Girls 60m Dash Preview
There is plenty of intrigue around the girls 60m dash, as three of the top six fastest PA girls all-time in the event will be set to square off. All three of those girls have already raced this season at Millrose, which provided a nice preview, but now there's a state title on the line.
Avery Lewis of Friends' Central is the top seed and the favorite with her best of 7.40 from the Millrose Games, where she took third overall. The versatile star is PA No. 3 all-time and looking to capture what would be the first state title of her career since last year was wiped out due to COVID.
She will be challenged, though, by Spring Grove's Laila Campbell and Germantown Academy's Fore Abinusawa. Campbell, a sophomore, has run 7.45 this winter. That came at Millrose when she placed fourth. Abinusawa -- now the veteran of the bunch -- was fifth at Millrose in a season best of 7.46. Campbell's season best puts her at T-PA No. 6 all-time and she'll look to make some moves up that list. She's been very consistent in the event this winter. Abinusawa hasn't raced a ton this year, but three years ago as a freshman, she ran a PA No. 2 all-time time of 7.32. She has the best PR in the bunch and will look to channel that 2019 state performance and chase her first indoor state title.
Only .06 separates these three and this build up to a thrilling final. This isn't one to miss. It would take a significant season best from one of these girls, but Thelma Davies' 2019 state record of 7.30 could be on alert this weekend.
This is a deep field with 20 girls entering with times (or converted times) that are sub-8 seconds. Southern Lehigh's Madison Trout and Somerset's Hailey Rios have both run bests of 7.70 this season. Msgr. Bonner & Abp. Prendergast's Taylor Johnson (7.74 season best), Upper Saint Clair's Dani Prunzik (7.78), West Chester East's Chinonye Moneme (7.78), and Central Bucks West's Mimi Duffy (7.82) all should be right in the mix, competing for the top five.
The interesting wrinkle that the indoor state meet always provides is the rounds. There are three of them. Successfully navigating the prelims and semis to get to the final is no easy task, and we'll see who handles those the best.
ENTRIES:
Event 5 Girls 60 Meter Dash Prelims
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Meet Record: 7.31 2/24/2019 Thelma Davies, Girard College
Name Year School
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1 Abinusawa, Moforehan 12 Germantown Acad
2 Adams, Maya 11 North Penn
3 Alston, Jada 12 Dtown West
4 Campbell, Laila 10 Spring Grove
5 Drake, Paige 12 Central Vallley
6 Duffy, Mimi 10 C B West
7 Eden, Nicole 11 C R North
8 Facher, Eloise 11 Shaler Area
9 Forbes, Saige 10 Episcopal Acad
10 Holmes, Natalia 10 Chambersburg
11 Hubley, Rachel 11 Great Valley
12 Hudson, Kaleigh 12 Spring Ford
13 Jackson, Sandra 12 Harry S Trum
14 Johnson, Taylor 12 Bonner/Prendie
15 Lewis, Avery 10 Friends' Central
16 Long, Brooke 12 Altoona Area
17 Mellow, Summer 10 Methacton
18 Minning, Lucy 12 Radnor
19 Moneme, Chinonye 12 W C East
20 Morrison, Soleil 11 Hershey
21 Prunzik, Dani 11 Upper St Clair
22 Renk, Olivia 10 South Fayette
23 Rios, Hailey 12 Somerset Are
24 Trout, Madison 12 Sthern Lehigh