AAA Girls' 800m Preview
Grace Forbes has accomplished quite a bit during her track and field career. But the Strath Haven senior is still hungry for one last thing before she graduates: an individual state title. Forbes will have a great shot in the AAA 800 meters, where she enters as the top seed and favorite at Shippensburg.
Forbes has run a season best of 2:08.43 to win the Central League and ran 2:10.18 after a very long day of racing at the District 1 Championships. That will bode well for her as she looks to take home that open 800 win. She was second last year in the event at states.
The talented field won't include indoor state champion Taryn Parks, who is going after the 1600 win, but it is strong nonetheless. Radnor's Keara Seasholtz was second to Forbes in District 1. She went 2:12.59, a PR, and seems primed to improve on her fifth place finish from a year ago.
Central Dauphin East's Makenna Krebs ran a PR of 2:12.95 to take second to Parks at District 3. She was tenth last year, but will have a great shot at a very high finish this time around. Greensburg Salem's Malia Anderson took fourth at the state meet last season. She has run 2:13.36 this season and should make another run towards the medal stand this season.
Other contenders in this very deep field include Cardinal O'Hara's Christine Mancini, Elizabethtown Area's Katie Locker, Milton Hershey's Tatyana Gibson, Coatesville's Sammie Miller, and Butler's Liz Simms.
ENTRIES:
Event 308 Girls 800 Meter Run AAA Prelims
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NFHS Record: 2:02.04 2011 Amy Weissenbach, HarvardWestlakeHS, CA
PIAA Record: 2:02.90 2008 Chanelle Price, Easton Area 11
NFHS Hnr Rol: 2:09.60
2:18.47 SQS
Name Year School Seed relim Time
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1 593 Forbes, Grace 12 Strath Haven 01 2:10.18 SQS
2 516 Seasholtz, Keara 11 Radnor 01 2:12.59 SQS
3 128 Krebs, Makenna 12 CD East 03 2:12.95 SQS
4 274 Anderson, Malia 12 Grnsbrg Salem 07 2:13.69 SQS
5 211 Locker, Katie 11 Elizabethtown 03 2:15.28 SQS
6 151 Miller, Sammie 12 Coatesville 01 2:15.89 SQS
7 62 Simms, Liz 12 Butler 07 2:16.15 SQS
8 287 Murray, Kelly 10 Gwynedd-Mercy 01 2:16.25 SQS
9 289 France, Cambell 12 Hampton 07 2:16.54 SQS
10 379 Gibson, Tatyana 11 Miltn Hershey 03 2:17.07 SQS
11 129 Line, Delaney 10 CD East 03 2:17.14 SQS
12 611 Posh, Anna 10 Twin Valley 03 2:17.25 SQS
13 634 Hoffman, Claire 10 Uppr St Clair 07 2:17.52 SQS
14 6 Sabatini, Gianna 9 Abington Hts 02 2:17.58 SQS
15 386 Hodgson, Alison 10 Mount Lebanon 07 2:17.78 SQS
16 384 Dunne, Aoife-Ruby 12 Mount Lebanon 07 2:17.91 SQS
17 255 Oaster, Kelty 11 Gettysburg 03 2:18.11 SQS
18 318 Wilson, Olivia 11 Hershey 03 2:18.18 SQS
19 551 Keeley, Alyssa 9 Shikellamy 04 2:18.36 SQS
20 157 Twomey, Anna 12 Conestoga 01 2:18.50
21 201 Emin, Sophie 9 Easton Area 11 2:19.08
22 633 Sanchez, Veronica 11 Upper Merion 01 2:19.15
23 358 Stuckey, Greta 12 Liberty 11 2:20.40
24 280 Biddle, Abby 12 Grove City 10 2:22.16
25 51 Bosworth, Emily 10 Bradford Area 09 2:22.71
26 75 Mancini, Christine 12 Crdnl O'Hara 12 2:23.50
27 580 Haushalter, Elly 11 State College 06 2:24.70
28 333 Draper, Desiree 12 JW Hallahan 12 2:25.83