AAA Girls 4x100m Relay Preview
There's never a dull moment in the 4x100 meter relay. Downingtown West, the PA No. 1 squad for most of the season in the event, learned the hard way at the District 1 Championships. Despite still holding the fastest time in the state, D-West will not be in the state meet field after failing to get the stick around at their district meet this past week.
So the door is open for different squad to take the spotlight, and South Fayette just might be that team. The Lions ran to the WPIAL crown this past week, clocking a 47.85 for the win. South Fayette will enter the state meet as the top seed and the only team in the field with a sub-48 time to its name this spring. Can they convert that WPIAL gold into state gold?
Central Valley, the No. 2 seed and PA#3, was second to SF at WPIALs, clocking a season best 48.11. This team is talented and will look to flip the script on South Fayette at Shippensburg. It should be close, just as it was at Slippery Rock last week.
The District 1 squads will be coming in hot, too. North Penn won the D1 crown, behind a 48.22 for the win. This team is deep and should be a factor in this field. The same goes for Haverford Township, which was second to North Penn in District 1 in a quick 48.40. Central Bucks West was third at District 1, and West enters the meet as the fifth seed in search of big team points in the 4x1.
District 3 champions Bishop McDevitt are fresh off a solid 48.49 clocking this past weekend. Altoona Area went 48.66 to win the District 6 crown. Both teams will be looking for fast times in that fastest section on Saturday.
Very little separates a lot of these medal-hopefuls, so it will certainly get interesting (as it always is) in the AAA 4x100.
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Event 305 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay AAA =============================================================================== NFHS Record: 44.24 2019 , Desoto HS, TX Griffin, Hollis, Armstrong, Effiong PIAA Record: 45.78 2016 , Cheltenham 01 Barnes, Lewis, Crosby, Brissett NFHS Hnr Rol: 46.50 49.75 SQS School Seed Finals =============================================================================== 1 South Fayette 07 47.85 SQS 2 Central Valley 07 48.11 SQS 3 North Penn 01 48.22 SQS 4 Haverford Township 01 48.40 SQS 5 Central Bucks West 01 48.43 SQS 6 Bishop McDevitt 03 48.49 SQS 7 Altoona Area 06 48.66 SQS 8 Chambersburg 03 48.67 SQS 9 Somerset Area 05 48.83 SQS 10 Red Lion 03 48.91 SQS 11 West Chester Rustin 01 48.97 SQS 12 West Allegheny 07 49.01 SQS 13 Butler 07 49.34 SQS 14 Boyertown 01 49.37 SQS 15 Cumberland Valley 03 49.39 SQS 16 Wilson 03 49.40 SQS 17 Carlisle 03 49.42 SQS 18 Oakland Catholic 07 49.47 SQS 19 Williamsport Area 04 49.48 SQS 20 Mount Lebanon 07 49.56 SQS 21 Avon Grove 01 49.56 SQS 22 Southern Lehigh 11 49.57 SQS 23 Pennridge 01 49.64 SQS 24 Ephrata 03 49.65 SQS 25 Pittston Area 02 50.06 26 Parkland 11 50.10 27 Hickory 10 50.12 28 Cardinal O'Hara 12 50.82 29 Bonner & Prendergast 12 50.93 30 DuBois Area 09 51.77 31 Obama Academy 08 51.80