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7/15/10

Burcham continues to gain National attention

6/23/10

Only .03 separates Burcham from National Record

Jacob Burcham had his eye on the Freshman National mile record of 4:15.07 for several weeks leading up to the New Balance National High School Track & Field Championship in Greensboro, NC. Burcham opted to bypass the Freshman and Emerging Elite divisions in which he would have won and been named All-American in order to run against faster competition in the Championship division.

Burcham had run a 1200 time trial the week prior as a tune up for the New Balance Nationals. He ran smoothly for 3 laps in a time of 3:06.11 on Finishlynx, which is under 4:15.07 mile pace. However, in Greensboro, he would be in the unseeded championship mile division and the pace would be a concern prior to the race. Would somebody run a fast enough early pace for Burcham to challenge for the record?

Burcham's race strategy was to be upfront by lap 2, but not in the lead. He crossed lap 1 in a slow 65.45 and picked up lap 2 in 63.37 for a 2:08.81 half mile split. Nobody would push lap 3, so Burcham went to the lead with just over 600 meters to go. Darrah Maximilian would quickly take over the lead from Burcham with just over 500 meters to go, while Burcham would stay close and cross lap 3 in 64.68 (3:13.49). Burcham would have to push hard on the final lap to have any hopes to break the record. Jacob made a bold move to the lead with 250 meters to go while the crowd was well informed that the record was in jeopardy. Burcham would be on his own until the last 10 meters when Maximilian would ease by Burcham at the tape. As Burcham's time was announced over the PA system, the anticipated crowd would go "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" as Burcham time fell just .03, a mere 3 hundredths of second short of the record. However, Jacob Burcham's time of 4:15.10 goes down as the 2nd fastest Freshman mile in US history. Burcham's final lap was 61.62.

Burcham was the only Freshman in the Nation to run in the Championship division at the New Balance Nationals. He would have won the Emerging Elite Mile by over 4 seconds and the Freshman mile by over 2 seconds.

Burcham & Maximilian in the final meters

Burcham has made quite the name for himself this past track season. He has proved he can race with among the best despite only being a Freshman. He has thrown down impressive times in the 800 (1:56.95), 1500 (3:57.71), 1600 (4:14.51), 3200 (9:15.94), and his true mile time of 4:15.10. He is ranked the number #1 Freshman in the nation for the 1500 meters, 1600 meters, and the mile. He also set 10 new school records at the Freshman and Varsity levels.

Now that Burcham will not play football this coming fall and only concentrate on running cross country and track, he will be a force to reckon with on the National level over the next 3 years of his high school career.

-Click HERE to see Burcham's mile video at the New Balance Nationals courtesy of www.Flotrack.com.  

-News Archive Updated.

-Records page updated.

-Above photos by Lance McDaniel of http://wv.milesplit.us/articles/46866

Jacob Burcham - 2nd fastest Freshman mile in US history

5/22/10

Midland has strong showing at states

Cabell Midland started day 2 of the WV State Championship with Hunter Brown in the 400 meters. Brown's 52.13 was good enough for 8th overall.

No sooner than Brown was post stretching after the 400 meters, Jacob Burcham was lining up for the 1600 meters. Burcham would face a very tough field against Doughty (Jefferson), Pellicione (Morgantown), McVicker (Fairmont Senior), & Wojick (Wheeling Park). Burcham would lead through 750 meters before Pellicicone took the lead and pushed hard with a strong 62+ 3rd lap. Only Burcham & Doughty would respond to Pellicione's 3rd lap and Burcham would retake the lead just over 400 meters to go in the race. Burcham would hold the lead until a late Doughty push for home that would put the Jefferson runner in the lead for good with 200 meters to go. Doughty's 4:14.30 would barley miss the state record (Tennant - 4:13.84 - 2009) and Burcham held on to 2nd in 4:17.06. Pellicione crossed in 4:18.53 for 3rd, McVicker was 4th in 4:26.02, Wojick 5th in 4:28.19 and Kirtner in 4:30.54 to round out the top six.

Five runners from the top six return next year for the 1600. With last year's 4:14.30 winning the states, West Virginia looks to be setting some top times in the Nation for next track season.

Burcham leads with 450 meters to go in the 1600

Matt Bias would be next to the track in the 110HH finals. Bias would line up in lane 7 against the best in the state of West Virginia. Bias was out of the blocks good and raced down the track to cross the line in a PR of 15.05. His time placed him 5th overall and gave Midland an additional two points to their team total. Bias' consistency through-out the season placed him in every meet among the best in the field. He has given 4 great years to Cabell Midland's Program and will be deeply missed next year.

