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AAA Girls' 300m Hurdles Preview
Last year, Susquehanna Township's Yasmin Brooks ran away with the AAA title in the 300 meter hurdles, running an incredible 41.71. She'll be looking for a repeat performance this year. Her winning time at District 3 wasn't far off her 2016 winning time before her big drop at states. She comes in as the #2 seed, but she should still be looked at as the one to beat.
District 1 has a stacked group of girls in this field. Upper Dublin's Madison Langley-Walker was a runaway winner at Coatesville this past weekend. She improved in a number of areas this season, but particularly in the intermediate hurdles. She can challenge for this title. So can Plymouth Whitemarsh's Taylor O'Brien. She was second in District 1, but has the fastest season best in the entire field.
Conestoga Valley's Jane Livingston has been impressive. She comes in at PA#6 and took second to Brooks at District 3. Don't count out the sophomore here. In the WPIAL, Oakland Catholic's Jayla Ellis nipped Mount Lebanon's Molly Mangan at the line for PA#7 and PA#8 times. They'll be in the mix for the podium.
So will Cumberland Valley's Taylor Jede, Nazareth Academy's Lauren Powell, State College's Jordan Rohrbach, and Carlisle's Najae Nickerson
Entries:
Event 307 Girls 300 Meter Hurdles AAA (27) Prelims =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 39.98 2001 Lashinda Demus, LngBeachWlsnHS, CA PIAA Record: 41.10 2011 Leah Nugent, Abington 1 NFHS Hnr Rol: 42.25 46.25 SQS Name Year School Seed relim Time =============================================================================== 1 Langley-Walker, Madison 11 Upper Dublin 01 43.41 SQS 2 Brooks, Yasmin 12 Susquhnna Twp 03 43.64 SQS 3 Livingston, Jane 10 Conestoga Vly 03 44.13 SQS 4 Ellis, Jayla 10 Oakland Cath 07 44.43 SQS 5 Mangan, Molly 10 Mt Lebanon 07 44.53 SQS 6 Jede, Taylor 10 Cumberlnd Vly 03 44.59 SQS 7 O'Brien, Taylor 11 PlyWhitemarsh 01 44.91 SQS 8 Rohrbach, Jordan 12 State College 06 45.15 SQS 9 Powell, Lauren 11 Nazareth Acd 01 45.16 SQS 10 Nickerson, Najae 12 Carlisle 03 45.17 SQS 11 Klingensmith, Rory 11 Lower Dauphin 03 45.37 SQS 12 Holmberg, Gabby 12 Hempfield 07 45.51 SQS 13 Domenick, Amy 11 Methacton 01 45.53 SQS 14 Smith, Brianna 9 Cheltenham 01 45.56 SQS 15 Bollinger, Billie Jo 11 Manheim Cntrl 03 45.71 SQS 16 Johnson, Alaina 12 BonnerPrendie 12 45.78 SQS 17 Day, Sheila 12 Norristown 01 45.80 SQS 18 Owens, Melina 12 No Allegheny 07 45.94 SQS 19 Dalton, Brady 12 Slippery Rock 10 45.97 SQS 20 Williams, Anais 9 North Penn 01 46.00 SQS 21 Kauffman, Sammy 11 Wilson 03 46.12 SQS 22 Fenn, Jaida 12 Stroudsburg 11 46.24 SQS 23 Dorin, Shynera 10 ML King 12 46.43 24 Pearson, Alaina 12 Shamokin 04 46.66 25 Miller, Jacey 10 Blue Mountain 11 46.70 26 Turner, Mackenzie 10 Wallenpaupack 02 47.12 27 Herring, Summer 9 Saint Marys 09 48.82