AAA Girls Javelin Preview
Taylor Ciccolini will look to keep the state title in the family on Saturday. At the state meet in 2019, Skyler Ciccolini -- who threw the second best javelin mark in American high school history -- won the AAA state crown. Last year was a lost year due to the pandemic, but the younger Ciccolini, Taylor, a senior at Mifflin County, will look to retain the title for her family.
Ciccolini was third at the state meet two years ago. She comes in at PA No. 1 with a season best of 146-11. The Mid-Penn and District 6 champion will be closely challenged by a number of talented girls in this field.
Among them is Renny Murphy of Berwick. The senior launched a nice PR of 145-7 to win the District 2 crown last week. She's got experience, too; she was seventh two years ago at the state meet. Murphy is talented, and the battle between her and Ciccolini could come down to who has their best on the right day.
The D2 contingent after Murphy is impressive, though, too. Hazleton's Abbey Hengst tossed a PR of 137-0 to take second to Murphy at North Pocono last week. She will enter as the No. 2 seed, even ahead of Ciccolini. Another Berwick girls -- Allie Melchiorre -- turned in a big performance at D2, tossing 134-4 which will make her a contender, too.
Daniel Boone's Hannah Cassner, Nazareth Area's Kelly Leszcynski, and Liberty's Brylee Tereska are among the others to keep an eye on in this deep AAA javelin field.
ENTRIES:
Event 318 Girls Javelin Throw AAA
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NFHS Record: 185-08 2015 Madison Wiltrout, Connellsville HS, PA
PIAA Record: 182-08 2015 Madison Wiltrout, Connellsville 07
NFHS Hnr Rol: 140-00
122-00 SQS
Name Year School Seed Mark Finals
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1 Murphy, Renny 12 Berwick 02 145-07 SQS
2 Hengst, Abbey 11 Hazleton Area 02 137-00 SQS
3 Ciccolini, Taylor 12 Mifflin Cnty 06 134-10 SQS
4 Melchiorre, Allie 11 Berwick 02 134-04 SQS
5 Leszcynski, Kelly 11 Nazareth Area 11 132-04 SQS
6 Tereska, Brylee 11 Liberty 11 130-07 SQS
7 Cassner, Hannah 12 Daniel Boone 03 130-05 SQS
8 Knier, Madison 10 Manheim Cntrl 03 129-00 SQS
9 Dumont, Olivia 12 Strath Haven 01 127-10 SQS
10 Swarr, Maggie 10 Lmptr Strsbrg 03 125-06 SQS
11 Bice, Norah 12 Villa Maria 01 124-07 SQS
12 Meckes, Abigail 10 Lehighton 11 123-07 SQS
13 Donnelly, Kiera 12 C B East 01 123-04 SQS
14 Grafton, Kylie 12 Armstrong 07 122-05 SQS
15 Rotelli, Gianna 10 Pine-Richland 07 122-02 SQS
16 Wolf, Mikaela 12 Cumberlnd Vly 03 121-00
17 Moore, Sarah 12 Eastern York 03 120-00
18 Green-Pratt, Enya 12 Williamsport 04 119-03
19 Visco, Gabrielle 9 Pennsbury 01 118-07
20 Rodgers, Ashley 12 Penncrest 01 117-05
21 Lander, Makayla 12 Hempfield 07 116-04
22 Young, Valeria 11 Ambridge 07 115-02
23 Nuzzo, Abigail 11 Bradford Area 09 107-01
24 Cunningham, Ellen 11 Gnrl McLane 10 100-04
25 Palmer, Allie 11 Abp Ryan 12 89-03
26 Turner, Jacquelyn 12 Abp Wood 12 76-06