AAA Girls 400m Preview
This one is going to get interesting. The AAA 400 meters is packed with talent up front and the fast section is going to be one event you can't miss out on at Shippensburg.
The top seed is Neshaminy's Sanaa Hebron, who clocked a 55.83 to win the District 1 title on Friday. She's hitting on all cylinders at the right time and will look to collect her first state title on Saturday. Hebron out-dueled Cheltenham's Eyota Bey in a terrific showdown at District 1. Bey, a sophomore, went 55.89 for a close second. She enters the meet as the No. 3 seed.
That brings us to Delaware Valley's Taliyah Booker. After a big indoor season, Booker only raced dual meets before last week's District 2 Championships, where she dropped a very fast 55.86 to asset herself as a major title threat. Booker will be a factor in this race.
Amy Allen of South Fayette is another contender. Also a talented hurdler, Allen is going all-in on the sprints at the state meet. She dropped a PR of 56.01 to win the WPIAL title last week and looks to be in a great spot to be right in the mix for the win on Saturday.
Three others have run sub-57 this season: Alondra Church of Dallas, and Riley Ebersole and Mia Boardman, both from Cumberland Valley. Church went 56.95 to take second to Booker in District 2. Boardman went 56.94 and Ebersole went 56.99 to go 1-2 at Mid-Penns. But the JP McCaskey duo of Lucie De Syon and Kamiah Wright that finished 2-3 at the District 3 Championships, ahead of Ebersole and Boardman. De Syon has a 57.15 season best, while Wright has gone 57.34. That D3 group will be worth keeping an eye on in this field.
This is a very deep field, and there should be more than enough fast times to go around on Saturday. It will be very close for the title.
ENTRIES:
Event 306 Girls 400 Meter Dash AAA
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NFHS Record: 50.74 2000 Monique Henderson, S Diego Morse HS,CA
PIAA Record: 52.82 2019 Talitha Diggs, Saucon Valley 11
NFHS Hnr Rol: 54.40
58.80 SQS
Name Year School Seed Finals
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1 Hebron, Sanaa 11 Neshaminy 01 55.83 SQS
2 Booker, Taliyah 12 Delaware Vly 02 55.86 SQS
3 Bey, Eyota 10 Cheltenham 01 55.89 SQS
4 Allen, Amy 12 So Fayette 07 56.01 SQS
5 Church, Alondra 12 Dallas 02 56.95 SQS
6 De Syon, Lucie 10 J.P. McCaskey 03 57.15 SQS
7 Wright, Kamiah 10 J.P. McCaskey 03 57.34 SQS
8 Zukina, Bernadette 11 Norwin 07 57.42 SQS
9 Ebersole, Riley 10 Cumberlnd Vly 03 57.50 SQS
10 Elliott, Morgan 10 Haverford Twp 01 57.52 SQS
11 Boardman, Mia 11 Cumberlnd Vly 03 57.62 SQS
12 Doherty, Alexis 12 Nazareth Area 11 57.78 SQS
13 Smith, Rylie 12 Seneca Valley 07 57.79 SQS
14 Derkosh, Shelby 11 Susquehannock 03 57.97 SQS
15 Bellamy, Trinity 12 CD East 03 58.00 SQS
16 LaForest, Alina 11 Chester 01 58.13 SQS
17 Rottinghaus, Ella 12 Pine-Richland 07 58.22 SQS
18 Johns, Kamani 12 Chester 01 58.23 SQS
19 Wert, Alyssa 11 Garnet Valley 01 58.25 SQS
20 Page-Daughtry, JuJu 10 Oakland Cath 07 58.36 SQS
21 Milon, Kat 9 Hampton 07 58.43 SQS
22 Morrison, Soleil 10 Hershey 03 58.55 SQS
23 Huey, Abbie 10 Indiana Area 07 58.62 SQS
24 Hickey, Cara 12 Souderton 01 58.63 SQS
25 Mokonchu, Nene 11 Spring Ford 01 58.73 SQS
26 Posh, Anna 12 Twin Valley 03 58.74 SQS
27 Solderitch, Lindsay 12 Whitehall 11 59.46
28 Helmrich, Kailee 11 Williamsport 04 1:00.47
29 Boren, Christie 11 Hickory 10 1:01.05
30 Kiser, Maura 10 Altoona Area 06 1:01.30
31 Schleicher, Abbigail 10 Bradford Area 09 1:01.48
32 Pierre-Mathieu, Destiny 12 BonnerPrendie 12 1:01.70
33 Doumbia, Madjo 11 Bodine 12 1:03.16