PIAA States Preview: Boys' Sprints/Hurdles


AAA Boys' 400m Preview

Saint Joseph's Prep's Miles Green will look to cap off his PIAA career with an outdoor state title in the 400 meters. An injury kept him from being 100% last year (he finished third at outdoor states), but he's had a great senior season to this point, which included an indoor state title in the 400 meters.

Green went 47.41 this season at the NY Relays, an overall PR. He'll be looking to build upon that come Saturday as he looks to add another state title. Green's SJP teammates Robert Dupell and Salim Epps will also look to mix it up with the big names in this field.

A pair of District 1 talents will hope to give Green a good run. Bishop Shanahan's Rick Zink took home the D1 title, holding off Pennridge's upstart Anderson Dimon. Zink has had a great senior season. He was second to Green at indoor states in the 400. Dimon has emerged as a very strong 400 meter runner for the Rams and will look for a big performance at Ship.

The only other returner aside from Green from last year's final is Michael Welde of Council Rock North. He was sixth a year ago. Welde's a gamer and should be in the mix this year. Conestoga's Lex Forge, North Penn's Kasseem Cartwright, Unionville's Brett Wagner, and Upper Dublin's Michael Henning are among the other talented D1 quarter milers.

West Mifflin's Ziggy Patterson took home the WPIAL title in 49.05. Mechanicsburg's Joseph Bruno won the DIstrict 3 title and ran a season best of 48.84 this season. Both Patterson and Bruno will be in contention for high podium spots at Ship. Scranton's Akash Darjee, Cumberland Valley's Chase Ebersole, and Upper Saint Clair's Isaac Kane will also aim to crack the final eight at Ship.

ENTRIES:

Event 706  Boys 400 Meter Dash AAA (27) Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  45.19  2012        Aldrich Bailey, MansfldTimberviewHS, TX      
 PIAA Record:  46.27  1983        Clinton Davis, Steel Valley 7                
NFHS Hnr Rol:  47.00                                                           
               50.09  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1        Green, Miles                  12 St Joseph's 12        48.11  SQS   
  2        Zink, Rick                    12 Bish Shanahan 01      48.61  SQS   
  3        Dimon, Anderson               11 Pennridge 01          48.65  SQS   
  4        Patterson, Ziggy              12 West Mifflin 07       49.05  SQS   
  5        Bruno, Joseph                 10 Mechanicsburg 03      49.32  SQS   
  6        Forge, Lex                    12 Conestoga 01          49.34  SQS   
  7        Dupell III, Robert            12 St Joseph's 12        49.39  SQS   
  8        Cartwright II, Kasseem        12 North Penn 01         49.68  SQS   
  9        Darjee, Akash                 12 Scranton 02           49.68  SQS   
 10        Ebersole, Chase               12 Cumberlnd Val 03      49.72  SQS   
 11        Kane, Isaac                   10 Uppr St Clair 07      49.73  SQS   
 12        Welde, Michael                12 CR North 01           49.75  SQS   
 13        Epps, Salim                   10 St Joseph's 12        49.80  SQS   
 14        Wagner, Brett                 12 Unionville 01         49.80  SQS   
 15        Henning, Michael              12 Upper Dublin 01       49.80  SQS   
 16        Collier, Quadir               11 Wilson Area 11        49.90  SQS   
 17        Jessup, Jerome                11 Red Lion 03           50.08  SQS   
 18        Thompson, Jared               12 Williamsport 04       50.17        
 19        Bouril, Ethan                 11 Blackhawk 07          50.47        
 20        Philistin, Jean               12 Reading 03            50.54        
 21        Jackson, Jared                12 Northampton 11        50.55        
 22        Carl, Mitchel                 11 Gr Latrobe 07         50.55        
 23        Molliver, Dan                 12 Hollidaysburg 06      50.92        
 24        Mowbray, Chad                 11 Penn Manor 03         50.93        
 25        McGarrah, Trey                12 Wilson 03             51.00        
 26        Drexler, Cody                 12 Grove City 10         51.30        
 27        Franek, Trevor                10 Clearfield 09         52.18