PIAA States Preview: Girls' Jumps


AAA Girls' Triple Jump Preview

Perkiomen Valley's Christina Warren comes in as the reigning AAA state champ in the triple jump. In the winter, she added an indoor state title and has been popping some big jumps all spring long. She was the top American finisher at the Penn Relays with a jump of 41-00.5 and then won at Henderson with a leap of 41-01.5.

But Madison Langley-Walker of Upper Dublin picked up the District 1 title over Warren on Saturday in some poor conditions. Langley-Walker was second to Warren at outdoor states last year and was second again at indoor states. She'll look to make the leap to the top this time around.

The top seed based on districts performance, though, is Ayanna Burrell of Stroudsburg. The senior has leapt past 40 feet in her last two meets. She went 40-08 to win the EPC title, then in the rain and cold of the District 11 Championships, went 40-00.75, making her a serious factor for gold at Ship after a fourth place finish a year ago.

West York Area's Tesia Thomas comes in at PA-AAA#4 and a season best of 39-04.5. Lower Dauphin's Karina Long beat out Thomas for the District 3 title, jumping a best of 38-03.25. Look for both girls to mix it up near the top of the standings back at the Shippensburg runway.

Among the other girls with jumps of 38 feet or better this season are Pottsgrove's Miazziah Rose, Wyoming Valley West's Ashley Blannard, North Penn's Natalie Kwortnik, Ridley's Meghan Lynch, and Bethlehem Catholic's Liz Lieb.

ENTRIES:

Event 315  Girls Triple Jump AAA (28)
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 NFHS Record:  44-02.25  2001        Ychlindria Spears, LullingHS, TX          
 PIAA Record:  42-10.25  2002        Sheena Gordon, McDowell 10                
NFHS Hnr Rol:     40-00                                                        
               36-06.00  SQS
           Name                        Year School            Seed Mark     Finals
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  1        Burrell, Ayanna               12 Stroudsburg 11     40-00.75   SQS  
  2        Langley-Walker, Madison       12 Upper Dublin 01    38-06.75   SQS  
  3        Warren, Christina             11 Perk Valley 01     38-04.50   SQS  
  4        Long, Karina                  12 Lower Dauphin 03   38-03.25   SQS  
  5        Lieb, Liz                     10 Bthlehem Cath 11   38-00.00   SQS  
  6        Thomas, Tesia                 10 West York 03       37-10.25   SQS  
  7        Kwortnik, Natalie             11 North Penn 01      37-09.75   SQS  
  8        Rose, Miazziah                12 Pottsgrove 01      37-09.25   SQS  
  9        Lynch, Meghan                 11 Ridley 01          37-07.75   SQS  
 10        Blannard, Ashley              12 Wyoming Vly W 02   37-07.25   SQS  
 11        Givens, Taylor                12 State College 06   37-04.25   SQS  
 12        Longjohn, Elaina              10 North Hills 07     37-03.50   SQS  
 13        Slaw, Kaia                    10 Lehighton 11       37-03.00   SQS  
 14        Barnes, Siani                 10 Upper Darby 01     36-11.50   SQS  
 15        Saunders, Aviona              11 Conestoga Val 03   36-10.25   SQS  
 16        Staib, Shelby                 11 Parkland 11        36-08.75   SQS  
 17        Tarnve, Rebecca               12 Miltn Hershey 03   36-08.50   SQS  
 18        Yatsko, Mikayla               12 Upper Merion 01    36-08.50   SQS  
 19        Ferrizzi, Corrin              12 OJ Roberts 01      36-08.25   SQS  
 20        Recce, Gabriella              10 Cntrl Dauphin 03   36-06.25   SQS  
 21        McCall, Macy                  12 Slippery Rock 10   36-04.50        
 22        Porter, Kerell                11 ML King 12         36-01.50        
 23        Gray, Lexi                    11 Norwin 07          35-10.00        
 24        Todero, Rayna                  9 Franklin Reg 07    35-04.00        
 25        DeBone, Molly                 12 Hempfield 07       35-03.75        
 26        Alliyu, Funke                 12 Central 12         35-02.75        
 27        Williard, Madison             11 Selinsgrove 04     34-05.50        
 28        McGriff, Ashton               12 Bradford Area 09   34-00.00