Class A track: Buffalo and Williamstown defend state titles

Meet the results

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 2023 Class A state champions will retain their titles for at least one more year. The Buffalo boys and Williamstown girls each crossed the hundred-point plateau to win the state track championships Saturday.

Buffalo pulled away late to win its second straight title. Nicholas Pitchford took top honors. He won the 3,200 meters on Friday and followed that up with a state record time (4:17.20) and a victory in the 1,600 meters. He also won the 800 meters and Cole Whittington won the 300 meters hurdles.

Doddridge County is the state runner-up. Their victory in the event Saturday came from Sage Landis in the pole vault.

Wheeling Central Catholic collected three wins. JJ White won the 400 meters, as did his 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams.

Wyatt Milhoan of Ravenswood is a two-time winner. He crossed the finish line first in the 100 and 200 meters.

Other victories in the event included Dubale Greathouse of Magnolia winning the high jump. Greenbrier West’s Isaac Agee won the 110 hurdles and Ritchie County’s 4×400-meter relay team set a new state record (3:28.65).

Williamstown won their fifth consecutive women’s title in familiar fashion. Junior Alyssa Sauro now has nine individual event titles at the state meet. After winning the 3,200 meters Friday night, Sauro was victorious in the 1,600 and 800 (new state record 2:15.69) on Saturday. The Jackets also won the 4×200 meter relay.

Doddridge County is the state runner-up. The Bulldogs won two relays on Saturday, taking home titles in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays.

Trinity finished in third place. 38 of their 59 points came from freshman Elecia McCurrie. She burst onto the scene by setting state records in the 100 (11.98 in finals), 200 (24.87 in prelims) and 400 (55.70 in finals) meter races while finishing second in the Long jump.

“You don’t expect a freshman to come here and win first place and break records at a national track meet,” McCurrie said. “I just came in today and I was like, ‘I want to be the unexpected.’ I want to come here and aim for records, do my best and give it my all. That’s what I did.”

Another state record fell in the pole vault with Ritchie County’s Sydney Kopshina setting a new mark at 11 feet, 8 inches.

Magnolia’s Jenna Blain earned two titles, winning both the 300 hurdles and 100 hurdles.

Other event winners included Laken Dawson of Valley Wetzel in the long jump and Carlee Dillard of Richwood in the high jump.