AAA Boys' 200m Preview
Neshaminy's Savion Hebron executed a strong race in late February and brought home the indoor state title in the 200 meters. Fast forward to outdoors, Hebron is showing he can win the outdoor title as well. The senior and Penn State recruit dropped the state's fastest AAA time in the 200 meters at the District 1 Championships, running 21.35. He's the top seed entering the weekend and may be the one to beat.
Lampeter-Strasburg's Ezra Mellinger, the favorite in the long jump, will also have a shot at the 200 meter title. He ran 21.54 to win the District 3 crown. He also went 21.48 earlier this season and has the speed to burn. Central Dauphin East's Shawn Brown and Mechanicsburg's Joseph Bruno are also part of a good D3 contingent in this field.
WPIAL champion Brendan O'Malley of Baldwin ran 21.55 in the prelims this past week at districts and showed that the versatile senior will be one to watch. District 12 will have some contenders in champion Salim Epps from Saint Joseph's Prep (21.77 for the D12 win and 21.61 at PCLs) and Northeast's Darlington Brooks and Overbrook's Tymir Jackson.
Coatesville's Dymere Miller and Downingtown East's Zach DeLone looked sharp, taking second and third, respectively, to Hebron at District 1. Mifflinburg's Eric Zimmerman showed he can contend for a high states finish after a 21.88 for the District 4 win.
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Event 709 Boys 200 Meter Dash AAA Prelims =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 20.13 1985 Roy Martin, DaRooseveltHS,TX PIAA Record: 20.86 1982 Clinton Davis, Steel Valley 07 NFHS Hnr Rol: 21.25 22.50 SQS Name Year School Seed relim Time =============================================================================== 1 407 Hebron, Savion 12 Neshaminy 01 21.35 SQS 2 325 Mellinger, Ezra 12 LampeterStras 03 21.54 SQS 3 544 Epps, Salim 11 St Joe's Prep 12 21.77 SQS 4 141 Miller, Dymere 12 Coatesville 01 21.83 SQS 5 183 DeLone, Zach 12 Dtown East 01 21.87 SQS 6 383 Zimmerman, Eric 12 Mifflinburg 04 21.88 SQS 7 433 Brooks, Darlington 11 Northeast 12 21.90 SQS 8 99 Brown, Shawn 11 CD East 03 22.02 SQS 9 452 Jackson, Tymir 12 Overbrook 12 22.06 SQS 10 16 O'Malley, Brendan 12 Baldwin 07 22.09 SQS 11 379 Bruno, Joseph 11 Mechanicsburg 03 22.18 SQS 12 321 McCoy, Rafael 11 Coughlin 02 22.23 SQS 13 421 Porter, Joey 11 No Allegheny 07 22.24 SQS 14 533 Jessup, Jerome 12 Red Lion 03 22.24 SQS 15 180 Klees, Ethan 12 Danville Area 04 22.25 SQS 16 636 Williams, Aaron 11 Upper Darby 01 22.26 SQS 17 240 Adusepoku, Nana 11 Gateway 07 22.27 SQS 18 83 Cannon Jr, Michael 12 C B South 01 22.27 SQS 19 519 Lyle, Bayden 12 Punxsutawney 09 22.30 SQS 20 661 Fegley, Ryan 12 Warwick 03 22.41 SQS 21 495 Gant, Joey 9 Pennridge 01 22.43 SQS 22 41 Bosworth, Michael 11 Bradford Area 09 22.47 SQS 23 641 Kane, Isaac 11 Uppr St Clair 07 22.49 SQS 24 284 Bannon, Jared 12 Hempfield 07 22.49 SQS 25 274 Kent, Donte 11 Harrisburg 03 22.58 26 657 Adams, Kyle 12 Warren Area 10 22.58 27 204 Williams, Marcus 9 Easton Area 11 22.67 28 354 West, Devon 12 Liberty 11 22.73 29 602 Hynoski, Alex 10 State College 06 23.33