AA Girls' 100m Hurdles Preview
Last year in the state final, Saint Basil Academy's Tia Taylor was in what appeared to be a very close race for second in the AA girls 100 meter hurdles final. Instead, the race's top seed Brenna Cavanaugh hit the last hurdle and left the door open for Taylor to take the race. The freshman did just that, winning a close race in 14.48.
Now a sophomore, Taylor will aim to defend that title this weekend. She has run 14.94 this season and will once again be in the mix for the win.
But the top seed and top-ranked AA high hurdler is Western Wayne's Trina Barcarola. The District 2 champion ran 14.82 in the prelims of the D2 meet and then 15.00 in the finals. She'll be among the ones to beat here; last year she was fourth in the 300 hurdles final.
The only returning medalist besides Taylor in the field is Jayla Bernard. With Saint Basil a year ago, she was eighth in the state. Now with Neumann Goretti, she is coming off a District 12 win and has a season best of 15.37.
Loyalsock's Megan Kendall will be one to watch. She went 15.01 to win the District 4 crown this past week, which was a major PR. She'l have some momentum heading into the state meet. Fellow D4 hurdlers Ariana Gambrell of Athens Area (15.30 season best) and Kari Cambria of Southern Columbia (15.04 season best) will also be in the mix for the win here.
Hickory sophomore Aniyah Anderson went 15.27 to win the District 10 crown. Expect her to contend as well. The same goes for Kayla Pyles of Bermudian Springs, the District 3 champ, who went 15.32 for the win at Ship on Saturday.
Ultimately, this will be a close race, and as we learned a year ago, anything can happen in the high hurdles.
ENTRIES:
Event 202 Girls 100 Meter Hurdles AA Prelims
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NFHS Record: 13.03 2007 Vashti Thomas, MtPleasantHS, CA
PIAA Record: 14.03 2015 Markeeta Thomas, Paul Robeson 12
NFHS Hnr Rol: 14.00
16.01 SQS
Name Year School Seed relim Time
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1 550 Barcarola, Trina 11 Western Wayne 02 15.00 SQS
2 286 Kendall, Megan 11 Loyalsock Twp 04 15.01 SQS
3 202 Anderson, Aniyah 10 Hickory 10 15.27 SQS
4 39 Pyles, Kayla 12 Bermudian Spr 03 15.32 SQS
5 13 Gambrell, Ariana 12 Athens Area 04 15.36 SQS
6 342 Bernard, Jayla 10 NeumnnGoretti 12 15.42 SQS
7 90 Sharrow, Kaylen 12 Burrell 07 15.45 SQS
8 438 Marsh, Clare 10 St Joseph's 06 15.54 SQS
9 498 Cambria, Kari 12 So Columbia 04 15.54 SQS
10 564 Martineau, Lindsey 9 Wilmington 10 15.57 SQS
11 442 Warren, Izzy 11 St Joseph's 06 15.62 SQS
12 76 Quairiere, Brooke 11 Brookville 09 15.65 SQS
13 485 Sposato, DeAnna 12 So Allegheny 07 15.67 SQS
14 161 Logue, Zoe 10 Fairfield 03 15.69 SQS
15 164 Sherwood, Kacey 12 Fairview 10 15.72 SQS
16 433 Taylor, Tia 10 St Basil Acd 01 15.80 SQS
17 30 Mullins, Marauna 12 Beaver Falls 07 15.84 SQS
18 402 Butler, Jadyn 10 Penns Valley 06 15.86 SQS
19 557 Miller, Claire 11 Williamson 04 15.88 SQS
20 309 Morneweck, Merrick 10 Mercer Area 10 15.94 SQS
21 533 Susick, Laura 11 United 06 15.94 SQS
22 60 Fazzi, Karris 12 Blue Ridge 02 16.17
23 290 Rhoades, Meredith 12 Mahanoy Area 11 16.22
24 37 Mckenzie, Kara 11 BrlnBrthrvly 05 16.34
25 470 Mangino, Melina 12 Shenango 07 16.37
26 322 Johnson, Tayinna 11 Moniteau 09 16.40
27 131 Richardson, Theresa 12 Conwell-Egan 12 16.52
28 488 Fareri, Jenna 11 South Park 07 16.53
29 51 Richardson, Ashley 10 Bish McDev 12 18.47