And now a look at the boys:
Boys Relays: In the 4x200, a few teams will be chasing Downingtown West's state-leading mark, but on the flat track of Lehigh, West's 1:31.99 should survive the meet. Central Dauphin East, with a deep sprint squad, will be the favorites with Imhotep, Methacton, and Pennridge lurking. The 4x400 will be interesting. Wyomissing, Cardinal O'Hara, and PA#1 Penn Wood come in looking for hot times. Those Penn Wood boys, however, look like they may try to load up a sprint medley or a 4x800. Central Bucks West (PA#5) may be looking to go hard in the 4x800 as well. In the DMR, Voorhees High School from New Jersey (8th at NXN Northeast) will likely be the favorites with Bonner, Central Bucks South and Central Bucks East possibly looking to load up.
Boys Sprints/Hurdles: In the 60m GAR Memorial's Anthony Maurent (PA#1 55m) will go up against Imhotep's Ade Jones-Roundtree, Coatesville's Terrence Laird (PA#2 60m), and CD East's Shyheim Brown (PA#2 55m). In the 60m hurdles, PA#1 Monte Guess from Archbishop Ryan will go up against Germantown Academy sophomore Kyle Garland, North Hunterdon's Eric Moul and Souderhon's Colin Harker among others. The 200 field is pretty deep and Delaware valley Charter's Jahmair Craig will be favored to win. Isiah Smith of Abington (PA#1) will be looking to improve on his state-leading 400m time that he set two weeks ago. Haverford's Justin Moscoe and Neumann Goretti's Kamil Jihad will also be ones to watch out for in the quarter.
Boys Distance: One PA#1 on high alert this weekend will be the 800. Carlisle's Matt Wisner look to drop a fast time, while Quakertown's Brett Wolfinger makes his open 800 season debut. CB West's Jake Claricurzio, O'Hara's Justin Jones and a host of others will look to turn this into a fast race for sure. In the mile, CB West's Rock Fortna will look to build off a PA#2 800 last week in the mile. Meanwhile, Methacton's Jeff Kirshenbaum will step down after an impressive 2 mile in New York last week. Wyomissing's Jack DiCintio, Camp Hill's Cooper Leslie, and PA#1 800 Colin Wills of Malvern Prep should make it a fun race to watch. The 3000 is led by New Jersey's Robert Whitney from Voorhees. PA is well represented with CB West's Brian Iatarola (also a high jump threat), Council Rock South's Joe Maguire and Souderhon's Connor McMenamin gunning for the win.
Boys Field: PA#1 and Performer of the Week Dennis Manyeah leads a good high jump field that also includes Coatesville's Dondre Pittman and Chester's Braheem Bishop. Nicholas Marino of Hatboro-Horsham (PA#1 PV) will look to better his state-leading 14-4 in the pole vault. Stroudsburg's Amir Abdelnaby will make his PV season debut. Pennsbury's Matthew Hart leads the shot put, where he'll look to go past 50 feet. In the triple jump, PA#4 Matt Ludlow from Pennridge will square off with Springfield (Delco)'s Ache Hall (PA#6), as CB West Erik Metz and Abington's Douglas Knox will give chase.