Jesse Myers (State College) takes the PA Boys Athlete of the Week crown for his impressive marks at the Shippensburg 98th Roddick HS Invitational. He won the 100-meter in 10.34 and the 200-meter in 20.92. Both marks lead the state and rank Myers nationally.
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The Week's Boys Candidates:
(Listed in Random Order)
Dino Nadarevic (Gateway): Nadarevic, the current state leader in the shot put at 59-5.5, flexed consistency this weekend throwing 58-4.5 to win the South Fayette Invitational.
Blake Cook (Corry Area): Cook took care of business at the Joe Sanford's 38th Annual McDowell Invitational, winning both hurdle events in PA Top 5 efforts. In the 110-meter hurdles, he ran a personal best time of 14.20, and in the 300-meter hurdles, he posted a time of 38.01.
Tyler Grabinski (Emmaus): Grabinski vaulted a season-best height of 15-3 in the Emmaus vs Dieruff dual meet. His effort is a new PA No. 2 performance this season.
Carter Smith (Mifflin County): Smith clocked 4:11.14 to take second place in the mile at the historic Penn Relays. His effort is the new state lead, and impressively, is over half a second faster than the current top PA 1600-meter mark.