PIAA States Preview: Girls' Jumps


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.

ENTRIES:

Event 214  Girls Long Jump AA (24)
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 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
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  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