PIAA States Preview: Boys' Sprints/Hurdles


AA Boys' 110m Hurdles Preview

Kane Area's Joseph Newton was eighth in this event last year, but after a big performance at the District 9 Championships, he's looked to as one of the favorites this season. Newtown blasted a AA best of 14.40 for the win last week and he'll look to convert that into state gold this weekend.

But Camp Hill's Zack Kuntz will be looking for that win as well. Kuntz is the top returner from last year's final, after taking fourth in that final. He looks ready to do it, too. He ran a PR of 14.57 to win the District 3 crown and should be in the mix.

A number of others are right at or below that 15 second mark. Bermudian Springs' Trevor Grim ran 14.79 this season and Carbondale's Marcos Ortiz went 14.96. It will likely take another sub-15 performance to take the title here. EL Meyers' Nazir Dunell, Union Area's James Thomas, West Catholic's Dajone Averett, and Penn Cambria's Kamryn Stoy are among the others that should factor into the race at Ship.

Entries:

Event 602  Boys 110 Meter Hurdles AA (28) Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  13.30  1990        Chris Nelloms, DaytonDunbarHS, OH            
 PIAA Record:  14.00  2008        Keenan Michael, Montoursville 4              
NFHS Hnr Rol:  14.00                                                           
               15.50  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1        Newton, Joseph                12 Kane Area 09          14.40  SQS   
  2        Kuntz, Zack                   11 Camp Hill 03          14.57  SQS   
  3        Dunell, Nazir                 10 EL Meyers 02          15.04  SQS   
  4        Ortiz, Marcos                    Carbondale 02         15.07  SQS   
  5        Thomas, James                 12 Union Area 07         15.15  SQS   
  6        Kespelher, Jared              12 Redbank Vly 09        15.27  SQS   
  7        Anderson, Dalton              12 Moniteau 09           15.29  SQS   
  8        Averett, Dajone               12 West Catholic 12      15.33  SQS   
  9        Stoy, Kamryn                  12 Penn Cambria 06       15.34  SQS   
 10        Vokes, Noah                   11 DuBois CC 09          15.34  SQS   
 11        Mullins, Harley               12 Montrose 02           15.36  SQS   
 12        Layton, Daniel                10 Wynsbrg Cntrl 07      15.48  SQS   
 13        Patton, Jacob                 11 Moniteau 09           15.49  SQS   
 14        Gardner, Brenden              12 Hughesville 04        15.51        
 15        Grim, Trevor                  12 Bermudian Spr 03      15.52        
 16        Emerick, John                 12 Brln Brthsvly 05      15.53        
 17        Bredl, Ryan                   12 Mohawk 07             15.59        
 18        Broadway, Shawn               11 Derry Area 07         15.69        
 19        Clauser, Brendan              11 Schlkll Haven 11      15.70        
 20        Hartman, Sam                  11 South Park 07         15.71        
 21        Rodman, Austin                10 Richland 06           15.75        
 22        Nelson, Jordan                 9 Palmerton 11          15.75        
 23        Wilson, Noah                  11 Sthrn Hntngdn 06      15.81        
 24        Samuelson, Jonah              11 Eisenhower 10         15.93        
 25        Ryan, Michael                 11 Montoursville 04      15.94        
 26        Smith, Nick                   11 Dock Menn 01          16.14        
 27        Holmes, Ronald                 9 Nmnn Goretti 12       16.28        
 28        Weekley, Peyson               11 Hickory 10            16.48