Indoor States Preview: Boys' Sprints/Hurdles

Boys' 60-meter hurdles


Mason Weh dropped a 8.00 for the win at Last Chance. Does he have a sub-8 in him Sunday (Photo by Patty Morgan)

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
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  State Meet:   7.79  2/23/2013   Wellington Zaza, Garnet Valley               
     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  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