AAA Boys' 400m Preview
Saint Joseph's Prep's Miles Green will look to cap off his PIAA career with an outdoor state title in the 400 meters. An injury kept him from being 100% last year (he finished third at outdoor states), but he's had a great senior season to this point, which included an indoor state title in the 400 meters.
Green went 47.41 this season at the NY Relays, an overall PR. He'll be looking to build upon that come Saturday as he looks to add another state title. Green's SJP teammates Robert Dupell and Salim Epps will also look to mix it up with the big names in this field.
A pair of District 1 talents will hope to give Green a good run. Bishop Shanahan's Rick Zink took home the D1 title, holding off Pennridge's upstart Anderson Dimon. Zink has had a great senior season. He was second to Green at indoor states in the 400. Dimon has emerged as a very strong 400 meter runner for the Rams and will look for a big performance at Ship.
The only other returner aside from Green from last year's final is Michael Welde of Council Rock North. He was sixth a year ago. Welde's a gamer and should be in the mix this year. Conestoga's Lex Forge, North Penn's Kasseem Cartwright, Unionville's Brett Wagner, and Upper Dublin's Michael Henning are among the other talented D1 quarter milers.
West Mifflin's Ziggy Patterson took home the WPIAL title in 49.05. Mechanicsburg's Joseph Bruno won the DIstrict 3 title and ran a season best of 48.84 this season. Both Patterson and Bruno will be in contention for high podium spots at Ship. Scranton's Akash Darjee, Cumberland Valley's Chase Ebersole, and Upper Saint Clair's Isaac Kane will also aim to crack the final eight at Ship.
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Event 706 Boys 400 Meter Dash AAA (27) Prelims =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 45.19 2012 Aldrich Bailey, MansfldTimberviewHS, TX PIAA Record: 46.27 1983 Clinton Davis, Steel Valley 7 NFHS Hnr Rol: 47.00 50.09 SQS Name Year School Seed relim Time =============================================================================== 1 Green, Miles 12 St Joseph's 12 48.11 SQS 2 Zink, Rick 12 Bish Shanahan 01 48.61 SQS 3 Dimon, Anderson 11 Pennridge 01 48.65 SQS 4 Patterson, Ziggy 12 West Mifflin 07 49.05 SQS 5 Bruno, Joseph 10 Mechanicsburg 03 49.32 SQS 6 Forge, Lex 12 Conestoga 01 49.34 SQS 7 Dupell III, Robert 12 St Joseph's 12 49.39 SQS 8 Cartwright II, Kasseem 12 North Penn 01 49.68 SQS 9 Darjee, Akash 12 Scranton 02 49.68 SQS 10 Ebersole, Chase 12 Cumberlnd Val 03 49.72 SQS 11 Kane, Isaac 10 Uppr St Clair 07 49.73 SQS 12 Welde, Michael 12 CR North 01 49.75 SQS 13 Epps, Salim 10 St Joseph's 12 49.80 SQS 14 Wagner, Brett 12 Unionville 01 49.80 SQS 15 Henning, Michael 12 Upper Dublin 01 49.80 SQS 16 Collier, Quadir 11 Wilson Area 11 49.90 SQS 17 Jessup, Jerome 11 Red Lion 03 50.08 SQS 18 Thompson, Jared 12 Williamsport 04 50.17 19 Bouril, Ethan 11 Blackhawk 07 50.47 20 Philistin, Jean 12 Reading 03 50.54 21 Jackson, Jared 12 Northampton 11 50.55 22 Carl, Mitchel 11 Gr Latrobe 07 50.55 23 Molliver, Dan 12 Hollidaysburg 06 50.92 24 Mowbray, Chad 11 Penn Manor 03 50.93 25 McGarrah, Trey 12 Wilson 03 51.00 26 Drexler, Cody 12 Grove City 10 51.30 27 Franek, Trevor 10 Clearfield 09 52.18