PIAA States Preview: Boys' Sprints/Hurdles


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.

ENTRIES:

Event 607  Boys 300 Meter Hurdles AA (27) Prelims
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 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
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  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