PIAA States Preview: Boys' Jumps

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AA Boys' Long Jump Preview

The AA boys' long jump will be extremely competitive with a number of jumpers in the mix for the title. It'll come down to who jumps their best when it matters most. Last year, it came down to who had the better second best jump and it may be just as close this time around.

Salisbury Township's John Reichenbach is the top seed and the PA-AA#1 after a 23-5.5 to win the District 11 title last week. It may take a similar jump to take the title this year. Two other jumpers come in with leaps over 23 feet. Hopewell's Dantae Ranieri leapt 23-0 to take the WPIAL title. Then one of the biggest surprises of Districts Week came at D4, where Southern Columbia's Julian Fleming put down one of the best-ever jumps for a freshman. Can the ninth grader shine again on the biggest stage?

We also can't forget about the reigning champ in this event: Schuylkill Valley's Brendan Sparr. The junior hasn't hit the jumps that won him the state title, but that doesn't mean he can't come up big at Ship. Look for the defending champ to fight hard to keep his title.

Plenty of others will be in the mix for the win, including Palisades' Matt Siley, Dock Mennonite's Austin Kratz, New Brighton's Anthony Milliner, Saint Joseph's Catholic's Lance Hamilton, Bedford's Cleeford Sylne, and Brookville Area's Bryan Dworek.


Entries:

Event 614  Boys Long Jump AA (31)
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 NFHS Record:  26-04.75  1989        James Stallworth, TulareHS, CA            
 PIAA Record:  24-03.50  1976        Russell Dickinson, Octorara 1             
NFHS Hnr Rol:     24-00                                                        
               21-06.00  SQS
           Name                        Year School            Seed Mark     Finals
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  1    465 Reichenbach, John             11 Salisbury Twp 11   23-05.50   SQS  
  2    228 Ranieri, Dantae               11 Hopewell 07        23-00.00   SQS  
  3    514 Fleming, Julian                9 Sthn Columbia 04   23-00.00   SQS  
  4    381 Siley, Matt                   12 Palisades 11       22-05.00   SQS  
  5    461 Hamilton, Lance               10 Saint Joseph 06    22-02.00   SQS  
  6     23 Sylne, Cleeford               12 Bedford 05         22-01.00   SQS  
  7     60 Dworek, Bryan                 10 Brookville 09      22-01.00   SQS  
  8    109 Formica, Nate                 12 Conemaugh Twp 05   21-11.00   SQS  
  9    151 Kratz, Austin                 11 Dock Menn 01       21-10.75   SQS  
 10    183 Guandolo, Santino             11 Freedom Area 07    21-10.75   SQS  
 11     92 Dillow, Noah                  11 Chestnut Rdg 05    21-10.75   SQS  
 12    563 Thomas, James                 12 Union Area 07      21-10.25   SQS  
 13    382 Volak, Josh                   10 Palisades 11       21-10.00   SQS  
 14    171 Mc Clair, Je' Vondrea         12 EL Meyers 02       21-09.50   SQS  
 15    476 Sparr, Brendan                11 Schuylkll Vly 03   21-08.75   SQS  
 16    330 Mack, Nafese                  12 Motivation 12      21-08.00   SQS  
 17    347 Milliner, Anthony             12 New Brighton 07    21-08.00   SQS  
 18    580 Hosey, Dupree                 12 Wellsboro 04       21-07.00   SQS  
 19    585 Clark, Jeremy                 11 Wilmington 10      21-07.00   SQS  
 20    217 Nelson, Matt                  12 Holy Cross 02      21-06.50   SQS  
 21    440 McQuown, Ryan                 12 Reynolds 10        21-06.50   SQS  
 22    310 Williams, Keayon              12 Milton Area 04     21-06.50   SQS  
 23    548 Corklin, Brady                12 Titusville 10      21-06.25   SQS  
 24    369 Lauray, Greg                  12 Notre Dame GP 11   21-06.25   SQS  
 25    581 Averett, Dajone               12 West Catholic 12   21-06.00   SQS  
 26    459 Walker, Adam                  11 Riverview 07       21-05.25        
 27    404 Hite, Nick                    12 Penn Cambria 06    21-04.75        
 28     59 Coffey, De-Angelo             10 Brookville 09      21-03.75        
 29    562 Meredith, Jacob               11 Tyrone Area 06     21-03.00        
 30    472 Jardine, Joe                  11 Schuylkll Vly 03   20-11.00        
 31    591 Yeaih, Jones                  12 World Comm 12      19-10.50