7 Cross Country Leading WVU Athletics - OH YEAH!!! Coach
Clearly looks to be explaining what XC is and how AWESOME his team is
compared to the struggling "BIG TIME" sports at WVU. The WVU Girls XC
Team is the only team at WVU that has lived up to the Pre-Season Hype!!
10/21/08
St. Alban's High School Runner Caleb Ellis is Scholar Athlete of the
Week - Caleb has been leading a St. Alban's squad that has
continually shown growth throughout the season.
10/21/08
WVU Cross Country Remains #2 in Mid-Atlantic Weekend - No change
in the regional rankings for the WVU Women's Cross Country team. The
girls traveled up to Penn State this past weekend and easily took care
of the competition claiming first place!
10/19/08
Information form the
FAITH Runners 4
Miler in Paintsville, KY on December 13, 2008.
10/19/08
Frohnapfel Finishes Eighth at Evansville Inv. - The HerdZone.com
coverage MU XC's weekend racing!
10/19/08
Apple Trample Hits Runner Mark - The Apple Tample 5K in
Martinsburg, WV had over 300 runners yesterday. Congrats to Brad Dodson
and Brittany Pollard for their indvidual wins! We will post full results
once we receive them!
10/18/08
Taylor County Runners Compete in 'Big' Meet - The Taylor County
Middle School teams perform well in a larger meet (38 teams!).
10/18/08
Marshall U
XC Places 6th at University of Evansville Invitational -
The women's team finishes 10th out of 19 teams and the men's team
finishes 6th out of 22 teams.
10/18/08
Impressive Performance - Read the first sentence to see just how
goo WVU girls are!!!
10/18/08
Results posted from the MU Alum Run 5K. Congrats to Trey Beckett (16:13)
and Missy Jordan (20:01) for their individual wins.
10/18/08
Results from The Wildcat Dash 5K in Catlettsburg, KY posted!
10/17/08
The Right Shoe Can Get Help Runners/Walkers Avoid Injury - The
Herald-Dispatch profiles Robert's Running Store in Huntington, WV.
Robert Smith is the owner and namesake of the business. They have a
great crew there that are all runners and can help anyone get into the
right shoe. Cabell Midland's Track and Cross Country Coach Chris Parsons
sends all of his runners there. If it works for a program like Cabell
Midland (Over 10 State titles in Track and Cross Country) then it has to
work for you!
10/17/08
WVU Girls Takes First Place at Penn State - WVU's No. 1 runner
was not there and they still destroyed the competition. WVU almost put
all of their top 5 runners in the top 10.
Click here for complete results! Tomorrow is the Pre-Nationals at
Terra Haute, Ind. Check back here early next week as we will see if WVU
Girls, who elected to stay away from the Pre-Nats, holds onto their No.
7 national ranking.
10/17/08
BIG WEEKEND AHEAD - We have TONS of stuff coming up this weekend.
Both WVU and MU will be in action this weekend as the WVU Girls are
heading to Penn State to compete against some of the best in the nation
while the MU Cross Country Teams will be heading to Evansville, Indiana.
We have the
MU ALUM RUN 5K tomorrow. As of yesterday at noon, they had over 260
pre-registered for the race. The record number for the most finishers in
a 5K in Huntington is 350. They really want to break that record
tomorrow. There is also the
WILDCAT 5K in Catlettsburg, KY, the
FAITH RUNNERS 10K
in Paintsville, KY, the
AUGGIE'S 5K in
Wheeling, the FRIGHT
NIGHT 5K in Stewart, OH, the Apple Trample 5K in Martinsburg, WV,
the BELINGTON
1-MILE RACE in Belington, WV, and on Sunday, the
AB PA 5K in Philippi,
WV.
Now if you can't find somewhere to
race tomorrow....... Good luck to all and see you out there!!
10/17/08
LKC Cross Country Runners Take Gold - More coverage from the
Little Kanawha Conference Meet where St. Mary's Girls and Ravenswood
Boys took home the team titles. Congratulations to Nathan Rees and Emily
Kittle for their individual wins!
10/17/08
Ciarolla, West Boys win NCAC Cross Country - Congrats to David
Ciarolla who beat this year's most talked about runner Zach Tennant.
This is a huge feat as Zach Tennant has been running some of the fastest
tims in WV and was featured on various national cross country web sites.
Ari Kasprowicz of Preston High School continued her streak of individual
wins this season as she won with an amazing time of 18:33.
10/16/08
Runners Converge on LKC Meet - That is the Little Kanawha
Conference meet held in St. Marys, WV. This meet features the
unbelievable dynasty that is the Ravenswood High School Boys Cross
Country Team. The have dominated the AA-A class at the state meet for
the past decade and they proved last night that they are not yet ready
to give the State Meet Title to anyone this year. The Ritichie Co.
Girls Cross-Country team claimed the LKC crown as well!
10/16/08
Jefferson Boys Run Down Berkeley Springs - More High School
Cross-Country Conference action here. In this race the No. 1 ranked
runner in WV, Corey Hampshire, took a wrong turn. Lenny Roach of
Berkeley Springs took advantage of this mishap and came away with the
individual title for the men. Berkeley Springs Girls were able to run
away with the team championship in this one!! Andrea Nickerson of
Jefferson was crowned individual champion.
10/16/08
Local Runners Take Part in Times Inv. - This story is a little
late as it recaps the Times Inv. which was held on Saturday. Most of the
teams competed last night as well.
