In other action at the meet, Nicole Leach of West Catholic took the 300y run in 36.1 seconds, a meet record, with Plymouth-Whitemarsh\'s Chanel Williams 2nd with a 37.8. Melissa Murphy, Downingtown East, tied a meet record cleariing 10-06 in the Pole Vault. Perkiomen Valley (Brittany Long, Carol Jefferson, Ashley Pultorack, Sarah Roberts), won the 4x800 in 9:39.8. Hatboro-Horsham (Nicole Murphy, Anna Baker, Megan Rae, Caitlin Klaas), took the 4x400 in 4:07.9. Quakertown\'s Megan Hutchinson went 2:19.3 in the 800. Wissahickon\'s Krista Simkins took the 400 in 58.7. Hatboro star Caitlin Klaas posted a very strong 2nd in 1:00.2. Latavia Thomas, West Catholic, went 1:28.7 for 600 yards. Sabrina Shaw, Gratz, took the 55 Hurdles in 8.3 seconds, and Upper Darby\'s Jannea Bridgeford, went 7.0 to win the 55 Dash.
Plymouth Whitemarsh senior Kim Morris held the PA #1 spot in the Triple Jump for the first half of the season, then lost it temporarily. She\'s now back on top, tied with Wissahickon\'s Alex Baptiste at 36\'9 1/4\". Baptise hit that distance at last week\'s DVGTCA Meet. She was 2nd (36-07.50). The State meet is shaping up to be a battle among quite a few talents. In addition to Morris and Baptiste, Canon McMillan\'s Katie Tershel has gone 36\'8 1/2\", and McDowell\'s Nicole Smith, just an inch less. Both performances are within the past two weeks. In head-to-head competition, Morris is 3-1 against Baptiste. Morris also went 8.7 in the 55 Hurdles. And Tayvon Gray, the Coatesville junior, unleashed a throw of 41-05.50 in the Shot Put, a new US#7.