PIAA States Preview: Girls' Distance


AA Girls' 1,600m Preview

A year ago in the AA 1600 meters, Melissa Riggins of Shady Side Academy broke out from relative obscurity on a state level and the freshman announced that she would be a force for years to come on the track. She was dominant last year, running 4:56 to win by 12 seconds  and she is the top seed for this weekend by 20 (!) seconds.

Riggins ran a PR of 4:48 at Baldwin this season and then went 4:50 to win the WPIAL title. She doesn't run XC or indoors, but Riggins has proved so far this spring that she hasn't lost a step and she should roll to the AA title here.

Quaker Valley's Annie Wicker, the No. 2 seed, was fifth a year ago. She should find herself well up on the podium in this event. She's been consistent this season (three times in the 5:10-5:11 range) and she'll be one to watch. North Schuylkill's Cori McCormick is the third seed and has run 5:05.07 this season. She's also running the 3200, but expect McCormick to be a factor up near the front.

Saint Joseph Catholic Academy's Sera Mazza is another returning medalist from a year ago. She took eighth and got on the podium. Look for Mazza to make another good run at Ship this weekend. Haley Hamilton of Our Lady of Sacred Heart and Emily Coddington of Shade were ninth and tenth last year, respectively. Those two are back in the field this year and should be motivated to get in the top eight. Hamilton has run 5:09 this season.

Greensburg Central Catholic's Corinn Brewer and Lake Lehman's Abby Paczewski are among the other top seeds in this field to watch out for.

ENTRIES:

Event 204  Girls 1600 Meter Run AA Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  4:33.29  2014        Alexa Efraimson, Camas HS, WA              
 PIAA Record:  4:39.42  2012        Angel Piccirillo, Homer Center 06          
NFHS Hnr Rol:  4:51.00                                                         
               5:18.30  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1    458 Riggins, Melissa              10 Shady Side 07       4:50.86  SQS   
  2    416 Wicker, Annie                 11 Quaker Valley 07    5:10.81  SQS   
  3    357 McCormick, Cori               10 No Schuylkill 11    5:13.88  SQS   
  4    383 Hamilton, Haley               11 Olsh 07             5:15.82  SQS   
  5    188 Brewer, Corinn                 9 Greensburg CC 07    5:17.38  SQS   
  6    258 Paczewski, Abby               11 Lake Lehman 02      5:17.94  SQS   
  7    439 Mazza, Sera                   12 St Joseph's 06      5:18.04  SQS   
  8    330 Perkins, Hannah               11 Montrose 02         5:19.68        
  9    327 Pauling, Raya                  9 Montoursville 04    5:20.94        
 10    100 Sakol, Laura                  11 Camp Hill 03        5:21.86        
 11    210 Steich, Anna                  12 High Point 03       5:22.21        
 12    556 Jones, Jules                  11 Williamson 04       5:22.98        
 13    404 Hull, Kelsey                  10 Penns Valley 06     5:24.98        
 14    381 Stevenson, Emma               12 Oil City 10         5:26.56        
 15    463 Mehler, Lauren                10 Sharpsville 10      5:26.59        
 16    534 Lucot, Tara                   10 Vincentian 07       5:29.95        
 17    451 Coddington, Emily             11 Shade 05            5:30.49        
 18    112 Kuntz, Stella                  9 Cntrl Cambria 06    5:31.95        
 19     95 Brown, Abigail                12 Calvary Chrst 01    5:31.99        
 20    240 Peterson, Emily               11 Kane Area 09        5:36.72        
 21    344 Hunter, Najah                  9 NeumnnGoretti 12    5:39.18        
 22    301 Gizis, Anya                   12 Masterman 12        5:39.25        
 23    135 Ziegler, Kalynne              10 Cranberry 09        5:42.55        
 24    449 Cabrera, Krystal              11 Sci Leadershp 12    6:09.72