The Valley High School team of Dylan Edgell, Ronald Morris, William Streets, and Casey Pingley finished first in the 4 x 100 relay event at the 2008-09 West Virginia Track Championships Friday and Saturday in Charleston.

The foursome also placed fourth in the 4 x 200 meter relay and Pingley finished the 100 meter dash 0.16 second off the top spot.

In addition, the Paden City Lady Wildcats secured an overall sixth-place in Class A events.

In the boys’ competition, Magnolia finished 20th in team standings with five points. MHS strongman Matthew Riggs finished fourth in the discus with a toss of 131’5“, while the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Cameron Benson, Joseph Feeney, Nick Blatt, and Timothy Shreve placed sixth. Magnolia’s 4 x 400 meter relay team of Shreve, Benson, Blatt, and Brendan Kacor placed seventh in two very exciting races.

Paden City’s Taylor Still finished fifth in the 200 meter dash, while Josh Bennett placed ninth in the long jump.

Bennett was also on the 4 X 200 meter relay team with Still, Braxton Herrick, and Michael Grover, who finished fifth-less than two seconds behind the first place team.

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In the girls’ championship events, Paden City’s Amanda Sellers received ribboned in the 100 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, and the 4 X 100 relay. Sasha Newson placed fourth in the long jump, while teammate Shauna Durant finished ninth in the discus.

All the Class A relay events were filled by a Lady Wildcat team. In the 4 X 100 meter relay, the Lady ‘Cats placed third. In the 4 X 200 meter relay event, the ‘Cats were fourth and they were ninth in the 4 X 400 meter relay. They placed 11th in the 4 X 800 meter relay they finished fourth in the shuttles.

Valley’s Tristen Willey, the Region I champion in the high jump, finished sixth in the state track meet for a medal, while Danette Hayes placed seventh in the long jump. Lumberjills Jade Starkey, Danette Hayes, Lauren Ueltschy, and Lesta Kocher finished in eighth place, less than three seconds behind the top spot in one of the closest relay events in Charleston.

In the Class AA, the Magnolia girls’ shuttle team of Emily Patterson, Emily Amos, Holly McDonald, and Brittany Leek received medals for a fifth place finish. Other Lady Eagles that did well in the state meet included Sarah Mueller, who placed seventh in the shot with a heave of 30’7.” Teammate Allison Childers finished eighth in the high jump at 4’8″, while April Melott ran in three events on Saturday, finishing 15th in both the 400 meter dash and the 800 meter run. Melott also was on the 14th-finish 4 X 400 meter relay team with Bethany Butcher, Jennifer Emch, and Brittany Leek.

