AAA Girls' Triple Jump Preview
Christina Warren will aim to put an exclamation point on what has already been a terrific career at Perkiomen Valley. The senior and Arizona State-bound athlete will look to win her third straight AAA triple jump state title this weekend. Warren is having her best season yet in the triple. She jumped 41-4.5, a win-legal US No. 4, to take top American honors at the Penn Relays and added another 41+ jump to win the District 1 title last week.
She's the big favorite at Ship, and it may not be out of the question to keep an eye on the all-time state record (and state meet record) of 42-10.25 by Sheena Gordon from 2002 if Warren has a big day.
Warren's top competition will come from West York Area's Tesia Thomas, who can certainly pop a big one. Thomas jumped 39-11 to win the District 3 title and has consistently been in the 38-39 foot range this spring. During the indoor season, she went 40-5. Fifth a year ago, Thomas will be hungry for a big finish to her junior season.
Four more girls in the field have jumped over 38 feet this season. In the loaded District 3, Wilson's Amanda Tony, Conestoga Valley's Aviona Saunders, Warwick's Juliette Delmotte, and South Western's Zaiyah Marshall all leapt past that barrier this season. Central Dauphin's Gabriella Recce just missed 38 feet, but was second to Thomas with a 37-11.5 at the District 3 Championships. Expect a big D3 contingent on the podium back on the Ship runways.
Ridley's Meghan Lynch has also jumped over 38 feet; she went 38-1.5 to win at DELCOs. Lynch along with other District 1ers Peyton Kullman (Upper Dublin) and Anais Williams (North Penn), will be a factor at states. State College's Noelia Pagano jumped a PR of 37-11 to win at District 6, and she'll hope to ride that momentum into a big effort at the state meet.
ENTRIES:
Event 315 Girls Triple Jump AAA
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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: 40-02
36-06.00 SQS
Name Year School Seed Mark Finals
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1 Warren, Christina 12 Perk Valley 01 41-00.50 SQS
2 Thomas, Tesia 11 West York 03 39-11.00 SQS
3 Recce, Gabriella 11 Cntrl Dauphin 03 37-11.50 SQS
4 Pagano, Noelia 12 State College 06 37-11.00 SQS
5 Marshall, Zaiyah 10 South Western 03 37-10.25 SQS
6 Kullman, Peyton 10 Upper Dublin 01 37-10.00 SQS
7 Williams, Anais 11 North Penn 01 37-08.50 SQS
8 Wiggins, Juanita 12 Pocono Mtn W 11 37-05.25 SQS
9 Delmotte, Juliette 11 Warwick 03 37-05.00 SQS
10 Slaw, Kaia 11 Lehighton 11 37-04.75 SQS
11 Lynch, Meghan 12 Ridley 01 37-04.50 SQS
12 Owens, Maria 9 New Castle 07 37-04.00 SQS
13 Manson, Leslie 9 Obama Academy 08 37-04.00 SQS
14 Saunders, Aviona 12 Conestoga Vly 03 37-02.50 SQS
15 Lumsden, Lindsay 12 Emmaus 11 37-02.00 SQS
16 Tony, Amanda 12 Wilson 03 37-00.00 SQS
17 Barnes, Siani 11 Upper Darby 01 36-10.75 SQS
18 Pieslak, Kate 10 Pennsbury 01 36-09.75 SQS
19 Brooks, Kayla 12 South Western 03 36-08.75 SQS
20 Long, Brooke 9 Altoona Area 06 36-08.25 SQS
21 Anderson, Courtney 11 E Strdsbrg So 11 36-07.75 SQS
22 Castor, Nicole 11 Lower Morelnd 01 36-07.75 SQS
23 Ioppolo, Anna 9 Wallenpaupack 02 36-07.00 SQS
24 Todero, Rayna 10 Franklin Reg 07 36-05.25
25 McQueeney, Hope 12 Harbor Creek 10 36-04.00
26 Hetzler, Carsyn 11 Mars Area 07 36-03.75
27 Longjohn, Elaina 11 North Hills 07 36-03.50
28 Sebwe, Kelsey 11 Arch Ryan 12 36-02.50
29 Williard, Madison 12 Selinsgrove 04 35-10.25
30 Brown, Tymane 12 Northeast 12 33-11.50
31 Allman, Morgan 10 DuBois Area 09 32-11.25