Girls' 200 Meters Preview
Like the 60 meters, the 200 meters at indoor states will bring us another showdown between Girard College's Thelma Davies and Germantown Academy's Fore Abinusawa. This race will have an added wrinkle with Saucon Valley's Talitha Diggs as a major factor as well. It's going to be another classic race for sure.
Davies will get the favorable lane draw here as the top seed, which will give her a nice advantage. She's won the 200 meter state title each of the last two years and will be looking to win No. 3 on Sunday. She's only run the 200 in one meet, collecting a state-leading time of 24.07.
Diggs is the No. 2 seed here. She was second to Davies a year ago, but is running the best of her career this season. She ran a PR of 24.18 at Ocean Breeze last month and could certainly make a run at the win. Abinusawa is the third seed, having run a best of 24.35, but she has run 24.51 on a flat track. Just a freshman, she can't be counted out. Look for this race (timed final) to be close coming off the last turn.
This race is loaded with five others having clocked sub-25 times (post-conversion). Upper Saint Clair's Jane Madson has been running well this season. She went 24.65 at SPIRE, proving she'll be a serious contender. George School's Sanaa Hebron is another ninth grader in the field that figures to make an impact. Most recently, she ran a PR of 24.78 at Ocean Breeze. Arianna Eberly of Coatesville and Bria Barnes of Cheltenham both enter with season bests at 24.83. Eberly is a returning medalist, placing eighth a year ago in this event. Warwick's Leah Graybill went 25.22 on a flat track at F&M and should be in the mix for a high finish, as well.
Neumann Goretti's Mykala Perry was fourth at states last year from the third of four heats. She is yet to run a banked track open 200 this season, but she'll still be a factor from one of the early heats this season again. Swenson's Jada Smith and Norristown's Teliyah James will also be in the mix for medals.
Entries:
Event 13 Girls 200 Meter Dash (20) ============================================================ =================== Meet Record: 23.74 2/28/2016 Kouri Peace, Pennridge Name Year School ============================== ============================== =================== 1 Abdullah-Waddy, I'Kimah 10 Franklin Hig 2 Abinusawa, Moforehan 9 Germantwn Acad 3 Barnes, Bria 12 Cheltenham 4 Burrowes, Shanelle 10 Chambersburg 5 Carnevale, Kate 12 Fox Chapel 6 Davies, Thelma 12 Girard College 7 Davis, Aja 12 Lower Merion 8 Diggs, Talitha 11 Saucon Valle 9 Eberly, Arianna 12 Coatesville 10 Elwell, Emma 11 Boyertown 11 Epps, Sabria 10 Spside Chestnut 12 Floyd, Sydney 10 Hill School 13 Foster, Brianna 10 Ridley 14 Graybill, Leah 12 Warwick 15 Hebron, Sanaa 9 George School 16 James, Teliyah 11 Norristown 17 Madson, Jane 12 Upper St Clair 18 Palacio-Lewis, Lily 11 Warwick 19 Perry, Mykala 11 Neumann Goretti 20 Smith, Jada 12 Swenson Arts