After Bias finished the 110HH, Midland would only have two events left in the meet. The 800 meters and the last event of the day, the 4x400 meter relay.

Cabell Midland would field 3 runners in the 800 meters. Jacob Burcham, Ryan Smith, & Matthew Edmunds who all were on Midland's State Champion 4x800 meter relay team, which won on Friday afternoon. The 800 field was stacked with probably one of the toughest fields in state history. As the gun went off, runners hurried to the front to gain good position on the backstretch. A tight pack would cross with one lap to go and Andy Bailey from St. Albans would make the first real move. Bailey's move proved too strong for anybody else to answer and he crossed the line in state record time of 1:54.03. Timbers from Martinsburg would cross 2nd in 1:55.44, followed by a battle for 3rd between Burcham & Doughty. Doughty would edge past Burcahm in 1:56.66 followed closely by Burcham in 1:57.01. Bond from Bridgeport 1:57.42 for 5th and Ryan Smith from Midland in 1:59.23 rounded out the top 6. Midland's, Matthew Edmunds, ran impressive for 7th in a new PR of 2:00.77.

On a special note, all 3 Midland runners are back next year.

Smith & Edmunds finish strong in the 800 meters

The last event of the day was the 4x400 meter relay. Cabell Midland would run even splits to set a new season best of 3:31.18 for a strong 8th place finish overall. Team members were Ryan Smith, Hunter Brown, Mason Dino, and anchor leg Anthony Lovejoy. All runners ran between 52 and 53 seconds on their relay splits.

Once the dust had settled, Cabell Midland would finish a solid 6th place in the team division with 33 points. Jefferson would lead all scores with 72 points followed by Hedgesville with 60 points. Martinsburg would score 43 points for 3rd place followed by George Washington (4th) 37 points, and Elkins (5th) 36 points.

Cabell Midland season would earn them a Regional & MSAC team title along with several Invitational titles. The 2011 season looks bright for Midland with many elite athletes returning next year.

Anthony Lovejoy 4x400

-State Meet Pictures Posted!

-6 Articles added to the News Archive!

5/21/10

Midland's 4x800 take state title

Cabell Midland's 4x800 meter relay team got things started right for the Knights on the opening day of the 2010 West Virginia State Track & Field Championship with a relay state title.

Lead leg, Ryan Smith, threw down a 1:58.20 split and handed Midland the lead that the team would not relinquish the entire race. Matthew Edmunds 2:02.81 followed by Michael Niemann's 2:02.97 would give anchor leg, Jacob Burcham, the opportunity to just relax and maintain the final 800 meters. Burcham's 1:59.64 split produced a 8:03.62 team victory. Jefferson High School would be 2nd in 8:08.99.

Next up for the Knights was Matt Bias attempting to qualify for the 110HH finals on Saturday. Bias' 15.21 qualified him 6th for Saturday's Finals. Josh Coats of South Charleston had the top time of 14.73.

After Bias qualified for the 100HH, he joined his Shuttle Hurdle relay team of Hassan Sager, Karl Shaver, and Nick Dino for the state finals. Midland would run a season best of 59.11 good enough for 9th place overall. 

Ryan Smith lead leg 4x8

The final event of the evening would be the very anticipated boys AAA 3200 meter run. The Knights would come with two very good runners in the field, Jacob Burcham and Tyler Salmons. Burcham's goal was to run 9:15, which he did, but fell short when Dayton McVicker of Fairmont Senior finished with a strong homestretch kick to pull away from Burcham in the end. It took a State Record of 9:14.23 to beat Burcham, who produced a very impressive time of 9:15.94. Tyler Salmons would finish a strong 7th overall in a time of 9:55.95.

At the end of the first day, Cabell Midland would be tied for 3rd in the team standings with 18 points.

On Saturday, Hunter Brown will get things started in the 400 meters followed by Burcham in his strongest event, the 1600 meters.

Tyler Salmons 3200 meters

Cabell Midland 4x800 meter relay team WV  State Champions !!!

Jacob Burcham, Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, Ryan Smith

(8:03.62)

5/15/10

Midland Boys win Regional Crown

Despite all the weather delays, the Midland Boys total 107 points to edge past Parkersburg South for the Region IV Team Championship title.

Burcham & Salmons in the 3200

Jacob Burcham would lead Midland by winning the 1600 meters, 3200 meters, placing 2nd in the 800 meters, and was the lead leg on Midland's winning 4x400 meter relay team. His 30.5 points would lead all competition for High Point Honors.

Teammate, Tyler Salmons, would set a new PR in the 3200 meters with a time of 9:52.31 placing 4th and qualifying for next week's WV State Championship.

