5/28/06 8:25 pm As of now, all the results of the PIAA AA individual track and field championships are included in the AA honor roll and incorporated into the All-Time WPIAL Top 25 list. If anyone has marks that will alter the final rankings, please submit them as soon as possible. As with AAA, AA's total medal count was down compared to 2005. Last year, AA collected 26 medals, but the total fell to 21 this season. The number of golds (5) and silvers (1) were equal, but this season's bronze medal take fell by six to only one. This year, like last, two of the gold medallions went to Chartiers-Houston's Brianna Liebold. The senior, Penn State bound to play soccer, dominated both the long and triple jumps. In the triple jump, all six of her attempts were better than the rest of the field. Brianna's best jump of 38-7¾ leaves her in 5th place on the All-Time WPIAL Top 25 list. Also dominating her event to win gold for the second year in a row was Center's Lindsay Dolan. The East Carolina bound senior ate up the 100 meter hurdle field with a blazing 14.01, the fastest time ever run by a WPIAL girl over 33" hurdles. Unfortunately, because of wind, that time was not recognized by the PIAA as a state record, but fortunately, Lindsay's 14.28 semi-final time was legal, and that time was still good enough to break the old record of 14.37. Another senior from Center High School also won the same gold medal for the second year in a row, but I can't say she dominated her event. Dominate is too mild of a word, more befitting terminology would include "decimate or destroy" in describing what she did to the rest of the shot put field. The Florida State recruit left no doubt in anyone's mind as to who is the top female shot putter of all-time in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Allyn's final toss, a colossal heave of 50-10¾, not only set a new PIAA AA record, but also went into the books as the best shot put mark (8lb. or 4k) ever recorded in the history of Pennsylvania high school track. The other gold medal title won by AA has to be shared by four girls, although by only two families. The Kimbrough sisters of Quaker Valley, Aleeda, Katia and Dakkia, teamed with Christa Rogers to blow away the competition in the 400 relay. Their 48.56 (actually a 48.555 that had to be rounded up) ran in the finals on Saturday was a new state record that broke their old state record of 48.556 that was set during the third heat of preliminaries on Friday which, by the way, broke the old state record of 48.69 that had just been set in heat two of the preliminaries by Milton Hershey. Did everyone follow that? No matter, the Quakers' 48.56 puts them in 9th place on the All-Time WPIAL list, the highest ranking for a AA school. Winning the lone silver medal this year for the WPIAL was Neshannock's Kacey Gibson. The sophomore clocked a great 4:59.93 in the 1600 to become only the tenth WPIAL girl to break the five-minute barrier. Kacey also came back later and showed the endurance that made her the 2005 WPIAL cross country champion by running a fine 2:17.37 to capture fourth place in the 800. As stated earlier, only one bronze medalist this year for AA, and that honor went to Jessica Sackin of Mohawk in the 300 hurdles. That was the senior's third PIAA medal in that event and her second consecutive bronze one. Jessica's time of 45.38 ranks her as the 21st fastest 300 hurdler in WPIAL history. In team competition, Center, with 25 points, was the highest placing team from the WPIAL. The Lady Trojans finished in a tie for fourth place. jfaiella@webtv.net (to report marks) 1-425-955-4849 (fax) http://community.webtv.net/jfaiella (website) NOTE: The boys' honor roll is at www.citywpial.org -- Marks should be sent to Jeff Abram at jabram1@pghboe.net |
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