AAA Girls' High Jump Preview
The AAA girls high jump seems very wide open for this weekend, with the title going to whomever has the best day at Ship.
The PA-AAA#1 is Taye Dairo of Central Dauphin. She jumped 5-08 to win the Mid-Penn title, then jumped 5-06 to win the District 3 title. She was 14th a year ago, but should improve that this year and compete for the win. The top seed coming is Brianna Smith of Cheltenham. The sophomore was fifth a year ago and also has a pair of seventh place medals from indoor states in the event. She cleared 5-07, a PR and PA-AAA#3, to win at District 1, so she's got some good momentum heading into states.
Plymouth Whitemarsh's Taylor O'Brien was second at states last year. Also a strong intermediate hurdler, O'Brien has a season best of 5-04, but a career best of 5-08. She'll be worth watching for. Easton Area's Kate Willshaw, Oakland Catholic's Jayla Ellis, and Central Mountain's Amelia McCloy have all jumped 5-06 this season (T-PA-AAA#4) and should be in the mix, among many others, in this deep event.
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Event 312 Girls High Jump AAA (29) =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 6-04.50 2015 Vashti Cunningham, Bishop Gorman HS, NV PIAA Record: 5-11.25 2013 Cyre Virgo, Fleetwood 3 NFHS Hnr Rol: 5-08 5-03.00 SQS Name Year School Seed Mark Finals =============================================================================== 1 Smith, Brianna 10 Cheltenham 01 5-07.00 SQS 2 Dairo, Taye 12 Cntrl Dauphin 03 5-06.00 SQS 3 Donnelly, Kate 10 CR North 01 5-05.00 SQS 4 McCloy, Amelia 10 Central Mnt 06 5-05.00 SQS 5 Handra, Jaime 12 Trinity 07 5-03.00 SQS 6 Stackhouse, Shelby 12 Wyoming Area 02 5-03.00 SQS 7 Ellis, Jayla 11 Oakland Cath 07 5-03.00 SQS 8 Bair, Hailey 11 So Fayette 07 5-03.00 SQS 9 O'Brien, Taylor 12 PlyWhitemarsh 01 5-03.00 SQS 10 Lambinus, Kacey 11 Quakertown 01 5-03.00 SQS 11 Green, Amira 9 Neshaminy 01 5-03.00 SQS 12 Altman, Alison 9 Butler 07 5-03.00 SQS 13 Wetzel, Sadie 10 Gr Latrobe 07 5-03.00 SQS 14 Spencer, Rachael 10 State College 06 5-03.00 SQS 15 Willshaw, Kate 11 Easton Area 11 5-03.00 SQS 16 Pyo, Rebeccah 11 Hempfield 07 5-03.00 SQS 17 Uncapher, Jenna 11 Hempfield 07 5-03.00 SQS 18 Heckman, Aleigh 12 Shikellamy 04 5-02.00 19 Boyce, Olivia 10 Haverford Twp 01 5-01.00 20 Latimer, Lydia 11 Warren Area 10 5-01.00 21 Garrett, Chanette 12 Pocono Mtn W 11 5-01.00 22 Karavitch, Kristen 10 Nazareth Area 11 5-01.00 23 Jubick, Madison 10 Wilson 03 5-00.00 24 Brooks, Kayla 11 South Western 03 5-00.00 25 Fischer, Jerica 12 DuBois Area 09 5-00.00 26 Stephens, Emma 12 Carlisle 03 5-00.00 27 Bonds, Jannae 12 Palmyra 03 5-00.00 28 Turner, Sydonia 10 Northeast 12 4-10.00 29 Bonfini, Rachel 10 Crdnl O'Hara 12 4-08.00