Hunter Brown would race a "come from behind" tactic in the 400 meters to take 3rd overall in a time of 52.32 to also qualify for the State Meet.

While Brown would qualify in the one lap race, it would be Midland's Trio of Burcham, Smith, & Edmunds all qualifying for the state meet in the 2 lap race of 800 meters. The Trio would go 2-3-4 in times of 1:58.49, 1:59.78, & 2:02.68. These three plus one could make for a very good 4x800 meter relay team for next week's state meet.

Midland's 4x800 of Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, David Jobe, and Brian Lawhon placed 2nd in a time of 8:22.05 qualifying for the state meet. In the meantime, the Shuttle Hurdle Relay team of Hassan Sager, Matt Bias, Karl Shaver, and Nick Dino finished 4th and will also compete next week in the state meet.

Evan Shoemaker

The field events have been a weak spot for Midland all season long, but that would change on Friday evening. The Long Jump earned Midland 20 valuable points and also qualified 2 athletes for the state meet. Hassan Sager would win the event in a PR of 20-6, while teammate, Jacob Reynolds, would place 2nd with a leap of 19-11.75. Evan Shoemaker would only miss qualifying by 1 place and 8 inches, but set a new PR of 19-4 for 5th place overall.

Brett Adkins came so close to qualifying in the Discus, but his 131-10 toss fell 2 inches shy of next week's state championship meet.

In the 110HH, Matt Bias continues to stay consistent and placed 2nd overall in a time of 15.32 to make next week's state meet.

Hunter Brown

With one event left in the Regional meet, Midland held a slight lead over Parkersburg South and Winfield High Schools. The 4x400 team of Jacob Burcham, Ryan Smith, Jacob Reynolds, and Hunter Brown, all knew the goal was to qualify and with their fastest time of the season. The race developed into a 3 team battle among Hurricane, Winfield, & Cabell Midland. In the end, Midland would come from 3rd to 1st in the final 20 meters of the race to take the victory. Their time was 3:32.22, best of the season, and clinched the Regional Crown.

Cabell Midland's West Virginia State qualifiers are the following:

400 meters - Hunter Brown.

800 meters - Jacob Burcham, Ryan Smith, & Matthew Edmunds.

1600 meters - Jacob Burcham.

3200 meters - Jacob Burcham & Tyler Salmons.

110HH - Matt Bias

Shuttle Hurdles - Hassan Sager, Matt Bias, Karl Shaver, & Nick Dino.

4x400 - Jacob Burcham, Ryan Smith, Jacob Reynolds, & Hunter Brown.

4x800 - Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, David Jobe, & Brian Lawhon.

Long Jump - Hassan Sager & Jacob Reynolds.

- Click here for full Region IV results.

- Pictures from Regionals Posted

- News Archive Updated

- The West Virginia Track & Field State Championship is on May 21 (Friday) and May 22 (Saturday). The meet will be held at Laidley Field in Charleston.

5/11/10

- Region IV Track & Field Championship this Friday (May 14th) at Parkersburg High School. Click here for meet schedule. Athletes out after 5th Mod and bus leaves between 1:15-1:20pm.

- Team Regional line-up to be posted soon!!!

5/8/10

Midland wins MSAC Track & Field Championship

MSAC Championship

      Team Plaque

Cabell Midland boys team came into the MSAC Track & Field Championship using it as a lead up to next week's Region IV State qualifier in Parkersburg. Midland scored 94 points and left Laidley Field as the MSAC team champions over Hurricane 82.5 points.

The 4x800 meter relay team of Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, David Jobe and Brian Lawhon led things off for the Knights with a 8:28.63 victory. The 1600 meters had 3 strong runners with Jacob Burcham, Tyler Salmons, and David Jobe. Burcham was using the 1600 meters as a work-out and won in 4:37.16, while Salmons and Jobe crossed in 4:42.20 and 4:42.22 good enough for 4th and 5th places.

Matt Bias was 2nd in the 110HH, while teammate, Niles Dailey, lowered his own Freshman record to 16.61. Bias and Dailey would come back later to finish 2nd and 4th in the 300IH. Bias ran 41.85 and Dailey in 43.56.

Brett Adkins continues to improve in the Discus with a PR of 134-2 good enough for 4th place overall. Evan Shoemaker 18-7.5 in the Long Jump placed him 7th place. 

Brian Lawhon 4x800

Later that evening, Midland would attempt to go 1-2-3 in the 800 meters. Jacob Burcham and Matthew Edmunds jumped to an early lead with Ryan Smith close behind. In the end, Midland went 1-2-3 with Burcham running 1:57.25, Smith 2:01.81, and Edmunds was clocked in 2:02.95.

