AA Girls' Triple Jump Preview
The competition rose to some serious heights at the District 6 Championships with the top four seeds for the state meet coming from that one meet. At the top is Rachel Horrell of Ligonier Valley, who jumped a big season best and PA-AA#1 of 38-07.5 to take the win. She'll look to duplicate that performance at Ship and improve upon her seventh place finish from 2017.
Bishop Carroll's Maddie Murphy (fifth last year), Penn Cambria's Lauren Michina (sixth last year), and Forest Hills' Zoe Roush round out those other top seeds from the D6 meet. Michina enters at PA-AA#2 after a 38-07 leap to win the LHAC title a few weeks ago. Each will be in contention, though.
But the reigning champion is Breana Gambrell of Athens Area. Though she specializes in the long, she's a very solid triple jumper, too. She won the AA state title a year with a PR jump of 38-08.75. If she can pull out another leap like that, she'll be tough to beat. Her season best is 38-05.5.
Quaker Valley's Franzi Nace was second to Gambrell at states a year ago. She's jumped well this spring, including a best of 38-06.25 earlier in the season. Daliah Hosey of Wellsboro was fourth a year ago and will aim for similar success this season.
ENTRIES:
Event 215 Girls Triple Jump AA (30)
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NFHS Record: 44-02.25 2001 Ychlindria Spears, Lulling HS, TX
PIAA Record: 40-03.50 2012 Lanae Newsome, Brookville 9
NFHS Hnr Rol: 40-00
35-06.00 SQS
Name Year School Seed Mark Finals
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1 Horrell, Rachel 12 Ligonier Vly 06 38-07.50 SQS
2 Murphy, Maddie 11 Bshp Carroll 06 38-03.25 SQS
3 Michina, Lauren 12 Penn Cambria 06 38-02.00 SQS
4 Roush, Zoe 12 Forest Hills 06 37-09.50 SQS
5 Nace, Franzi 12 Quaker Valley 07 36-11.25 SQS
6 Gambrell, Breana 12 Athens Area 04 36-09.00 SQS
7 Woods, Abbie 12 Dock Menn 01 36-08.75 SQS
8 Janosik, Lyric 10 Penn Cambria 06 36-08.75 SQS
9 Arblaster, Emma 12 United 06 36-06.75 SQS
10 Korba, Abby 10 Hanover Area 02 36-06.50 SQS
11 McKean, Sara 11 Oswayo Valley 09 36-05.50 SQS
12 Beitel, Jenna 11 Saltsburg 06 36-04.00 SQS
13 Mihalko, Natasha 9 Lake Lehman 02 36-00.50 SQS
14 Cavanaugh, Brenna 12 Bentworth 07 35-11.50 SQS
15 Wagner, Sarah 9 No Schuylkill 11 35-11.00 SQS
16 Bernard, Jayla 9 St Basil Acad 01 35-10.25 SQS
17 Richardson, Theresa 11 Conwell-Egan 12 35-10.00 SQS
18 Hosey, Daliah 11 Wellsboro 04 35-02.75
19 Currier, Taylor 12 Eastern York 03 35-02.00
20 Breneman, Madeline 12 Sharpsville 10 35-01.50
21 Koutch, Melena 9 Salisbury Twp 11 35-01.00
22 Crowe, Saffron 12 Washington 07 35-00.25
23 Guisto, Kamme 11 Cameron Cnty 09 35-00.00
24 Lape, Nadia 9 Mohawk 07 35-00.00
25 Janiel, Julia 11 Neshannock 07 34-09.75
26 Taylor, Abigail 9 Greenwood 03 34-05.25
27 Furtick, Taliyah 10 Mstry Pickett 12 34-04.75
28 Krause, Caroline 10 Fairview 10 34-02.75
29 Ketterman, Stephanie 12 Everett Area 05 34-02.00
30 Gumbs, Jahya 11 Hill-Freedman 12 32-03.75