Sure, track meets are long and a lot of people for whatever reason aren’t big fans of the sport.

However, I don’t count myself in that category.

Although Saturday was indeed an extremely long day as it always is, there were a lot of amazing performances.

We had several thinclads from the Mid-Ohio Valley who established new meet records and the last came courtesy of the Ritchie County boys.

The Rebels’ 4×4 team of lone junior Dylan Malolepszy and the trio of seniors Cayden Moore, Alex Rogerson and anchor Garrett Copeland ended the meet in style.

Another Rebel, senior Sydney Kopshina etched her name in the record books by claiming the single-A pole vault record.

Williamstown’s Alyssa Sauro, who finished runner-up in the high-point race to Trinity freshman speedster Elecia McCurrie, broke her own state record in the 800.

All season long on runwv.com I followed the times of McCurrie, who won the 100, 200 and 400 while setting records in each, but Saturday was the first time I was able to see her compete.

Suffice it to say the young lady is beyond a beast and it will be interesting to see how she progresses during her prep career.

Kudos also go out to Magnolia’s Jenna Blain for finishing third in the high-point race, while ‘Jacket Shelby Smith and Doddridge County’s Destiny Berryman tied for fourth.

Since the beginning of track season, I was able to cover a couple of meets where Ravenswood competed and each time I saw Wyatt Milhoan run it just amazed me. For starters, Milhoan is just a freak athlete.

The Red Devil finished state runner-up during wrestling season in the 215-pound weight class.

“I was only weighing like 190 though,” admitted Milhoan following his win in the 100 at the state meet. “Right now I’m like 185, 180.”

Milhoan, who finished third in the high-point race and just ahead of Doddridge County’s Sage Landis, said he’s going to visit Marshall next week as he plans to run track for the Thundering Herd and perhaps even football. “I’ve got a new coach for this. We’ve been working and that’s been our whole goal, just win the 100 and the 200,” added Milhoan, who accomplished his mission.

“My shins and my knees have been messed up pretty bad. I’ve been running through it, taking medicine for it, but just getting through it and through the practices and everything.”

It’s truly amazing what Milhoan was able to accomplish considering the amount of injuries he had to battle through.

“I played until homecoming game and I actually tore my quad,” Milhoan said of his final prep campaign on the gridiron. “It was hard.

“The last five weeks I mainly did some light weight training and getting through all that. It’s actually been fine. It feels good.”

The Red Devil admitted after 14 years of wrestling “I’m finally done with it, I’m calling it quits,” and chimed about getting the opportunity to compete at Marshall University “I can’t wait for it. That’s something I’m looking forward to big time.”

Contact Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentinel.com