In the 3200 meter run, 3 Midland runners would attempt to set new PR's. Jeremy Waugh ran 10:20.05 (3rd), Steven Egnatoff was 10:41.15, followed by Andrew Ferguson in 10:55.78. All 3 runners came away with a personal record.

All MSAC Champions were:

Jacob Burcham - 800 meters and 1600 meters.

4x800 meter relay team (Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, David Jobe, & Brian Lawhon).

The Knights will be back in action next Friday for the WV State Qualifying Region IV Championship in Parkersburg.

Midland 1-2-3 800 meter Strong Trio

- Complete MSAC results click here.

- Team Summary added under meet section.

- MSAC Pics posted.

- Record page updated.

- Saturday, Sunday, & Monday's work-out posted for Distance runners.

5/6/10

- Jacob Burcham appears on front page of Dyestat.com for his outstanding performance at the Gazette Relays.

Click above for larger view

5/5/10

Midland rolls at Hurricane JV Invitational

The boys from Midland came into the Hurricane JV Invitational as undefeated and in the end remained undefeated. Midland compiled 165 points to runner-up Hurricane with 114 points.

Evan Shoemaker earned high point honors with runner-up finishes in the Long Jump, High Jump, 300IH, and was on Midland's 3rd place shuttle hurdle relay team. This marks the first time Shoemaker earned this honor.

This distance events were exciting to watch. Several Midland runners were attempting to break 5 minutes for the first time of the season. Midland runners knew to run a more even pace and not take out too fast early in the race. They stayed on pace and Jeremy Waugh crossed the line in 4:46.77 followed by Avery Campbell in 4:50.29 and Adam Shaver in 4:59.99. All boys set big PR's and the Midland Camp was very proud of them. Waugh came back later to win the 3200 in a PR of 10:27.55 followed by Avery Campbell in 10:47.49. Both boys are only Freshman.

In the field events, it was Brett Adkins winning the Discus and 4th in the Shot Put, while teammate Matt Kingery placed 3rd in the Shot Put and 7th in the Discus. Daniel Parlock was 2nd in the Pole Vault.       

Niles Dailey continues to look good in the hurdle events and won the 300IH.

Jeremy Waugh wins 3200m

Evan Shoemaker high point honors

Midland will be back in action this Friday for the MSAC Track & Field Championship at Laidley Field in Charleston.

- Hurricane JV Invitational Team Summary posted.

- Pictures from Hurricane JV Invitational posted.

5/1/10

Midland finishes 2nd at Gazette Relays

Despite having Prom on Saturday and being short handed, the Midland boys team scored 64 points at the Gazette Relays, which was good enough for 2nd place overall.

Jacob Burcham came back Saturday morning after running 9:20.34 for 3200 meters on Friday evening to face another tough field in the 1600 meters. Cody Pellicione of Morgantown wasted no time setting a fast opening pace for the first 800 meters of the race. The front of the pack came through the first 400 meters in 63.70 and Pellicione pushed hard to run 62.62 on the 2nd 400 meters as the runners passed 800 meters in 2:06.32. A slow 3rd lap of 67.28 forced Burcham to take over the lead and finish in 60.91 for a New Gazette Relay record of 4:14.51. The old mark was 4:19.1 set back in 1993 by Andy McClintic of Greenbrier East.

Burcham's 1600 meter time improves his Freshman nation leading time by nearly 2 seconds. He also improves on his Midland's school records at the varsity & freshman levels.

Burcham has already qualified for the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, NC on June 18-20. His 4:14.51 puts him in the Emerging Elite division.

Burcham runs 4:14.51 in 1600     

An hour early before the 1600 meters, Hunter Brown competed in the "Hot" heat of the 400 meters. Coming out of lane 1, Brown got a slower start, but moved very quickly down the home stretch to finish 5th in a season best of 52.28. Brown also made the 200 finals and finished 6th place with a time of 23.98.

Matt Bias would run the 300IH for the first time this season in 41.77 for 8th overall.

