PIAA States Preview: Girls' Sprints/Hurdles


AAA Girls' 200m Preview

There will be an an intriguing matchup in the AAA girls 200 meters. Saucon Valley's Talitha Diggs and Cheltenham's Bria Barnes are the top seeds here, and they're expected to battle it out in the 400 as well. Diggs went 24.39 to win the District 11 crown, the top AAA time in the state, while Barnes took the District 1 win in 24.46, just off her season best of 24.41.

Second to Davies at indoor states and the top seed, Diggs could be seen as the favorite, but she'll be challenged by the likes of Barnes and others. Warwick's Leah Graybill will be busy at states, but she went 24.72 during a busy District 3 Championships. She went 24.42 at Henderson, where she beat Barnes. Graybill will be in the mix for the win here, too.

Mastery-Shoemaker's Marlina Voker posted a big PR of 24.80 to win the District 12 title this past week. She was a AA medalist a year ago. Now in AAA, don't count out this upstart, who should make some noise. Norristown's Teliyah James is only entered in the 200 meters for states (along with a relay), so she'll be among the freshest in the field. She has some serious speed and a 24.52 to her name this season.

100 meter top seed Hayden Robinson of Avonworth/Northgate will be a factor in the 200 as well. She captured the WPIAL title in this event, too and has run 24.87 this season. Her sister Hunter won this event last year, so she'll aim to keep it in the family. Another contender is Donegal's Taylor Nissly, who has caught fire in the last few weeks. She was second to Graybill in D3 and has run 24.72 this season in the 200.

This is a deep field, and just making the final will be no easy task for anyone. Who will have the speed on Saturday afternoon?

ENTRIES:

Event 309  Girls 200 Meter Dash AAA Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  22.52  2003        Allyson Felix, LA Baptist HS, CA             
 PIAA Record:  23.52  2015        Dasia Pressley, Pennsbury 01                 
NFHS Hnr Rol:  23.80                                                           
               25.91  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1    528 Diggs, Talitha                11 Saucon Valley 11      24.39  SQS   
  2    139 Barnes, Bria                  12 Cheltenham 01         24.46  SQS   
  3    655 Graybill, Leah                12 Warwick 03            24.74  SQS   
  4    364 Voker, Marlina                10 MstryShoemake 12      24.80  SQS   
  5    416 James, Teliyah                11 Norristown 01         25.15  SQS   
  6    178 Nissly, Taylor                12 Donegal 03            25.22  SQS   
  7     32 Robinson, Hayden              12 AvnwrthNrthgt 07      25.27  SQS   
  8    159 Hock, Jordyn                  11 Conestoga Vly 03      25.45  SQS   
  9    657 Quinn, Meghan                 11 Warwick 03            25.48  SQS   
 10    480 Davis, Nevaeh                 10 Penn Wood 01          25.52  SQS   
 11    452 Kolesar, Jessica              12 Norwin 07             25.57  SQS   
 12    464 Bottelier, Lydia              12 Palisades 11          25.60  SQS   
 13    635 Madson, Jane                  12 Uppr St Clair 07      25.60  SQS   
 14    529 Harbin, Kyahni                11 Scranton 02           25.60  SQS   
 15    265 Mucci, Faith                  11 Gr Latrobe 07         25.61  SQS   
 16    174 Church, Alondra               10 Dallas 02             25.66  SQS   
 17    536 Hoffman, Megan                12 Selinsgrove 04        25.77  SQS   
 18    140 Fleming, Ciani                12 Cheltenham 01         25.83  SQS   
 19    566 White, Khaliyah               11 So Philly 12          25.84  SQS   
 20     26 Morelli, Ava                   9 Armstrong 07          25.87  SQS   
 21    155 Snoh, Wiltricia               12 Coatesville 01        25.91  SQS   
 22    126 Bonner, Raechel               11 Cntrl Dauphin 03      25.98        
 23     50 Elwell, Emma                  11 Boyertown 01          26.01        
 24    579 Graham, Makenzie              12 State College 06      26.15        
 25    458 Haston, Raven                 12 Obama Academy 08      26.17        
 26     53 Johnson, Regan                11 Bradford Area 09      26.50        
 27    651 Latimer, Lydia                12 Warren Area 10        26.77