Class A Boys

100 Meter Dash 11.67

4 Casey Pingley Valley 11.83

200 Meter Dash 22.89

5 Taylor Still Paden City 23.81

4×100 Meter Relay

1 Valley 45.43

1) Dylan Edgell 2) Ronald Morris

3) William Streets 4) Casey Pingley

4×200 Meter Relay 1:34.23

4 Valley 1:36.41

1) Dylan Edgell 2) Ronald Morris

3) William Streets 4) Casey Pingley

5 Paden City 1:36.60

1) Josh Bennett 2) Braxton Herrick

3) Michael Glover 4) Taylor Still

4×400 Meter Relay 3:34.88

13 Valley 3:55.21

1) Jared Arnolds 2) Robert Ueltschy

3) Joshua Highley 4) William Streets

14 Paden City 3:58.49

1) Josh Bennett 2) Braxton Herrick

3) Ethan Drain 4) Taylor Still

4×800 Meter Relay 8:28.82

10 Valley 9:25.69

1) Robert Ueltschy 2) Joshua Highley

3) Gregory Anderson 4) Jared Arnolds

Shuttles 1:00.76

15 Valley 1:15.13 1

1) Gregory Anderson 2) Ezra Rice

3) Shawn Miller 4) Kieran Swiger

Long Jump 21’7

9 Josh Bennett PCHS 18’1.75

14 Ronald Morris Valley 17’8.25

Class A Girls

100 Meter Dash 13.03

Allison Bertozzi PCHS 13.85

400 Meter Dash 1:00

12 Tristin Willey Valley 1:08.69

100 Meter Hurdles 15.90

2 Amanda Sellers Paden City 16.43

Lesta Kocher Valley 18.29

300 Meter Hurdles 47.08

3 Amanda Sellers PCHS 47.85

4×100 Meter Relay 52.65

3 Paden City 52.81

1) Sasha Newson 2) Shauna Durant

3) Amanda Sellers 4) Allison Bertozzi

16 Valley 57.58

1) Lauren Ueltschy 2) Tristin Willey

3) Danette Hayes 4) Jade Starkey

4×200 Meter Relay 1:50.24

4 Paden City 1:54.36

1) Sasha Newson 2) Shauna Durant

3) Amanda Tallman 4) Alli Bertozzi

14 Valley 2:00.84

1) Tristin Willey 2) Danette Hayes

3) Lesta Kocher 4) Jade Starkey

Girls 4×400 Meter Relay 4:18.15

9 Paden City 4:34.49

1) Shauna Durant 2) Sasha Newson

3) Amy Toman 4) Allison Bertozzi

Girls 4×800 Meter Relay 9:53.72

11 Paden City 11:57.20

1) Erica Sapp 2) Amanda Heasley

3) Joni Myers 4) Dominique Craft

Shuttle Hurdles 1:08.93

4 Paden City 1:11.78

1) Amanda Tallman 2) D. Craft

3) Taylor Parsons 4) Amanda Sellers

8 Valley 1:14.89

1) Jade Starkey 2) Danette Hayes

3) Lauren Ueltschy 4) Lesta Kocher

Girls High Jump 5’2

6 Tristin Willey Valley 4’8

Amy Toman Paden City

Girls Long Jump 16’2.50

4 Sasha Newson PCHS 15’5

7 Danette Hayes Valley 14’9.25

Girls Discus Throw 113-06

9 Shauna Durant PCHS 77-11

Class AA Boys

100 Meter Dash 11.34

6 Nate Taylor 11 Tyler11.72 1

13 Lance Anderson MHS12.04

200 Meter Dash

1 Nate Taylor Tyler 22.79

14 Lance Anderson MHS 24.62

400 Meter Dash 49.49

2 Nate Taylor Tyler 50.94

1,600 Meter Run 4:28.67

13 Joseph Feeney MHS 4:53.15

3,200 Meter 9:43.78

11 N. Harshberger MHS 10:25.40

110 Meter Hurdles

1 Cullen Grover Tyler 14.80

4×400 Meter Relay 3:29.71

7 Magnolia 3:37.93

1) Timothy Shreve 2) Cameron Benson

3) Nick Blatt 4) Brendan Kacor

4×800 Meter Relay 8:19.92

6 Magnolia 8:37.70

1) Cameron Benson 2) Joseph Feeney

3) Nick Blatt 4) Timothy Shreve

4×110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle 56.41

2 Tyler Consolidated 58.13

1) Nathaniel Zills 2) Isaac Graham

3) Troy Wable 4) Cullen Grover

Discus 167’10

4 Matthew Riggs MHS 131’5

Class AA Girls

400 Meter Dash 57.68

15 April Melott Magnolia 1:08.79

800 Meter 2:24.06

15 April Melott Magnolia 2:45.66

4×400 Meter Relay 4:16.51

14 Magnolia 4:44.42

1) April Melott 2) Bethany Butcher

3) Jennifer Emch 4) Brittany Leek

4×102.5 Meter Shuttle Hurdle 1:08.85

5 Magnolia 1:10.42

1) Emily Patterson 2) Emily Amos

3) Holly McDonald 4) Brittany Leek

High Jump5’6

8 Allison Childers MHS4’8

Shot Put 37’5

7 Sarah Mueller MHS30’7