AA Girls' Long Jump Preview
Breana Gambrell of Athens Area will close out her PIAA career looking to join an elite list of Pennsylvanians, who have won four state titles in four years in one event (Jahvel Hemphill and Madison Wiltrout completed the four-peat last year). Not only that, Gambrell will look further cement her name on some all-time lists.
The senior and Penn State recruit has jumped 20 feet or better six times this season -- most notably when she won at the Penn Relays (20-04.5), and most recently at the District 4 Championships (20-03.5). her season best came at the NTL Championships when she leaped 20-07. Gambrell holds the best NWI jump in state history -- 20-08.5 -- last year. If there's legal wind and good conditions, that mark could be in danger.
No other girl in the field has jumped 19 feet this season, but Bentworth's Brenna Cavanaugh will be worth watching for. The senior jumped 19-07.25 as a junior to win the indoor state title. Her best this year is 18-6 from WPIALs and she'll look to upset Gambrell this time around after her third place finish a year ago.
Catasauqua's Kenzie Bradley (PA-AA#4), Forest Hills' Zoe Roush (PA-AA#5), Hopewell's Tara Gologram (PA-AA#6), and Palisades' Lydia Bottelier (PA-AA#7) are among the other girls with jumps over 18 feet this season.
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Event 214 Girls Long Jump AA (24) =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 22-01.75 1976 Kathy McMillan, RaefordHCHS,NC PIAA Record: 19-10.75 2000 Cassie Richards, WinchThurston 7 NFHS Hnr Rol: 19-04 16-11.00 SQS Name Year School Seed Mark Finals =============================================================================== 1 Gambrell, Breana 12 Athens Area 04 20-03.50 SQS 2 Cavanaugh, Brenna 12 Bentworth 07 18-06.00 SQS 3 Gologram, Tara 12 Hopewell 07 18-02.75 SQS 4 Roush, Zoe 12 Forest Hills 06 17-10.50 SQS 5 McKean, Sara 11 Oswayo Valley 09 17-07.25 SQS 6 Janosik, Lyric 10 Penn Cambria 06 17-04.00 SQS 7 Richardson, Theresa 11 Conwell-Egan 12 17-03.00 SQS 8 Lee, Sasha 9 St Basil Acad 01 17-03.00 SQS 9 Bottelier, Lydia 11 Palisades 11 17-02.75 SQS 10 Bradley, Kenzie 12 Catasauqua 11 17-02.25 SQS 11 King, Cassidy 11 Johnsonburg 09 17-02.00 SQS 12 Zahner, Carlye 12 North East 10 17-01.00 SQS 13 Debastiani, Gianna 11 Western Wayne 02 17-00.00 SQS 14 Franchick, Sydney 12 Carlynton 07 16-11.75 SQS 15 Gardner, Sophia 9 Loyalsock 04 16-10.25 16 Martinazzi, Alyssa 12 Bshp Carroll 06 16-10.25 17 Swab, Morgan 10 Freedom Area 07 16-09.50 18 Furtick, Taliyah 10 Mstry Pickett 12 16-09.00 19 Currier, Taylor 12 Eastern York 03 16-07.00 20 Lepro, Katrina 12 Fort Cherry 07 16-07.00 21 Ketterman, Stephanie 12 Everett Area 05 16-06.75 22 Crawford, Maliah 12 Boiling Spr 03 16-06.25 23 Harmon, Aariona 12 Paul Robeson 12 16-04.75 24 Nizzi, Delaney 11 Eisenhower 10 16-03.00