PIAA States Preview: Girls' Sprints/Hurdles


AA Girls' 400m Preview

After a second place finish last season, Neumann Goretti's Mykala Perry will aim for her first individual state title. As a freshman, Perry took runner-up honors to senior Nicole Scherer. But this year, Perry has been on a roll. She went 54.94 at PCLs to take the win and then won the District 12 title less than a week later. She'll be tough to beat on Saturday.

Penns Valley's Isabella Culver will look to put herself in the mix. The junior had a breakthrough performance at to win the District 6 title, going 56.82, almost a two second PR. She was eighth a year ago, but she can move up this time around. The only other returner from last year's final in the field is Sage Harmon of Bloomsburg. She has a best of 58.12 this spring.

Hickory's Morgan Donatelli will be a big threat. She ran 57.76 to win the District 10 title, setting a new PR in the process. She's had a very strong spring to this point. Watch out for the District 5 duo of Kaitlyn Maxwell (Everett Area) and Lorna Spiegle (Shade). Maxwell edged out Speigle for the district crown. Both will have a good chance to place high on the podium at Ship.

ENTRIES:

Event 206  Girls 400 Meter Dash AA (25) Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  50.74  2000        Monique Henderson, S Diego Morse HS,CA       
 PIAA Record:  54.65  2010        Alyssa Lombardo, Saucon Valley 11            
NFHS Hnr Rol:  54.00                                                           
               59.85  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1        Perry, Mykala                 10 Nmnn Goretti 12       55.67  SQS   
  2        Culver, Isabella              11 Penns Valley 06       56.82  SQS   
  3        Donatelli, Morgan             12 Hickory 10            57.76  SQS   
  4        Maxwell, Kaitlyn              10 Everett Area 05       57.94  SQS   
  5        Spiegle, Lorna                11 Shade 05              58.00  SQS   
  6        Harmon, Sage                  10 Bloomsburg 04         58.15  SQS   
  7        Risinger, Emily               12 Marion Center 06      59.38  SQS   
  8        Plowden, Danae                10 Mstry Pickett 12      59.62  SQS   
  9        Long, Holly                   12 Saltsburg 06          59.67  SQS   
 10        Davis, Hanna                  11 Sthr Columbia 04      59.68  SQS   
 11        Ofalt, Lydia                  12 Elk Lake 02           59.82  SQS   
 12        Fenton, Hayley                12 Reynolds 10         1:00.01        
 13        Myers, Hannah                 12 Eastern York 03     1:00.63        
 14        Carrington, Precious          11 Overbrook 12        1:00.87        
 15        Whalen, Mara                   9 Fort Cherry 07      1:00.88        
 16        Prasko, Emily                 10 Burgettstown 07     1:01.01        
 17        Manbeck, Sara                 12 No Schuylkill 11    1:01.02        
 18        Marshall, C-Keiyah            10 E Allegheny 07      1:01.13        
 19        Monteiro, Qhamille            11 Beaver Area 07      1:01.18        
 20        Disora, Alexis                10 Notre Dame GP 11    1:01.29        
 21        Donnelly, Lauren              12 Vincentian 07       1:01.40        
 22        Raich, Julia                   9 Camp Hill 03        1:01.58        
 23        Horner, Kate                  11 Punxsutawney 09     1:01.84        
 24        Dubots, Dana                  11 Coudersport 09      1:01.88        
 25        Bergey, Elle                  10 Dock Menn 01        1:02.75