10/16/08
Coverage from the MSAC Championship at Cabell Midland Last Night
No Surprises at MSAC Meet - The title says it all. David
Caldwell, who was featured here earlier this week, ran away with the
Men's Individual Title while Cabell Midland captured the team title. On
the Girl's side, Alex Dent of Hurricane High School convincingly won the
girls title leading the rest of her team to victory. Only two weeks till
the state meet. (Picture
Gallery at Herald-Dipatch.com)
Hurricane's Dent wins MSAC Cross Country Title - This girl has
running in her blood as she is the daughter of the West Virginia 800m
record hold Chuck Dent. Alex and the rest of the Hurricane Girls team
have dominated every meet they have been to this season and are the
favorites coming into the state meet on Nov. 1 at Cabell Midland High
School.
10/15/08
Results from the Beckley Half Marathon, 5K Run, and 5K Walk from October
4th, 2008 in Beckley, WV Posted!!
10/15/08
Barboursville, Milton win in Cross Country Championship -
Congrats to Milton's Jorden Thronton and Barboursville's Jacob Burcham
for winning the individual titles in the 1st ever Cabell County Middle
School Cross Country Championship!
10/15/08
Cross Country Remains No. 7 in the Nation by USTFC - The WVU
girls, even though they were not in action this past weekend, keep their
No. 7 spot. The girls will race this weekend at Penn State!
10/14/08
Interview with Sharon Stanton on UpLate - Sharon is the genius
behind this weekend's
MU ALUM RUN and
the Bun Run 5K. These are two of the biggest races in Huntington as each
consistently have over 300 runners. In this video, Sharon sits down with
fellow runner Jamie LoFiego (Click
here to see TriStateRacer.com's interview with Jamie) and talks
about running.
10/14/08
Less Work Has Made Difference for South Charleston Runner - A
great profile of David Caldwell. He is the lone man on his team and is
coached by the former Marshall stand-out Brad Kohler. Caldwell has
consistently performed in his meets and Kohler hints that there may be
more to come as Caldwell has yet to push himself in meets this season!
10/13/08
Sky is the Limit - A great profile on WVU's #1 runner
Mary-Louise Asselin.
10/12/08
Results from the Jogging for Jesus 3K in Sandy Hook, KY posted!
10/12/08
Results from the Chesapeake Oktoberfest 5K Run in Chesapeake, OH posted!
10/12/08
North's Tennant Wins; Bears Take Team Titles at Times Invite -
North Marion's Zach Tennant wins his sixth individual title of the
season .
10/12/08
Big Update on This Weekend's HS XC Action - This link recaps
the; Wet and Wild Inv,, The Times, Inv, and the Bull Run Inv.
10/12/08
Marshall University Men's XC team finishes 3rd at Furman Inv -
The Men's XC team does a great job as Sophomore Eric Fronaphel leads the
team again with a time of 26:56 to earn himself 4th place overall.
Freshman sensation Matt Schiffbauer finished 6th overall with a time of
27:14. The girls team was lead by Alison Cox who placed 23rd with a time
of 20:10. The girls team finished 7th Overall.
Complete Men's Results |
Complete Women's Results
10/11/08 Results
and Pictures from
the Covenant School 5K Run posted!
10/10/08
The Weekend Ahead: We have another big weekend ahead of us. The
Marshall University Men's and Women's XC teams will be traveling to
Greenville, SC for the Furman Inv. On the road racing circuit, we have
three events this weekend. First the
Covenant 5K Run at
the Barboursville Park in Barboursville, WV. The
Bobcat
Basketball 5K in Franklin Furnace, OH and the
Chesapeake
Oktoberfest 5K in Chesapeake, OH.
10/10/08
City Rivals Meet in Dual - This is the epic battle of the City
of Parkersburg as Parkersburg High School and Parkersburg South High
School meet tonight to see who is the best high school cross country
team in Wood County, WV.
10/10/08
Get Healthy Tri-State: Improve Your Workouts by Getting Enough Zinc
- Nice article about the benefits of proper nutrition with an emphasis
on the mineral Zinc!
10/9/08
Cougar's Boucher Runs to the Front - A nice article about
Jefferson High School's Alyssa Boucher who has continually improved all
season long!
10/9/08
Fawcett Leads Lady Knights to Victory - Here is a little Middle
School action. Congrats to Kari Fawcett for being crowned Taylor
County's Middle School Individual Champion!
10/8/08
Information posted for this weekends
Chesapeake
Oktoberfest 5K in Chesapeake, OH.
10/8/08
WVU Moves Up to No. 7 - WVU Girls XC continues their climb to
the top in a national poll that was released yesterday!
10/7/08
Results posted from the Sam
Warner 5K!
10/7/08
Fire Department Truck Hit by Car During Race - So far, this is
the only news we have seen from the Beckley Half-Marathon. Hopefully, we
will have results up soon!
10/7/08
Williams Paces Midland Girls to Cross-Country Win - The Midland
boys and girls teams went to the Piketon Inv. over the weekend where the
girls were crowned team champions and the boys were runner-up.
10/6/08 NEW
LAYOUT!! We have released an entirely new layout and features to
TriStateRacer.com. We have added an area that will allow people to
contribute more easily to the site and an area designed just for race
directors. Please help us out, if you see anything wrong with the site,
please use this form to let us know!
10/6/08
Results posted for the Tony
D. Cottrell Memorial 5K Race in Parkersburg, WV.
10/5/08
Information for the Jingle
Bell 5K Run/Walk and the Let's Get Moving! Kids Mile on December 6,
2008 in Huntington, WV posted!
10/5/08
Information for the
Alderson-Broaddus PA 5K on October 19, 2008 in Philippi, WV posted!
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