AA Boys' 300m Hurdles Preview
McConnellsburg's Josh Booth will be looking to make it two-in-a-row in the AA 300-meter hurdles, but his road to victory may be a bit tougher this season. Booth went 39.11 to win the state crown last season, and he's run even faster this season, though. Booth is a strong racer and will tough to beat.
But the top seed and fastest AA boy this season is Michael Tomlin of Shady Side. The junior popped a 38.60 to win the WPIAL title this past week. Tomlin has improved in leaps and bounds this season and will look to take home the top spot come Saturday.
Fellow WPIAL hurdler Calvin Wetzel will also be in the mix. The Riverside junior went 38.93 to take second to Tomlin at the District 7 Champs. Look for Wetzel to be in the mix this season. Shawn Broadway of Derry Area was fourth in the WPIAL, but he is the only returner medalist besides Booth, so he'll be worth watching for, too.
Logan Grauer of Schuylkill Valley took home the District 3 title, beating out Derek Herr of Littlestown. Both will be factors to make the final and contend at states. Moniteau's Jacob Patton, South Park's Sam Hartman, and Windber Area's Justin Vasas should also be factors in this strong field of intermediate hurdlers.
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Event 607 Boys 300 Meter Hurdles AA (27) Prelims =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 35.02 2009 Reggie Wyatt, RiversideLaSierraHS, CA PIAA Record: 37.47 1992 Tom Wise, Grove City 10 NFHS Hnr Rol: 37.40 40.80 SQS Name Year School Seed relim Time =============================================================================== 1 Tomlin, Michael 11 Shady Side 07 38.60 SQS 2 Wetzel, Calvin 11 Riverside 07 38.93 SQS 3 Booth, Josh 12 McConnellsbrg 05 39.07 SQS 4 Grauer, Logan 12 Schuylkll Val 03 39.31 SQS 5 Patton, Jacob 12 Moniteau 09 39.68 SQS 6 Hartman, Sam 12 South Park 07 39.77 SQS 7 Herr, Derek 11 Littlestown 03 39.87 SQS 8 Vasas, Justin 12 Windber Area 05 40.12 SQS 9 Coleman, Brody 11 Keystone 09 40.33 SQS 10 Broadway, Shawn 12 Derry Area 07 40.41 SQS 11 Rohrbaugh, Payton 11 Bermudian 03 40.41 SQS 12 Olson, Dillon 11 Brookville 09 40.41 SQS 13 Lobb, Eric 11 Pen Argyl 11 40.66 SQS 14 Melvin, Javin 12 Freedom Area 07 40.68 SQS 15 Samuelson, Jonah 12 Eisenhower 10 40.74 SQS 16 Smith, Nick 12 Dock Menn 01 40.82 17 Moyer, John 12 East Juniata 04 40.94 18 Dunell, Nazir 11 EL Meyers 02 41.21 19 Reimer, Caleb 12 Mifflinburg 04 41.34 20 Rodman, Austin 11 Richland 06 41.56 21 Majersky, Tyler 12 Iroquois 10 41.66 22 Bailey, Jordan 11 Sthrn Hntngdn 06 41.70 23 Shoff, Zachary 12 Cntrl Cambria 06 41.90 24 Santos, Mike 12 Notre Dame GP 11 42.26 25 Holmes, Ronald 10 Nmnn Goretti 12 43.17 26 Moore, Tajah 10 Bish McDevitt 12 44.70 27 Niemann, Michael 10 Lansdale Cath 12 45.17