PIAA States Preview: Girls' Sprints & Hurdles


AAA Girls 200m Preview

The 200 meters will be a good matchup between some of the states top shorter sprinters and some of the best longer sprinters.

Laila Campbell of Spring Grove is the top seed after she clocked a wind-legal 24.11 to win the District 3 title, the last of her three wins on the day. She's also the top seed in the 100, and is forgoing the 400 to go after titles in the 100 and 200. The freshman looks like the one to beat after that big day in D3.

But District 1 champion Sanaa Hebron, the top seed in the 400, will be looking to claim this win. Hebron went 24.62 on tired legs to win the SOL Patriot Division title a few weeks ago and then went 24.85 for the District 1 top spot. She was just ahead of Cheltenham's Eyota Bey for that 200 win. Bey will be hungry for a win coming into Saturday and she will certainly be a factor in this timed final. Hebron and Campbell raced the 200 at the midseason Roddick Invite, where Hebron came from behind to claim the win.

Avon Grove's Molly O'Connor was third in District 1 and is running great coming into the state meet. She'll be in the mix as well. District 2 champion Alondra Church of Dallas has emerged as a top sprint threat in her senior year. She went 25.25 to win at D2 and could make it interesting in that top section.

WPIAL's top 200 meter girls -- Amy Allen of South Fayette and Abbie Huey of Indiana Area -- are coming off strong races in District 7 last week. Downingtown West's Maya Tucker and Carlisle's Ella Boback will be medal contenders in what should be an absolute dogfight to get on the medal stand towards the end of the day at Shippensburg.

ENTRIES:

Event 309  Girls 200 Meter Dash AAA Prelims
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 NFHS Record:  22.52  2003        Allyson Felix, LA Baptist HS, CA             
 PIAA Record:  23.52  2015        Dasia Pressley, Pennsbury 01                 
NFHS Hnr Rol:  23.80                                                           
               25.91  SQS
           Name                        Year School                 Seed relim Time
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  1        Campbell, Laila                9 Spring Grove 03       24.11  SQS   
  2        Hebron, Sanaa                 11 Neshaminy 01          24.85  SQS   
  3        Bey, Eyota                    10 Cheltenham 01         24.97  SQS   
  4        O'Connor, Molly               12 Avon Grove 01         25.23  SQS   
  5        Church, Alondra               12 Dallas 02             25.25  SQS   
  6        Allen, Amy                    12 So Fayette 07         25.33  SQS   
  7        Huey, Abbie                   10 Indiana Area 07       25.36  SQS   
  8        Tucker, Maya                  12 Dtown West 01         25.37  SQS   
  9        Boback, Ella                  11 Carlisle 03           25.39  SQS   
 10        Prunzik, Dani                 10 Uppr St Clair 07      25.40  SQS   
 11        O'Connor, Kaila                9 Jim Thorpe 11         25.45  SQS   
 12        Duffy, Mimi                    9 C B West 01           25.47  SQS   
 13        Serrano, Aliyah               12 Conrad Weiser 03      25.47  SQS   
 14        Collins, Rachel               12 Honesdale 02          25.53  SQS   
 15        Cervenak, Jessica             11 Tunkhannock 02        25.61  SQS   
 16        Hudson, Kaleigh               11 Spring Ford 01        25.67  SQS   
 17        Morrison, Soleil              10 Hershey 03            25.71  SQS   
 18        Davis, Nevaeh                 12 Penn Wood 01          25.73  SQS   
 19        Evers, Mackenzie              11 W Allegheny 07        25.75  SQS   
 20        Clutter, Alyssa               11 Trinity 07            25.82  SQS   
 21        Bellamy, Trinity              12 CD East 03            25.83  SQS   
 22        Young, Kiana                  11 Stroudsburg 11        25.90  SQS   
 23        Rios, Hailey                  11 Somerset Area 05      26.10        
 24        Johnson, Taylor               11 BonnerPrendie 12      26.18        
 25        Collier, Tionna               12 Williamsport 04       26.22        
 26        Sharrow, Samantha             11 Crdnl O'Hara 12       26.36        
 27        Emmanuel, Grace               10 McDowell 10           26.98        
 28        Schleicher, Abbigail          10 Bradford Area 09      27.15