Athlete of the Week - Josie Crouch

The AotW for May 3rd-9th is Josie Crouch of Hurricane High School. Ms. Crouch wins her AotW via her 2:13.80 800m at the MSAC Championships. Someone is going to need a rocket and rollerskates to beat Josie at States in the 800m. Best of luck to her as she finishes out her senior year.

Athlete of the Week - Jacob Burcham

The AotW for April 26th - May 2nd is Jacob Burcham, a freshman at Cabell Midland High School. Jacob earns his AotW by his 1:56/4:14/9:20 triple. The best way to describe how great his weekend was would be to just say that he topped what was probably one of the best distance weekends in the history of the state. We had three Big East Champions (two WV natives), a dude run 13:41, a 2:15 girl, a 5:04/10:57 girl, 1:53 guy at WVIAC, a 1:55/4:19/9:23 boy, a 4:20/9:33 boy, a girl run 5:10 solo (and no one seem to notice...) and on, and on. Tip 'o the hat to the entire state... unbelievable week.

Athlete of the Week - Jacob Burcham

The AotW for April 19th - 25th is Jacob Burcham of Cabell Midland High School. Jacob, a freshman, ran 4:16.40 at the Eastern Relays in Louisville. This earned him a real thread on LetsRun and it also brought him up to "Where were you when you heard Burcham ran 4:16?" status. (I was in a Subway in Grafton, ordering lunch.) Basically, the game changed for the guys in the state. This is an (obviously) astounding time for a kid this young, and it establishes him as a very, very rare talent.
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Athlete of the Week - Josie Crouch

The AotW for April 11th - 18th is Josie Crouch of Hurricane High School. Ms. Crouch wins her AotW via her 2:16.02 800m at the Russ Parson Invitational. Josie, like always, has a hammer-lock on the 800m within the state. She is headed to WVU next year to run for the Mountaineers.

Athlete of the Week - Keri Bland

The AotW for April 5th - 11th is Keri Bland. Keri ran 4:19.84 for the 1500m at the Sun Devil Invitational in Arizona State. In the same race were teammates Jessica O'Connell (4:22.29), Karly Hamric (4:22.95) and Kaylyn Christopher (4:27.39). Great evening of races for all these girls.