Bias also qualified for the 110HH after running 15.38 in Friday evening qualifying rounds. On Saturday afternoon, Bias stepped on the track for the 110HH finals. Bias ran up front until he hit hurdles 8 and 9, but still finished an impressive 2nd palce in a season best of 15.33 behind champion, Cam Viney from Elkins, who ran 15.07.                                                                                      

Hunter Brown 400 meters

The 800 meters on Saturday afternoon was set for some fast running with runners such as Andy Bailey (St. Albans), Brandon Doughty (Jefferson), Dayton McVicker (Fairmont), Enze Bone (Bridgeport), Cody Pellicione (Morgantown), Nathan Queen (Capital) and Midland's Jacob Burcham. Queen of Capital jumped quick to the front and led the runners to a 56.77 followed close by Burcham in 57.11. Burcham would take the lead with about 300 meters to go with Doughty close behind. Bailey of St. Albans used a last 200 closing kick to pull even with Burcham & Doughty with about 80 meters to go. Doughty proved too strong in the end and ran a state leading time of 1:55.64 to take the victory followed by Bailey (1:56.29) and Burcham (1:56.95) to round out the top 3. Burcham's time of 1:56.95 currently ranks him number # 3 Freshman in the nation for 800 meters. Tretez Kinnaird from Butler High School in Kentucky holds the number #1 ranking at 1:56.15.

Since Midland had their Prom on Saturday and their upperclassman were not available for most of the afternoon events, the 4x400 meter relay team would consist of 4 Freshman in attempt to break the Midland's school Freshman record of 3:43.52 set back in 2002.

Burcham would lead off in 52.35 handing off to Mason Dino who ran a 53.82 on the 2nd leg. Brian Lawhon ran the 3rd leg and kept pace with a 56.79 handing off to anchor leg David Jobe. Jobe would only need around 60 to break the record and battled down the homestretch to cross the line in 56.21 good enough for 7th place overall in the meet. Midland's finishing time would be 3:39.17 crushing the old record by 4.34 seconds.

Midland's Brett Adkins surprised all with his 133-6 in the Discus good enough for the runner-up spot. Adkins was only 10 inches from winning the event.

Cabell Midland will be back in action next Friday at Laidley Field for the MSAC.

Freshman 4x400 record relay team

- Record's page updated.

- Gazette team summary added.

- Gazette's pics posted.    

4/29/10

4x800 wins Gazette Relays on Friday night

Midland's 4x800 of Michael Niemann, Matthew Edmunds, David Jobe, and Ryan Smith opened things up at the Gazette Relays with a state leading victory of 8:19.28. Each of Midland's relay legs ran from the front attempting to keep the team ahead of the pack. The race became a two team battle between Winfield and Cabell Midland. Ryan Smith sealed the deal with his strong finish to overtake Joe Kirtner in the final stretch.

Midland's shuttle hurdle relay team of Hassan Sager, Karl Shaver, Nick Dino, and Matt Bias finished 3rd overall with a season best of 59.22. This marks the first time this season that this crew has run together and also the first time Midland has run under 60 sec in the shuttle hurdle relay.             

In the 110HH trials, Matt Bias would qualify 3rd for Saturday's finals with a time of 15.38. Bias will also be racing on Saturday morning in the 300IH.

Hassan Sager smooth in shuttle hurdle relay

Matthew Edmunds runs strong 2nd leg on 4x800

The last event of the night was the AAA Boys 3200 meters. This was to be one of the most talked about races of the evening with West Virginia's top 3200 meter runners in the race. Brandon Doughty (Jefferson), Dayton McVicker (Fairmont), Cody Pellicione (Morgantown), and Cabell Midland's Jacob Burcham would be among the favorites to win the race.

The race did develop into a 4 man battle until Midland's Jacob Burcham and Jefferson's Brandon Doughty surged away with 2 laps remaining. Both runners stayed within a stride until Burcham sped away the final 200 meters to take the victory in 9:20.31 to Doughty's 9:23.31. Midland's Tyler Salmons finally broke the 10 minute barrier for a PR of 9:55.60 good enough for 5th place overall.

Burcham's 9:20.31 is the fastest time for a Freshman in the nation. The old mark was Matthew Nelson from Barnegat Twp High School in New Jersey with a time of 9:23.40.

Midland's Hunter Brown qualified for Saturday's final in the 200 meter dash. Brown will also be competing Saturday morning in the 400 meters.

Jacob Burcham leads nation in

1600 & 3200 meters for Freshman

4/29/10

- Prom weekend. Click here for letter from Coach "P".

- Distance work outs updated with work out results!!!

- Gazette Relays this weekend (Friday & Saturday)

- Gazette Relays team line up click here & meet schedule click here.

4/28/10

Midland prevails at home

On a breezy Tuesday evening, Midland stayed home and prevailed at the Midland JV Invitational. The Knights total 234 points for the overall team title. Huntington High was 2nd with 175 points.

Freshman, Niles Dailey, earned his way in the record books in the 100HH. Dailey's 16.68 broke Wade Midkiff's time of 16.78 set back in 2003. Dailey came back later to win the 300IH and was part of the champion shuttle hurdle relay team.

