Indoor States Preview: Boys' Sprints/Hurdles

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)
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  State Meet:  21.22  3/6/2010    Brady Gehret, Altoona                        
     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  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