CROSS COUNTRY: Parkersburg Boys and Cabell Midland Girls Win 2026 MSAC Championships

The Parkersburg High School Boys and Cabell Midland High School Girls have won the 2026 MSAC Cross Country Championships. The meet was held at Cabell Midland on Saturday, October 10th. Parkersburg’s Morgan Metz was Girls Runner of the Year while Woodrow Wilson’s Kyle Peters was Boys Runner of the Year. Cabell Midland’s Chris Parsons was Girls Coach of the Year and Parkersburg South’s Brian Blanc was Boys Coach of the Year. Full meet results as well as the 2026 All-MSAC teams are below:

Meet:		MSAC Cross Country Championship
Location:	Cabell Midland
Date:		October 10, 2026

Girls Team Scores

1 Cabell Midland 38

2 Hurricane 47

3 Parkersburg 93

4 Park. South 107

5 Geo. Washington 135

6 Huntington 157

7 Woodrow Wilson 176

8 St. Albans 196

Spring Valley – NTS
South Charleston – NTS
Riverside – NTS
Capital – NTS

Girls All-MSAC Place Name Year Team Time ———————————————————————–

1 Morgan Metz 12 Parkersburg 19:01.7

2 Lindsey Bailey 11 Cabell Midland 19:30.7

3 Ella Sturm 12 Hurricane 19:47.2

4 Charlotte Coakley 11 Cabell Midland 19:47.7

5 Scout Stines 10 Cabell Midland 19:51.2

6 Laurel Johnson 12 Huntington 20:00.6

7 Lexi Elmore 12 Hurricane 20:12.2

8 Alyssa McCrady 10 Park. South 20:16.8

9 Haley Raper 10 Park. South 20:20.2

10 Delainey Burger 11 Hurricane 20:29.0

11 Audrey Wagoner 12 Parkersburg 20:30.6

Runner of the Year – Morgan Metz (Parkersburg)

Coach of the Year – Chris Parsons (Cabell Midland)

Boys Team Scores
1	Parkersburg	61				
2	Hurricane	63				
3	Cabell Midland	79				
4	Park. South	102				
5	Geo. Washington	131				
6	Huntington	177				
7	Woodrow Wilson	196				
8	Riverside	218				
9	Capital   	240				
10	St. Albans  	249				
11	Spring Valley	2
	South Charleston - NTS			

Boys All-MSAC
Place	Name			Year	Team			Time
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1	Kyle Peters		12	Woodrow Wilson		16:16.0
2	Paxton Haddox		12	Hurricane		16:26.8
3	Dylan Straight		11	Herbert Hoover		16:35.8 (NOT part of All-MSAC Team)
4	Drake Rollins		10	Parkersburg		16:41.9
5	Micah Hale		12	Capital   		16:54.1
6	Cam Holley		10	Cabell Midland		16:57.8
7	Gatlin McLain		11	Park. South		17:01.9
8	Calvin Lantz		10	Parkersburg		17:04.8
9	Jacob Waugh		10	Huntington		17:08.5
10	Owen Persinger		11	Cabell Midland		17:19.1
11	Gabriel High		12	Hurricane		17:19.8
12	Brayden Frye		10	Hurricane		17:20.2 (Part of the All-MSAC Team cause Herbert Hoover Runner placed 3rd)

Runner of the Year: Kyle Peters – Woodrow Wilson

Coach Of the Year: Brian Blanc – Parkersburg South

Result Link to overall MSAC Cross Country Championship below:

https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/280443/info