AAA Girls' 100m Hurdles Preview
Chanel Brissett's graduation doesn't mean the absence of talent in the AAA hurdles. Instead, we've got a field jam-packed with talent at the top and a number of girls who will compete for the crown.
The favorite is Christina Warren of Perkiomen Valley. The junior, who won the 60-meter hurdles at indoor states, is the only one in the field to have run sub-14 this season and she's done that three times. Warren has a PR of 13.82 this season and will look to win her first outdoor high hurdles state title.
Upper Dublin's Madison Langley-Walker took second to Warren at the District 1 Championships. She has a season best of 14.05, but went 13.98 to take third in AAA at states last spring. She's the top returner in the field.
The top seed based on districts times is Jayla Ellis of Oakland Catholic. The junior went 14.12 to win the WPIAL title beating out Hempfield Area's Bailey Traczynski. Both girls will have a shot to make a big impact after missing the finals last year. Along with Mount Lebanon's Flynn Begor and North Hills' Amberly Valeriano, District 7 will bring a solid contingent east to Ship. Valeriano was seventh last year.
Conestoga Valley's Jane Livingston missed the first part of the outdoor season, but she's come back strong during the month of May. She went 14.26 to win the District 3 title. She was second at indoor states in the 60-meter hurdles, so she's no stranger to performing well on the big stage. Exeter's Symone Foster and Palmyra's Maliyah Stough are among the other D3 talents with eyes on the final.
Council Rock South's Elke Knecht and Manheim Township's Mackenzie Horn will also be in the mix for a medal come Saturday in the high hurdles.
ENTRIES:
Event 302 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles AAA (32) Prelims
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NFHS Record: 13.03 2007 Vashti Thomas, MtPleasantHS, CA
PIAA Record: 13.19 2016 Chanel Brissett, Cheltenham 1
NFHS Hnr Rol: 14.00
15.50 SQS
Name Year School Seed relim Time
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1 Ellis, Jayla 11 Oakland Cath 07 14.12 SQS
2 Warren, Christina 11 Perk Valley 01 14.14 SQS
3 Traczynski, Bailey 12 Hempfield 07 14.23 SQS
4 Langley-Walker, Madison 12 Upper Dublin 01 14.23 SQS
5 Livingston, Jane 11 Conestoga Val 03 14.26 SQS
6 Foster, Symone 12 Exeter 03 14.50 SQS
7 Begor, Flynn 11 Mt Lebanon 07 14.54 SQS
8 Valeriano, Amberly 12 North Hills 07 14.56 SQS
9 Stough, Maliyah 10 Palmyra 03 14.71 SQS
10 Knecht, Elke 11 CR South 01 14.81 SQS
11 Horn, Mackenzie 12 Manheim Twp 03 14.87 SQS
12 Taylor, Gabriella 11 ES South 11 14.94 SQS
13 Parker, Grace 10 Villa Maria 10 14.99 SQS
14 Smith, Brianna 10 Cheltenham 01 15.00 SQS
15 Williams, Anais 10 North Penn 01 15.05 SQS
16 Crawford, Macey 10 Oakland Cath 07 15.05 SQS
17 Bollinger, Billie Jo 12 Manheim Cntrl 03 15.12 SQS
18 McCall, Macy 12 Slippery Rock 10 15.20 SQS
19 Holloman, DeAsia 11 Cedar Crest 03 15.23 SQS
20 Eisold, Abby 10 CB East 01 15.24 SQS
21 Close, Elizabeth 12 Somerset Area 05 15.36 SQS
22 Sebwe, Kelsey 10 Archbshp Ryan 12 15.37 SQS
23 Hubbell, Dana 11 Strath Haven 01 15.40 SQS
24 Hallman, Naomi 11 Harry Truman 01 15.43 SQS
25 Brozeski, Emily 11 Norwin 07 15.43 SQS
26 Gilbert, Sydnie 11 Chambersburg 03 15.45 SQS
27 Williams, Sierra 10 Sthrn Lehigh 11 15.54
28 Marzolino, Calista 11 Abington Hts 02 15.86
29 Hogan, Amber 11 Perry 08 16.04
30 Delbaugh, Anna 12 Shamokin Area 04 16.55
31 Herring, Summer 10 Saint Marys 09 16.64
32 Paul, Juliana 12 Northeast 12 17.06