While Dailey was busy flying over hurdles, teammate, Jeremy Waugh was busy going in circles winning the 3200 meters and also the 800 meters. Davey Freeman was the fastest in the 100 meters winning in 12.07, while teammates Matt Kingery and Brett Adkins were busy winning the Shot and Discus.

The 4x800 meter relay team of Austin Allen, Chris Laverty, Collin Cooper, and Kramer Kaplan came away with first place and the Shuttle Hurdle relay team of Niles Dailey, Nate Moore, Evan Shoemaker, and Mason Dino ran an impressive 64.33 to take top honors against the competition.

Other  highlights were Avery Campbell running a PR in the 3200 (10:42.05), Evan Shoemaker in the Long Jump (18-2.75), Daniel Parlock in the Pole Vault (11-6), Nate Moore in the 110HH (17.74), Adam Shaver in the 1600 (5:08.88) and Mason Dino in the 400 meters (54.79).

Record setter Niles Dailey

- Midland is back in action this coming weekend at the Gazette Relays.

- Team summary and pics posted for Midland JV Invitational.

4/27/10

- Record page updated.

- Midland JV team meet summary & full results posted.

- Tuesday's Distance work-out results posted.

- Pictures from Eastern Relays posted.

4/25/10

- Distance splits added to Hurricane team meet summary.

- Midland Invitational will be Tuesday (April 27th). Meet assignments will be posted later tonight and passed out at Monday's practice.

- Record page updated.

- Sunday's Distance work-out posted.

- Pictures of Hurricane Invitational Posted!!!!  Eastern Relays pics coming soon.

- Article about Burcham's record setting in News Archive section.

4/24/10

Burcham impresses in Louisville

Freshman, Jacob Burcham, continues to impress this track season. Burcham traveled to Louisville to face his toughest competition of the season and his 4:16.40 performance ranks him as the top Freshman 1600 meter runner in the nation on Dyestat.com and Milesplit.com. He is also ranked 47th in the nation among grades 9th-12th. Craig Lutz, a Junior from Lewisville, Texas has the number #1 high school time of 4:09.39.

Burcham has set 4 school records so far this track season. He holds the 800-1600-3200 records at the Freshman level along with his 4:16.40 1600 meter varsity record. The old record was 4:23.79 set back in 2002 by Midland State Champion, Richard Kitching.

Burcham's 4:16.40 also ranks him number 1 in West Virginia. Brandon Doughty from Jefferson is ranked 2nd at 4:24.44.

-Team & meet results under meet section.

Click on the following article  http://ky.milesplit.us/meets/60479

Jacob Burcham runs impressive 4:16.40 in 1600m        

Click here for pictures of 1600 meters

4/24/10

Midland excels at Hurricane Inv

Despite not having 5 of their top distance runners and their top hurdler, the boys from Midland still excelled at the Hurricane Invitational. The hurdlers, sprinters, distance & field event athletes turned in some impressive performances on Saturday.

The Knights came up 2 points short of winning the meet, but more importantly, Midland's athletes had numerous PR's.

Nick Dino placed 1st in the 300IH with a season best of 42.35, while teammate, Michael Niemann, won the 800 meters with a time of 2:07.08. The 4x100 (41.09) of  & Shuttle Hurdle relay (61.94) teams both set season best.

Winning relay teams were the 4x200-1:36.18 (Hassan Sager, Davey Freeman, Hunter Brown, Anthony Lovejoy) & 4x800-8:43.16 (Michael Niemann, Tyler Salmons, Matthew Riley, & Adam Shaver).

Some other highlights from the meet were Andrew Ferguson breaking 5 minutes in the 1600, Karl Shaver & Hassan Sager going sub 15 in the shuttles, Jeremy Waugh running 10:30 in the 3200 meters, Daniel Parlock clearing 11-6 in the Pole Vault, Anthony Lovejoy and Mason Dino splitting 53 in the 4x400, and Tyler Salmons doubling with a 2:06 (800) & 4:42 (1600).

Lovejoy passes baton to Brown in 4x100   

Full results and team meet summary under meet section.

4/23/10

- Schedule updated. Check it out for JV meet additions.

- Papa's Parsons pics are now posted!!! Over 400 of them!! See Pictures section!!

- Friday's Distance work out posted.

- Boys heading to Hurricane Invitational & Eastern Relays in Louisville, Ky this Saturday. Read more in Track News section. Also, get Midland's meet line up for both meets under Track News section.

4/21/10

- Wednesday's Distance work out results posted. (Runners produced on this work out).

- Wednesday's Distance work out posted. Quality Day ... Fast legs and strong minds required!!!

