Every Sunday before the PIAA Track and Field Championships, the state releases the Performance Lists for each event and allows us a chance to preview the meet and look where Lackawanna Track Conference athletes are seeded heading into the weekend at Shippensburg University.
Remember athletes who finish in the Top 8 earn medals. Athletes earn their seeds based upon their times, distances and heights recorded at their respective District Championship Meet.
Here’s an early look at those in the Top 8:
CLASS 2A GIRLS
100-METER HURDLES
1600-METER RUN
300-METER HURDLES
HIGH JUMP
POLE VAULT
SHOT PUT
DISCUS
CLASS 2A BOYS
3200-METER RUN
1600-METER RELAY
HIGH JUMP
DISCUS
CLASS 3A GIRLS
100-METER DASH
HIGH JUMP
POLE VAULT
LONG JUMP
CLASS 3A BOYS
110-METER HURDLES
1600-METER RUN
Joby Fawcett has covered high school sports — including football, girls and boys volleyball, girls and boys tennis, girls and boys swimming, boys basketball, girls and boys track and field, and girls and boys lacrosse — for 22 years. The High School Sports Blog offers deeper insights plus statistical and historical information for fans and features photos, videos and graphics along with Top 5 polls for tennis and volleyball. Contact: jbfawcett@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5367; @sportsTT