AAA Girls' Long Jump Preview
The top three seeds in the girls' long jump are separated by just a quarter inch and AAA girls' long jump is setting up to be once of the weekend's most closely-contested events.
North Penn's Natalie Kwortnik, State College's Taylor Givens, and North Allegheny's Casey Burton all leapt to district titles and PRs this past week. Kwortnik's 19-04 to win D1 leads the way in AAA this season, but Givens and Burton are also hitting their stride at the right time, jumping 19-03.75 at D6 and D7, respectively.
But not far off that trio is Madison Langley-Walker of Upper Dublin, who leapt 19-02.25 to finish second to Kwortnik at D1. North Hills' Amberly Valeriano and Oakland Catholic's Jayla Ellis also supplied big season best jumps to take 2-3 at WPIALs behind Burton. Valeriano's teammate Elaina Longjohn was fourth at WPIALs with a jump of 18-02.25.
Stroudsburg's Ayanna Burrell, Central Dauphin's Gabriella Recce, Conestoga Valley's Aviona Saunders, and Perkiomen Valley's Christina Warren are among the others that should contend in this deep field that could truthfully be won by one of the top 15 or so seeds.
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Event 314 Girls Long Jump AAA (28)
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NFHS Record: 22-01.75 1976 Kathy McMillan, RaefordHCHS,NC
PIAA Record: 20-03 2005 Nicole Smith, McDowell 10
NFHS Hnr Rol: 19-04
17-09.00 SQS
Name Year School Seed Mark Finals
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1 Kwortnik, Natalie 11 North Penn 01 19-04.00 SQS
2 Burton, Casey 10 No Allegheny 07 19-03.75 SQS
3 Givens, Taylor 12 State College 06 19-03.75 SQS
4 Langley-Walker, Madison 12 Upper Dublin 01 19-02.25 SQS
5 Valeriano, Amberly 12 North Hills 07 18-08.50 SQS
6 Ellis, Jayla 11 Oakland Cath 07 18-05.00 SQS
7 Longjohn, Elaina 10 North Hills 07 18-02.25 SQS
8 Burrell, Ayanna 12 Stroudsburg 11 18-01.25 SQS
9 Blannard, Ashley 12 Wyoming Vly W 02 17-11.50 SQS
10 Lieb, Liz 10 Bthlehem Cath 11 17-11.25 SQS
11 Chakos, Julia 11 Trinity 07 17-10.25 SQS
12 Chappell, Lauren 11 Seneca Valley 07 17-10.00 SQS
13 Kolesar, Jessica 11 Norwin 07 17-09.75 SQS
14 Stahl, Alina 12 Baldwin 07 17-09.50 SQS
15 Warren, Christina 11 Perk Valley 01 17-08.00
16 Sebwe, Kelsey 10 Archbshp Ryan 12 17-06.25
17 Recce, Gabriella 10 Cntrl Dauphin 03 17-06.00
18 Saunders, Aviona 11 Conestoga Val 03 17-05.25
19 Wadlington, Kaeley 11 Neshaminy 01 17-01.50
20 Worthington, Jordyn 11 Coatesville 01 17-01.25
21 Johnson, Regan 10 Bradford Area 09 17-01.00
22 Knight, Shania 10 Erie 10 17-00.00
23 Demi, Karis 10 WC Henderson 01 16-11.50
24 Engle, Meredith 10 Northern 03 16-10.50
25 Walk, Jordan 11 Twin Valley 03 16-10.25
26 Thomas, Tesia 10 West York 03 16-09.75
27 Baxter, Adriana 12 ML King 12 16-06.00
28 Lewis, Hannah 12 Williamsport 04 15-10.25