The Lavino Fieldhouse at The Lawrenceville School. / Photo by Robert Kellert
We've got some hot seed times laid out for the Poreda Invitational in Lawrenceville, NJ on Wednesday. Given to us by meet management, these are coach entered unverified times but seeded goals none the less.
In the boys 4x800 meter Pennsylvania's Central Bucks West and Germantown Friends are looking to go under the eight minute barrier for the first time this season. No one has done so for Pennsylvania so far this indoor with Abington ranked PA#1 at 8:01.01.
New Jersey has two teams looking to get a top ten national time as well with both St. Benedict's Prep and Union Catholic seeded at 8:00.00. New Jersey has only had one team go sub-eight in 2016, the Morris Hills squad ranked US#1 with their 7:53.62 run. St. Benedict's Prep is currently ranked NJ#2 at 8:06.72 and Union Catholic is ranked NJ#3 at 8:10.26. Right now there are only five teams listed under eight minutes in the country.
Boys 4x800 Meter Top Seeds - NJ State Rankings - PA State Rankings
HS Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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Team Seed
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1 Central Bucks West A 7:59.99
2 Germantown Friends School A 8:00.00
3 St. Benedict's Prep A 8:00.00
4 Union Catholic Reg. HS A 8:00.00
5 Upper Dublin A 8:14.24
6 Montgomery HS A 8:19.23In the girls spring medley relay Germantown Friends and Union Catholic will be going head to head. In 2015 Germantown was ranked US#4 with their 4:02.99 at Nationals, they haven't ran the event so far this season. Union Catholic is looking to take back their state lead in New Jersey currently set at NJ#2 with 4:11.69 which won Union County Relays.
They lost the lead to Lenape Regional HS on January 15th when Lenape posted a NJ#1 US#4 time of 4:10.22. Also in this race seeded at 4:25.5, so we wonder if the full team is running. If so we could have an awesome multi-team showdown.
The Union Catholic girls still hold the state lead in the shuttle hurdles and 4x200 meter relays.
Girls Sprint Medley Top Seeds - NJ State Rankings - PA State Rankings
Event #21 - HS Girls Sprint Medley Relay
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Team Seed
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1 Germantown Friends School A 4:03.00
2 Union Catholic Reg. HS A 4:03.00
3 The Lawrenceville School A 4:18.05
4 Lenape Reg. HS A 4:25.50
5 Montgomery HS A 4:28.00
6 Central Bucks East B 4:30.00Please note that All Heats will be run fast to slow.
3:30 pm 55m Dash Trials (boys followed by girls)
55m High Hurdle Trials (boys followed by girls)
Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600) (boys seeded heat)
55mHigh Hurdle Final (girls followed by boys)
55m Dash Finals (girls followed by boys)
*Shot put, pole vault, high jump begin after dash finals
Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600) (boys unseeded heat, then girls)
4 x 200m Relay (boys followed by girls)
Merrell Noden Mile (boys followed by girls)
Sprint Medley Relay Heats will be run (200-200-400-800 for top 12 teams; 400, 200, 200, 800 thereafter
4 x 800m Relay (boys followed by girls)
3:45pm
Long Jump (girls followed by boys; open pit with flights; 3 jumps and finals)
Triple Jump (girls at conclusion of long jump, then boys; open pit with flights 3 jumps and finals)
***Shot put, pole vault, high jump begin after dash finals
Pole Vault (girls followed by boys) SIX JUMP RULE
High Jump (boys and girls simultaneously on two mats)
Shot Put (boys followed by girls) Three throws and finals.
Warm-ups will be from 3:00 - 3:45 for BOTH boys and girls in the Long Jump; at the conclusion of
Long Jump a max of 40 minutes will be provided for Triple Jump warm-ups for BOTH boys and girls. Color coded cones will be placed at the take-off boards.
Opening Heights for HJ and PV:
Girls: pole vault 9'0", high jump 4'6",
Shot Put: Girls start measuring at 24'0"
Boys: pole vault 11'0", high jump 5'6"
Boys start measuring at 36'0"