4/20/10

Smith shines at Boston

Robert Smith ran 2 hours 42 minutes at the Boston Marathon on Monday (April 19th) to finish 254th overall out of 26,000 plus runners.  Congrats goes out to Robert Smith!!!

4/19/10

Smith to run Boston Marathon

-Robert Smith (Owner of Robert's Running Shop & big supporter of Midland track) is running the Boston Marathon today.

We wish Robert the Best of Luck!!!

It was 30 years ago to this date (1980) that Coach "P" was doing the same thing Robert is doing today. Running Boston!!!

Robert Smith

4/16/10

- Saturday's Distance Tempo Run work out posted under work out section.

- Picture section updated!

Now taking orders for the 2010 Cabell Midland Track & Field t-shirt. T-shirts will be printed next Wednesday and passed out on Thursday. Price is $12.00 and checks made out to Hometown Sportswear. Email orders to coachparsons@yahoo.com. Send your money before next Thursday.

4/15/10

- Thursday's Distance work-out results posted.

- Latest runwv rankings are out. Click here for complete results.

- Wednesday's Distance work-out results posted.

4/14/10

Midland dominates Huntington Invitational

Cabell Midland showed depth and strength to dominate the Huntington Invitational on Tuesday night at the "Ray McCoy" track. The Knights tallied up 237.5 points to runner-up Huntington's 137 points.

Michael Niemann came away with 3 victories for the Knights in the 800, 1600, and 4x400 meter relay. Teammate Hassan Sager also was part of 3 victories. Sager's leaped of 18-7 claimed 1st place in the Long Jump followed by his anchoring leg on the Midland's winning 4x200 meter relay team. His final victory came in the 400 meters and his 56.87 time proved too strong for any other challengers.

Other winning performances were Ryan Riedel in the 200 meters (25.61), Steven Egnatoff in the 3200 meters (10:44), Daniel Parlock in the Pole Vault (11-0), 4x200 meter relay (Riedel, Bias, Sovine, Sager) 1:41.86, 4x400 meter relay (Sovine, Niemann, Kingery, M. Dino) 3:50.69, and the 4x800 meter relay (A Shaver, Cooper, Allen, Waugh) 9:33.95.

Other mentionable performances for the Knights were Brett Adkins in the Discus (120-0) good enough for 2nd place and Jeremy Waugh in the 3200 meters (10:54.19) also 2nd place overall.                                                                                    

Michael Niemann Leads Midland Crew

Complete results and team meet summary are under meet section.

The Knights will be back in action on April 24th at the Hurricane Invitational at Hurricane High School.

4/13/10

- News archive updated about Tates Creek Commodore Classic (Burcham & 4x800 relay sets meet records).

4/12/10

- Huntington JV Invitational meet schedule & athletes events added under track news section.

4/11/10

Burcham sets meet record in 1600 meter run

Cabell Midland’s Jacob Burcham set a new meet record in the 1600 meters at the Tates Creek Commodore Classic this past weekend in Lexington, Ky. Burcham’s time of 4:26.97 eclipsed the old record of 4:29.43 set back in 2006 by Patrick Morgan from Boyle County. Burcham also came back later in the meet to win the 800 meters in a time of 1:59.27.

Midland’s 4x800 meter relay team of Ryan Smith, Brian Lawhon, David Jobe, and Matthew Edmunds won in a new meet record with a time of 8:25.47. The old mark of 8:34.41 was set back in 2004 by Tates Creek High School. Midland’s 4x800 meter relay time is ranked number #1 in West Virginia so far this season.

Other Midland top performers were Davey Freeman 2^nd in the Pole Vault, Tyler Salmons 3^rd in the 3200 meters and 4^th in the 1600 meters, David Jobe 4^th in the 3200 meters, 4x400 (Smith, Burcham, Riley, Brown) 3^rd, and the 4x100 (Farley, Shull, Lovejoy, Freeman) 3^rd overall.

Despite being on Spring Break and only taking a hand full of athletes, Midland finished a solid 4^th overall in the team division and were less than 10 points from 2^nd place.

Jacob Burcham wins 800 meters in 1:59.27

4/11/10

- Next meet is the Huntington JV Invitational on Tuesday (April 13th) at Huntington High School. Field events start at 5:00pm and the running events begin at 5:30pm.

- Freshman school records updated.

- Sunday's Distance work out posted.

- Tates Creek Commodore Classic team meet summary added.

- 4x800 (Smith, Lawhon, Jobe, Edmunds) and Burcham's 1600 meter run set new meet records at Tates Creek Commodore Classic.

