Girls' 400 meters
Penn Wood's Agnes Mansaray enters Sunday's 400 meters as the top seed in the 400 (Photo by Steven Pisano)
Mansaray leads an open field into the 400
One of the more wide open events of the day will be the 400. Agnes Mansaray of Penn Wood is the top seed after a 55.19 for second in a loaded race at The Armory for the Hispanic Games. She's had a fantastic indoor season to this point, proving to be one of the state's most versatile athletes. But Mansaray took third in the 400 at the PTFCA Carnival on February 13. The winner of that race may be the one to watch on Sunday. That would be Uche Nwogwugwu of North Penn. She was fifth a year ago and she's won the last three quarter miles she's entered, most recently at the DVGTCA Meet of Champions.
Alexis Crosby of Cheltenham (left) and Brooklynn Broadwater of Springside Chestnut Hill started their seasons off with a tight race. Will Sunday bring more of the same (Photo by Don Rich)
Brooklynn Broadwater of Springside Chestnut Hill hasn't raced since January, but she should still be considered a threat, if healthy, to try and defend her title from last year. The speed was there. That much we found out after a 56.40 at the Hispanic Games. What can she bring to the table Sunday? She's the wild card of the field.
Cheltenham's Alexis Crosby was third at indoor states last year, and she's had another great season to this point. She's already run faster than her bronze medal time in 2015, so Crosby could be looked at as one of the frontrunners. General McLane's Bethany Evankovich and Central Valley's Maiah Yankello will look to mix it up in the front as well in a deep field.
This won't be a race to miss on Sunday at Penn State.
List of entries:
Event 9 Girls 400 Meter Dash (24)
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State Meet: 53.82 2/26/2005 Nicole Leach, West Catholic
Name Year School Seed
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1 Mansaray, Agnes 12 Penn Wood 55.19
2 Broadwater, Brooklynn 12 Springside 56.40
3 Crosby, Alexis 10 Cheltenham 56.60
4 Nwogwugwu, Uche 11 North Penn 57.18
5 Evankovich, Bethany 12 General McLa 58.24
6 Yankello, Maiah 12 Central Vall 58.29
7 Holmberg, Gabby 11 Hempfield (7) 58.35
8 Evans, Alysha 12 Susquehanna 58.35
9 Grober, Heather 11 Hickory 58.44
10 Stovall, Sydni 11 Springfield (M) 58.52
11 Jolibois, Kaela 10 Villa Jo Marie 58.66
12 Kitchell, Alexandria 10 Springside 58.73
13 Klag, Sarah 12 Hempfield (3 59.22
14 Crawford, Aiyanna 12 Gateway 59.23
15 Ryan, Lexi 12 Upper Merion 59.28
16 Dietrich, Jennifer 11 Baldwin Scho 59.28
17 Carter, Cheyenne 11 Del Val Charter 59.32
18 Brown, Grace 10 Villa Maria Acad 59.46
19 Kelly, Cirsten 12 Chambersburg 59.46
20 Helbling, Rachel 10 South Fayett 59.65
21 McGriff, Ashton 10 Bradford Are 59.72
22 Frustino, Sue 11 Souderton Ar 59.93
23 Woods, Taylor 12 Arch Ryan 1:00.14
24 Guy, Charity 10 Norristown 1:00.20