Boys' 60-meter hurdles
Weh vs. Roundtree: The East and West set for battle
Upper Darby's Mason Weh is the favorite on the Sunday, and he's also the one in the event with state finals experience. Weh was a narrow second place finisher a year ago in a field of seniors. Now Weh is a senior in another senior-heavy bunch.
Jace Roundtree and Patrick Kimball will look for big races on Sunday in the hurdles (Photo by Phil Grove)
Kiski's Jace Roundtree saw a big improvement on Saturday at the TSTCA Champs, blazing an 8.07 (which was faster than Weh ran in the event on the same day). Roundtree should be a formidable threat, but it still might take a sub-8 performance to win gold on Sunday, something only Weh has done previously.
After that, Archbishop Ryan's Monte Guess, Mount Lebanon's Patrick Kimball, Souderton's Colin Harker, and Milton's Ian Nieves are some of the seniors that will all be competing for medals. Then there's a pair of sophomores, North Allegheny's Ayden Owens and Saint Joseph's Prep's Miles Green also in the field, who will be looking to make some noise. Springfield (Delco)'s Ache Hall has run 8.39, which makes him a factor as well.
List of entries:
Event 4 Boys 60 Meter Hurdles (24) Prelims ============================================================ =================== State Meet: 7.79 2/23/2013 Wellington Zaza, Garnet Valley Name Year School Seed ============================== ============================== =================== 1 Weh, Mason 12 Upper Darby 8.00 2 Roundtree, Jace 12 Kiski Area 8.07 3 Guess, Monte 12 Arch Ryan 8.22 4 Kimball, Patrick 12 Mount Lebano 8.28 5 Harker, Colin 12 Souderton Ar 8.29 6 Owens, Ayden 10 North Allegheny 8.37 7 Nieves, Ian 12 Milton Area 8.38 8 Green, Miles 10 Saint Joseph 8.39 9 Hall, Ache 11 Springfield (D) 8.39 10 Bermudez, Aanyah 11 Conestoga Valley 8.42 11 Averett, Dajone 11 West Catholic 8.43 12 Dolberry-Wescott, Ethan 12 Wissahickon 8.44 13 Oldt, Conner 12 Williamsport 8.44 14 Batiste, Keith 12 Penn Hills 8.44 15 Salahudin, Nasir 12 Milton Hershey 8.50 16 Garland, Kyle 10 Germantown Acad 8.51 17 Urbaniak, Fred 12 Slippery Rock 8.51 18 Colosimo, Alex 12 Bradford Are 8.54 19 Lindner, Sam 10 Haverford School 8.57 20 Jackson, James 10 Chester 8.57 21 Wolfe, Josh 12 Chris Dock 8.60 22 Kanneh, Sekou 12 Penn Wood 8.62 23 Dimon, Alex 11 Pennridge 8.67 24 Pressley, Bobby 11 Susquehanna 8.68