PIAA States Preview: Girls' Sprints & Hurdles


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.

ENTRIES:

Event 305  Girls 4x100 Meter Relay AAA
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 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
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  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