AAA Boys 110m Hurdles Preview
Allen Taylor of Williamsport Area will look to claim his first state title on Saturday. The senior enters the state meet at PA No. 1 in the 110 meter hurdles after he put down a 14.01 to claim the District 4 title this past week. Taylor has been rolling this year. He claimed fifth at adidas Indoor Nationals in the 60 meter hurdles and he's carried that momentum into the outdoor season.
He's been consistent, too, putting down a prelim time of 14.14 before his 14.01 in District 4. Taylor's top competition will come from his fellow D4 hurdler, Brandon Zimmerman of Danville Area. Zimmerman went 14.46 to take second to Taylor in D4. He has a season best of 14.40. He will look to keep it close with his district rival.
There's no shortage of talent after Taylor and Zimmerman. Four others have run under 14.70 in the past week. Warwick's Tanner Haines went 14.60 to win the District 3 crown, and Altoona's Austin Kravetz also ran 14.60 to win at District 6. Palmyra's Xander Topos went 14.65 at districts and then a 14.69 to take second to Haines in D3. West Mifflin's Dontae Lewis ran 14.69 to claim the WPIAL title. There is a ton of talent here and it will be very close for some of the top spots.
Easton's Syncere Johnson (14.73) and LaSalle's Brian Scotto (14.78) are both having great seasons, too, and should be right in the mix for the podium.
Just getting to the final will be no easy task and then from there it will be very close. Taylor is the one to beat up front, though.
ENTRIES:
Event 702 Boys 110 Meter Hurdles AAA Prelims
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NFHS Record: 13.30 1990 Chris Nelloms, DaytonDunbarHS, OH
PIAA Record: 13.69 2018 Ayden Owens, North Allegheny 07
NFHS Hnr Rol: 13.90
15.10 SQS
Name Year School Seed relim Time
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1 Taylor, Allen 12 Williamsport 04 14.01 SQS
2 Zimmerman, Brandon 12 Danville Area 04 14.46 SQS
3 Haines, Tanner 12 Warwick 03 14.60 SQS
4 Kravetz, Austin 12 Altoona Area 06 14.60 SQS
5 Topos, Xander 12 Palmyra 03 14.69 SQS
6 Lewis, Dontae 12 West Mifflin 07 14.69 SQS
7 Johnson, Syncere 12 Easton Area 11 14.73 SQS
8 Scotto, Brian 12 La Salle Cllg 12 14.78 SQS
9 Manchester, Byron 12 Butler 07 14.82 SQS
10 Warehime, Jonah 12 Spring Grove 03 14.93 SQS
11 Garbutt, Malcolm 12 Cheltenham 01 15.06 SQS
12 Davis, Christopher 11 Canon-McMilln 07 15.08 SQS
13 Lukashchuk, Andrew 12 Abp Ryan 12 15.14
14 Clyde, Nate 11 New Oxford 03 15.15
15 Edwards, Dustin 12 South Western 03 15.26
16 Cynkar, Anderson 12 Central Cath 07 15.28
17 Faccio, Enrico 11 Strath Haven 01 15.34
18 Averett, Dekai 11 Souderton 01 15.36
19 Doherty, Noel 12 Bish Shanahan 01 15.41
20 Munro, Daniel 11 Penncrest 01 15.44
21 Walchak, Robert 12 Pottsville 11 15.50
22 Porte, Jean 12 Hazleton Area 02 15.53
23 Skinner, Hayden 11 Fort Leboeuf 10 15.85
24 Liners, Alex 12 Bradford Area 09 16.28
25 White, Elijah 11 Allderdice 08 16.33