The TFCAofGP Meet of Champions takes place this Saturday, and some of the biggest names in PA will take to the track.
A day packed full of action will kick off with the 4x200m, where the Coatesville boys will have the fastest time so far this season in the field in a PA No. 2 of 1:28.95. They'll look to fend off Central Bucks West (1:31.29), Spring Ford (1:31.64), and Abington (1:32.36).
The DMR will follow and Twin Valley will come in with the top seed time. A current PA No. 5 of 10:39.24 but they can't get too comfortable. Father Judge has run 10:39.65 this season and Abington finds themselves in the mix as well at 10:43.08. Council Rock North, Downingtown East, Hatboro Horsham and Great Valley could all mix in.
The 60m dash will start the day in the open races and it looks to be a tight race. Conor McFadden (Central Bucks West) owns the top seed time in 6.95 (PA No. 3). Though he doesn't have much cushion, Asir Moore (Imhotep Institute Charter HS) and Lavar Jackson (Upper Darby) will look to break their tie at PA No. 4 with their shared time of 6.98.
Ty Tindal (Martin Saints Classical High) and Tony Hicks (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) will battle it out in the 60mH. Tindal has run 8.38 so far this season and Hicks is right behind at 8.41. Jey Brown will be the next closest in 8.56.
In the mile, Drew Brill of LaSalle College High School will set the pace with his PA No. 5 time of 4:17.77. The following two closest are Christian Cerullo (4:26.13) and Ian Johnson (4:27.15).
The 400m features PA's No. 1 and No. 2 battling for the win and four boys all under 50. Tyler Abraham (Abington) has PA's fastest and only sub-49 time this season in 48.88. Asad Reese is right behind him in 49.02. Those are the two favorites but you can't count out Conor McFadden (49.64) and Walton Garnett (49.36).
The 800m has Anthony Engle (Twin Valley) and Brian Dicola (Hatboro Horsham) looking to move up the PA leaderboard and find victory. Engle has run 1:55.89 and Dicola isn't far behind with 1:56.
The last sprint of the day the 200m, finds Asad Reese (Imhotep Institute Charter HS), our January Athlete of the Month, is the favorite with his time of 22.21 (PA No. 7), and Lavar Jackson (Upper Darby) will be the next closest in 22.76.
Matt Castronuovo (Upper Dublin) has the top seed time in the 3000m in 8:44.99. He holds a decisive lead over the next two closest. Jack Czarnecki (Council Rock North) and Ian Johnson (Perkiomen Valley) have run 8:55.21 and 8:55.98, respectively.
In the 4x800m, Penncrest (7:56.02) hold a slight edge over Twin Valley (7:57.23). They'll be the only teams under sub 8:00 with Central Bucks East being the next closest in 8:09.61.
The final track event comes down to the 4x400m. This will be a battle between Abington (PA. no. 2) and Central Bucks West (PA. No. 3). Abington ran the second best time this season in 3:23.65 and Central Bucks West is third in 3:23.96.
The field events kick off with the long jump where Rodrigo Davis of Archbishop Carroll. (PA No. 3)has the best seed at 22-3. Momo Peters is very close behind at 22-2, so look for them to go back and forth.
In the high jump, Drew Domurat of Coatesville sits at the top of both the entry list and the PA state rankings with his jump of 6-5. His teammate, Albert Morton, is close behind him with his season-best of 6-3. The battle for third will be tightly contested as five boys are all entered at 6-2.
Triple jump will follow the long jump and Jared Hess of Pennridge will lead the way with his seed of 45-5.25 the second-best jump in PA. Following him is CJ Simbiri with 44-0 which is PA No. 7.
The clear favorite for shot put is Kyree Butler (Upper Dublin) who has the state's second best throw of 52-8.25.
Finally, the pole vault sees JP Tomlinson (Central Bucks West) as the one seed with his vault of 13-6. Behind him, Cameron Neafcy (Exeter Township) and Lucas Knappenberger (Central Bucks South) have both jumped 13-0.