AA Boys' 3,200m Preview
The first boys track final of the day on Saturday morning will be a close one. The AA boys 3200 meters features some very strong distance runners and could come down to the wire.
The top-ranked boy in the field is Jenkintown's Jack Miller, who was sixth last year at states. The 1A XC champion from the fall will shoot to add an outdoor track gold to his collection. He ran 9:22.58 this season and ran away with the District 1 title. Miller will be challenged by a host of others, including the top seed, Krystof Lapotsky of Mount Carmel Area. The junior was just .19 off Miller's AA-leading time at the Henderson Invitational. He'll be going for redemption at Ship.
The top returner from last year's state meet is Andrew Healey of Holy Cross. The junior was third a year ago. This year, he ran a season best of 9:38.59 for second in District 2. Liam Mead of Montrose won that race in 9:35.57. Look for both to be in the mix near the front on Saturday.
Another returning medalist from last year is Penns Valley's Colton Sands. The sophomore ran 9:26 this season and took the District 6 win last week. Taking second in that D6 race was Westmont Hilltop's Nick Fetzer, who ran 9:35.25 for a huge PR. He's put himself in the conversation for the top spot in this field.
Logan Horst of Lancaster Mennonite was seventh at the state meet last year. He'll be back after running to the District 3 title last week. Wyalusing Valley's Kevin Heeman, Winchester Thurston's Scott Routledge, and Trinity Christian's Zachary Gould will also be among the medal stand contenders in the AA 3200.
ENTRIES:
Event 610 Boys 3200 Meter Run AA
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NFHS Record: 8:34.23 2008 German Fernandez, Riverbank HS, CA
PIAA Record: 9:04.09 1997 Chris Dugan, So Moreland 07
NFHS Hnr Rol: 9:02.00
9:48.01 SQS
Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Lapotsky, Krystof 11 Mount Carmel 04 9:27.90 SQS
2 Sands, Colton 10 Penns Valley 06 9:33.40 SQS
3 Fetzer, Nick 11 Wstmnt Hlltop 06 9:35.25 SQS
4 Mead, Liam 12 Montrose 02 9:35.57 SQS
5 Miller, Jack 12 Jenkintown 01 9:35.68 SQS
6 Heeman, Kevin 12 Wyalusing Vly 04 9:36.04 SQS
7 Routledge, Scott 11 WnchstrThrstn 07 9:38.37 SQS
8 Healey, Andrew 11 Holy Cross 02 9:38.58 SQS
9 Gould, Zachary 12 Trinity Chr 07 9:39.54 SQS
10 Hess, Jacob 9 Lewisburg 04 9:41.81 SQS
11 Loreman, Colton 11 Milton Area 04 9:45.14 SQS
12 Walter, Tanner 11 Milton Area 04 9:45.22 SQS
13 Horst, Logan 12 Lanc Mnnonite 03 9:45.91 SQS
14 Lauer, Adam 10 Shady Side 07 9:46.32 SQS
15 Hoffman, Ben 11 Elk Cnty Cath 09 9:51.47
16 Gregory, Darion 12 Smethport 09 9:54.69
17 Colwell, Brendan 10 Penns Valley 06 9:55.09
18 Mavretic, Jacob 11 Millersburg 03 10:00.79
19 Jones, Tobias 11 Grove City 10 10:01.00
20 Singleton, CJ 9 Saint Joseph 07 10:01.22
21 Grecchany, Michael 10 Fairview 10 10:04.54
22 May, Van 10 Bedford 05 10:10.73
23 Reilly, Wayne 12 Minersville 11 10:12.02
24 Ochs, Mason 10 Riverview 07 10:13.74
25 Hatton, Kesi 9 Motivation 12 10:41.75
26 Gizis, Adam 9 Masterman 12 10:46.22
27 Capella, Jeremy 12 Conwell-Egan 12 10:47.94