PIAA States Preview: Boys' Throws

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AAA Boys' Discus Preview

The newly minted state record holder in the discus, Jordan Geist of Knoch will look to complete his second event three-peat on Saturday. His 208-7 at the WPIAL (District 7) meet topped Brian Milne's old state best of 207-4 from 1991 and is the second time he has been over 200 with the platter. If the wind is right, Geist will undoubtedly climb from his US#9 ranking as practice sessions have shown there is more left in his powerful right arm.

Currently second on the AAA yearly list at 193-3 is Luke Hoffman of West York Area. The senior has improved by almost 30 feet from a year ago when he was 11th at Shippensburg. The second and fourth place finishers in AAA in 2016 also are back as North Pocono's Matt Slagus (second) and South Fayette's Sam Mastro (fourth) will look to improve on their podium positions. Slagus has thrown 186-1 so far this year for the No. 3 ranking, while the southpaw Mastro is sixth at 179-2.

Campbell Parker of Greencastle-Antrim and Seneca Valley's Zach Gehm also have topped 180 feet this year, while sophomore Nolan Landis of Cathedral Prep, Keith Dreese of Selinsgrove and Alex Murray of Hempfield also return from last year's PIAA top 10.

Entries:

Event 717  Boys Discus Throw AAA (31)
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 NFHS Record:  236-06  2009        Mason Finley, Buena Vista HS, CO            
 PIAA Record:  202-10  2011        Kyle Long, Hempfield 3                      
NFHS Hnr Rol:  185-00                                                          
               153-00  SQS
           Name                        Year School            Seed Mark     Finals
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  1    316 Geist, Jordan                 12 Knoch 07             208-07   SQS  
  2    619 Hoffman, Luke                 12 West York 03         186-11   SQS  
  3    416 Slagus, Matt                  12 North Pocono 02      180-06   SQS  
  4     83 Landis, Nolan                 10 Cathedrl Prep 10     178-04   SQS  
  5    235 Parker, Campbell              12 Grncstl-Antrm 03     178-04   SQS  
  6    121 White, Jacob                  12 Central Vly 07       177-02   SQS  
  7    122 Chastulik, Kelton             12 Chambersburg 03      172-01   SQS  
  8    534 Gehm, Zach                    11 Seneca Valley 07     170-07   SQS  
  9     82 Landis, Cameron               12 Cathedrl Prep 10     170-04   SQS  
 10    360 Viau, Ben                     12 Manheim Twp 03       169-08   SQS  
 11    314 Sheehan, Alec                 12 Kennett 01           168-09   SQS  
 12    528 Dreese, Keith                 11 Selinsgrove 04       161-04   SQS  
 13    234 Hockman, Jacob                12 Grncstl-Antrm 03     160-06   SQS  
 14    167 Lehr, Jack                    12 Dallastown 03        158-10   SQS  
 15    279 Thomas, Zach                  12 Hempfield 03         156-09   SQS  
 16    620 Meyers, Tyler                 12 Whitehall 11         156-07   SQS  
 17    466 McMann, Griffin               12 Pennridge 01         156-05   SQS  
 18    607 Asamoa, Edem                  12 WC Rustin 01         155-10   SQS  
 19    284 Murray, Alex                  12 Hempfield 07         155-06   SQS  
 20    529 Wolf, Brennen                 11 Selinsgrove 04       155-05   SQS  
 21    126 Collins, Matthew              12 Clearfield 09        154-06   SQS  
 22    604 Silva, Thomas                 12 WC East 01           153-10   SQS  
 23    142 Nelson, Jacob                 11 Corry Area 10        153-10   SQS  
 24     35 Moreno, Yobani                11 Bensalem 01          153-08   SQS  
 25    243 Hefner, Isaac                 12 Grove City 10        153-07   SQS  
 26     34 Herron, Jake                  11 Belle Vernon 07      153-07   SQS  
 27      9 Fenstermaker, Eric            12 Allentown CC 11      152-09        
 28    374 Maloney, Patrick              11 Methacton 01         149-09        
 29     18 Weatherwalk, Brad             12 Altoona 06           145-02        
 30    327 Walker, Noah                  12 La Salle Cllg 12     139-11        
 31      8 Thompson, Booker              11 Acd @ Palumbo 12     131-08