Boys' 200 meters
Austin Kratz of Christopher Dock will be one to watch in the boys' 200 on Sunday (Photo by Bill Shearn)
Without Laird, who will step up?
The top seed in the 200 will be Downingtown West's Josh McLemore after Coatesville's Terrance Laird did not enter in the state meet. That's definitely a disappointment given Laird's breakthrough season, which included a huge win at Ocean Breeze, where he dropped a 21.69.
McLemore's time came at The Armory in an adjusted hand time, but McLemore did 22.05 against college competition this year. He'll be coming off the 400 meters earlier in the day (where he's also favored earlier).
Ade Jones-Roundtree, who was second to Laird at Ocean Breeze will be another one to watch out for. His speed has definitely rounded into form after a killer 55 at Millrose, so look for Jones-Roundtree to challenge for gold. Just behind Jones-Roundtree in that Ocean Breeze 200 was Glen Mills' Keon Rantin. Between those top three, we should get a great race to the line.
Jeff Brown (left), Jeremy Jennings (center), and Keon Rantin (right) will all be factors in a deep field (Photo by Patty Morgan)
Jeremy Jennings of Downingtown East is the fourth seed and a solid challenger. Imhotep's Kristian Marche and Christopher Dock's Austin Kratz make up the field's best sophomore talents.
One to keep an eye on is Wissahickon's Darien Williams. He was a surprise winner at the TFCAofGP Last Chance Meet, winning from only the fourth fastest heat of the night in a 22.59 flat-track time. He's also the only one coming into this race completely fresh, which makes him a good threat for another upset, like he had a few weeks ago.
List of entries:
Event 14 Boys 200 Meter Dash (25) =============================================================================== State Meet: 21.22 3/6/2010 Brady Gehret, Altoona Name Year School Seed =============================================================================== 1 McLemore, Joshua 12 D-Town West 21.84 2 Rantin, Keon 11 Glen Mills 22.01 3 Jones-Roundtree, Ade 11 Imhotep 22.01 4 Jennings, Jeremy 11 D-Town East 22.07 5 Williams, Darien 12 Wissahickon 22.19 6 Marche, Kristian 10 Imhotep 22.21 7 Kratz, Austin 10 Chris Dock 22.21 8 McCool, Matt 12 D-Town West 22.28 9 Hammond, Kameron 12 D-Town East 22.47 10 Testa, Stephen 12 William Tenn 22.49 11 Eubanks, Winston 12 LaSalle Coll 22.53 12 Sinclair, Khalif 12 Norristown 22.56 13 Mathis, Tyreek 12 Martin Luthe 22.57 14 Arp, Aaron 11 CD East 22.64 15 Brooks, Antwan 11 Aliquippa 22.71 16 Zarycranski, Stephen 12 Church Farm 22.75 17 Welde, Mike 10 CR North 22.76 18 Brown, Jeff 12 Friends' Central 22.78 19 Hebron, Savion 9 Neshaminy 22.79 20 Sykes, Aaron 12 Saint Joseph 22.80 21 Shaffer, Nick 12 Methacton 22.86 22 Thomas, Samir 12 E & S 22.88 23 Marshall, Edward 12 Martin Luthe 22.91 24 Heller, Dan 12 Boyertown 22.91 25 Daman, Tristan 12 State College 22.91