AA Boys' 400m Preview
A very good matchup is brewing in the AA 400 meters between the state's top-ranked AA quarter milers. Top seed Donovan Sanders of Girard College will go up against top-ranked Tre'Sean Bouie of Neumann Goretti.
Bouie went 48.23 to win the PCL and then captured the District 12 crown in 49.01 going away. Sanders, meanwhile, dropped a strong PR of 48.59 to win the District 1 title, also in runaway fashion. He was fourth in the state final last year. So two of Philly's top quarter milers are the favorites in the AA 400 meters. This will be a good final.
Three others in the field have run sub-50 this season and will look to challenge the top two. Karns City's Hunter Jones ran a nice PR of 49.71 to take the District 9 win. Zander Bradley of Central Columbia also ran a PR at his district meet, going 49.73 for the District 4 title. Grove City Area's Nick Murawski went 49.92 earlier this season and he took home the District 10 title this past week in 50.10.
Derry Area's Justin Huss, Juniata's Jeremiah Parson, and North East's Lucas Russell are among the others that could find themselves up high on the podium in the AA 400 meters on Saturday.
ENTRIES:
Event 606 Boys 400 Meter Dash AA Prelims
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NFHS Record: 45.19 2012 Aldrich Bailey, MansfldTimberviewHS, TX
PIAA Record: 46.36 1984 Mike Spangler, South Western 03
NFHS Hnr Rol: 47.05
50.70 SQS
Name Year School Seed relim Time
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1 Sanders, Donovan 11 Girard Cllg 01 48.59 SQS
2 Bouie, Tre'Sean 12 NeumnnGoretti 12 49.01 SQS
3 Jones, Hunter 12 Karns City 09 49.71 SQS
4 Bradley, Zander 11 Cent Columbia 04 49.73 SQS
5 Murawski, Nick 12 Grove City 10 50.10 SQS
6 Huss, Justin 11 Derry Area 07 50.11 SQS
7 Parson, Jeremiah 12 Juniata 06 50.50 SQS
8 Russell, Lucas 12 North East 10 50.60 SQS
9 Devlin, Dylan 10 Cent Columbia 04 50.60 SQS
10 Moran, Michael 10 Annvll-Cleona 03 50.95
11 Coyne, Jackson 12 Riverside 07 51.06
12 Maxwell, Nathaniel 12 Everett Area 05 51.16
13 Williams, Logan 12 Homer Center 06 51.26
14 Mager, Sam 12 No Catholic 07 51.38
15 Stout, Matt 12 Millersburg 03 51.39
16 Alston Hill, James 12 Promise Wphil 12 51.48
17 Blair, Caleb 12 Waynesburg 07 51.66
18 Thomas, Quadir 9 Beaver Falls 07 51.67
19 Chelak, Ean 10 Marian Cath 11 51.91
20 Barcarola, Johnny 12 Western Wayne 02 52.06
21 Seidel, Ben 12 Bshp McCort 06 52.18
22 Rosencrans, Shane 12 Mid Valley 02 52.29
23 Scherer, Kaden 10 Karns City 09 52.45
24 Thomas, Jake 12 Devon Prep 12 52.57