PIAA States Preview: Girls' Sprints/Hurdles


AAA Girls' 100m Preview

Similar to last year the race for the top spot in AAA girls will be a very hotly contested final. It's a wide open field and in a race like that, doing all the little things correct will pay off in the end.

The top seed is Hayden Robinson of Avonworth/Northgate. A close second to winner Jonae Cook a year ago, Robinson will be looking for her first state crown. She uncorked a quick PR of 11.85 last week to run away with the WPIAL title. Robinson will contend here.

But she'll have to deal with a terrific trio from Warwick. Unsurprisingly the state's top 4x1, the Warriors went 1-2-3 at the District 3 Championships and they will be the 2-3-4 seeds entering the state meet. Lily Palacio-Lewis won at D3 in 12.02 and she was fifth in this race at states a year ago. Leah Graybill was second, but she is one of two sub-12 girls in the field; she went 11.96 to win the L-L League (she was eighth at states last year). Meghan Quinn can't be slept on -- she went 12.07 this spring. We could be seeing a lot of Warwick on the sprints podium.

Scranton's Kyahni Harbin made a statement with a 12.20 to win the District 2 title last week. That's a big PR for the junior and she should factor in with another big day. After Robinson, the WPIAL contingent is strong with the likes of Lilly Ballard of Woodland Hills, Casey Burton of North Allegheny (third here last year), Faith Mucci of Greater Latrobe, and Ava Morelli of Armstrong.

Obama Academy's Raven Haston is a two-time 100 meter state medalist. Look for the District 8 champ to make her presence felt on the big stage. The same goes for the top District 1 entry in the field, Jaleezia Gibson of Harry S Truman, the 4x1 hero from this past week. Gibson stepped up last year at states and placed fourth. District 12 champion Marlina Voker of Mastery-Shoemaker is a breakthrough performer to keep an eye on.

In a wide open field like this, expect a close race with everything on the line.

ENTRIES:

Event 303  Girls 100 Meter Dash AAA Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  11.14  1992        Marion Jones, ThousandOksHS,CA               
 PIAA Record:  11.64  2007        Breehana Jacobs, Laurel Highlands 07         
NFHS Hnr Rol:  11.70                                                           
               12.50  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1     32 Robinson, Hayden              12 AvnwrthNrthgt 07      11.85  SQS   
  2    656 Palacio-Lewis, Lily           11 Warwick 03            12.02  SQS   
  3    655 Graybill, Leah                12 Warwick 03            12.03  SQS   
  4    657 Quinn, Meghan                 11 Warwick 03            12.14  SQS   
  5    529 Harbin, Kyahni                11 Scranton 02           12.20  SQS   
  6    694 Ballard, Lilly                10 Woodlnd Hills 07      12.21  SQS   
  7    458 Haston, Raven                 12 Obama Academy 08      12.24  SQS   
  8    420 Burton, Casey                 11 No Allegheny 07       12.30  SQS   
  9    265 Mucci, Faith                  11 Gr Latrobe 07         12.33  SQS   
 10     26 Morelli, Ava                   9 Armstrong 07          12.33  SQS   
 11    364 Voker, Marlina                10 MstryShoemake 12      12.34  SQS   
 12    232 Carnevale, Kate               12 Fox Chapel 07         12.34  SQS   
 13    294 Gibson, Jaleezia              11 Truman 01             12.35  SQS   
 14    307 Page, Cahsia                  11 Hempfield 03          12.38  SQS   
 15    625 Timmons, Dominique            12 Upper Darby 01        12.39  SQS   
 16    177 Booker, Taliyah               10 Delaware Vly 02       12.39  SQS   
 17    683 Penman, Katie                 10 Williamsport 04       12.40  SQS   
 18    390 Smith, Patrice                11 Mount Lebanon 07      12.41  SQS   
 19    155 Snoh, Wiltricia               12 Coatesville 01        12.43  SQS   
 20     53 Johnson, Regan                11 Bradford Area 09      12.45  SQS   
 21    536 Hoffman, Megan                12 Selinsgrove 04        12.46  SQS   
 22    226 Johnson, Ania                 10 Ephrata 03            12.46  SQS   
 23    502 Kroon, Jakiya                  9 Pittston Area 02      12.50  SQS   
 24    583 Lose, Jessica                 11 State College 06      12.54        
 25    640 Parker, Grace                 11 Villa Maria 10        12.55        
 26     49 Kutz, Kylie                   12 Blue Mountain 11      12.55        
 27    188 Tucker, Maya                  10 Dtown West 01         12.59        
 28    164 Hsu, Marissa                  12 C R North 01          12.63        
 29     50 Elwell, Emma                  11 Boyertown 01          12.64        
 30    570 Trout, Madison                 9 Sthrn Lehigh 11       12.64        
 31    224 Youmans, Shynice              11 Carver E&S 12         12.80