4/10/10

- Midland Boys head to Lexington, Ky for the Tates Creek Commodore Classic. Field events start at 10:30am and running events begin at 12:00pm. Results will be posted sometime Saturday night when Coach "P" returns home and gets them up. We wish them the Best of Luck!!!

- Distance work out posted for runners not competing in Lexington, Ky

4/9/10

- Saturday distance practice for athletes not competing in Lexington will be posted later tonight.

- Friday's Distance practice posted (Practice at 5:30pm at Midland).

- Athletes competing in the Tates Creek Commodore Classic added under track news section.

- Friday practice for sprinters, hurdlers, and distance runners is at 5:30pm at Midland's track.

4/8/10

- April 10th meet is the Tates Creek Commodore Classic in Lexington, Ky. Meet Schedule and driving directions are under track news section. I will post exact events later this evening.

- Midland Boys ranked number #1 on first state rankings of the season. Click here for complete rankings.

4/7/10

- Distance work-out posted for Thursday. (on your own & Coach "P" trust you to do exactly what is on the sheet)

- Distance work-out posted for Wednesday's 400 repeats.

4/6/10

- Wednesday Distance practice added under work-out section.

- Distance runners practice Wednesday at 5:30pm at Midland's track. Be ready for quality day!

- Distance splits added to Carlos Akers along with meet comments.

- Carlos Akers Memorial team summary posted !!!

- Track News updated.

- Freshman Records updated.

- Distance work-out posted for Tuesday (on your own & Coach "P" trust you to do exactly what is on the sheet).

4/5/10

- Distance, Throwers, Sprinters & Hurdlers work-outs posted for Spring Break. Track News updated too.

4/4/10

Midland Boys Track Team Spring Break Practice Schedule

- Throwers - 10:00am Monday thru Friday at the track.

- Sprinters/Hurdlers/Pole Vaulters, & Jumpers - 5:30pm Monday thru Friday at the track.

- Distance - 5:30pm on Monday at B'ville Middle School Track for Distance run. Tue thru Fri TBA for Distances runners.

4/3/10

Midland boys capture team title at Carlos Akers Memorial

After placing runner-up at the Kim Nutter Classic, the boys of Midland came back a week later and captured the team title at the Carlos Akers Memorial with a total of 122 points. Jacob Burcham led things off with a 3200 meter victory with a impressive time of 9:52.95 followed by teammate, Tyler Salmons, in 10:16.79. Ryan Smith for the 2nd week in a row captured the 400 meters in a PR of 52.01 giving Midland an early lead in the team race.

Midland continued to rack up points through-out the meet with wins in the 4x200-1:36.11 (Brown, Sansom, Shull, Lovejoy), 4x400-3:36.37 (Smith, Burcham, Riley, Brown), 4x800-8:35.54 (Edmunds, Jobe, Riley, Lawhon), and Burcham in the 800 meters. Burcham's time of 1:59.20 crushed the old meet record of 2:01.13 set by David Bias in 2008. David Bias was in attendance to see his record go down.

The Knights start Spring Break on Friday (April 2nd) and return to school on Monday (April12th). However, the boys will be practicing the week of spring break and taking a select group to Lexington, Ky on Saturday(April 10th).

Ryan Smith on his way to 400 meter victory

4/2/10

- News Archive Updated about Carlos Akers Memorial.

3/28/10

Boys place 2nd at Kim Nutter Classic

The boys team competed on Friday night at the Kim Nutter Classic in Parkersburg. One of Midland's challenges would be the 30 plus degree and windy weather conditions. However, it didn't slow down the Knights who finished a solid 2nd overall in the team title behind Parkersburg South.

Jacob Burcham led the Knights and won the 1600 & 800 meter races. He also helped his 4x400 meter relay team finish a close 2nd overall. His efforts earned him High Point honors for the meet in the boys division. Teammate Ryan Smith competed in his first 400 meter race in High School and came away with the victory with a time of 54.05.

Other Midland highlight performances were Tyler Salmons setting a new PR in the 3200 meters with a time of 10:09 and finishing 2nd overall. Hurdler, Matt Bias, ran impressive in the 110HH and finished with a time of 15.40 good enough for 2nd overall.

The Midland boys will be back in action on Thursday (April 1st) for the Carlos Akers Memorial at Cabell Midland High School. Field events start at 4:45pm and the running events at 5:15pm.

Team meet summary posted under the meet section.

Pictures and full results to be posted soon.

Coach anxious to see his athletes compete

3/22/10

- Track News updated.

3/21/10

- Coaches, schedule, and roster updated.

3/17/10

3/12/10

- News Archive updated with news about Michael Niemann being selected for the National Merit finalist!!