LANDOVER — Eighty area athletes have qualified to compete in the Maryland Class 1A state championship meet to be held Thursday and Saturday at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex.
Among them is future Penn State Nittany Lion Avery Miller, who will be competing in five individual events and the 4x400m relay. She needs three individual event victories to break the all-time Maryland record of 12.
The Allegany standout will be attempting to win the long jump for a fourth consecutive year.
She will also be competing in the discus, 300m hurdles and triple jump — three events she has not competed in during prior state championship meets.
Her fifth individual event will be the 800m. She was a state champion in the event as a freshman.
Miller will team with Braylin Bosley, Myia Miller and Sierra Campbell in the final event of the meet, the 4x400m relay.
The Camper girls will also be among the favorites for the team state championship, along with Western Tech and Smithsburg.
Mountain Ridge’s Sophia Brill (3200m) and Fort Hill’s Casey Martz (shot put) and Landen Sweitzer (high jump) will be top seeds in their events.
James Madison signee MaeLeigh Plummer of Fort Hill will be attempting to defend her state titles in the triple jump and high jump.
The following area athletes qualified for the meet based on their performance at regionals. Their seeding for the state championship meet is in parenthesis.
ALLEGANY GIRLS
Avery Miller: discus (1), triple jump (1), long jump (1), 800m (1), 300m hurdles (1)
Sierra Campbell: high jump (6), triple jump (3), long jump (2)
Myia Miller: pole vault (7), 300m hurdles (13)
Ryleigh Nelson: 100m hurdles (15), 300m hurdles (12)
Briley Linaburg: pole vault (2)
Rylee Bauer: discus (6)
4x200m relay (15): Campbell, Madison Parks, Emma Strother, Surae Stewart
4x400m relay (4): Avery Miller, Myia Miller, Campbell, Braylin Bosley
4x800m relay (9): Strother, Bosley, Violet Nelson, Corinna Hilderbrand
FORT HILL GIRLS
Jaden Emerson: 100m (7), 100m hurdles (5), long jump (6)
Kylee Rice: 100m (16), 200m (13), 400m (14)
Kamryn Rice: 1600m (9), 3200m (6)
Sadie Hamilton: 100m hurdles (9), 300m hurdles (9)
Morgan Giffin: discus (10)
MaeLeigh Plummer: high jump (2), long jump (11), triple jump (2)
Ella Bennett: triple jump (16), high jump (11)
4×100 relay (6): Emerson, Caniyah Plummer, Kylee Rice, Harmani Palmisano
4×800 relay (11): Lakyn Farros, Kearstyn Rice, Lyla Silber, Kamryn Rice
MOUNTAIN RIDGE GIRLS
Sophia Brill: 800m (4), 1600m (2), 3200m (1)
Fiona Ruddell: 800m (8)
Aynsley Hawkins: 1600m (11), 3200m (4), high jump (16)
Carolyn Hughes: 100m hurdles (10), 300m hurdles (4), pole vault (12)
Layla Miller: long jump (12)
Caroline Orndorff: 100m hurdles (14)
4x100m relay (8): Allie Knieriem, Kealana Pua ‘auli, Miller, Reese Rizzo
4x200m relay (13): Knieriem, Pua ‘auli, Rizzo, Hughes
4x400m relay (7): Rizzo, Pua’auli, Brill, Ruddell
4x800m relay (2): Ruddell, Rizzo, Brill, Brylee Gray
NORTHERN GIRLS
Kaylee Bowser: 1600m (6), 3200m (3), long jump (10)
Emma Hostetler: 1600m (8)
Danika Krause: high jump (17)
4x800m relay (3): McKenzie Upole, Isabella Yoder, Hostetler, Bowser
SOUTHERN GIRLS
Ariana Healey: long jump (8)
Abbi Beeman: shot put (15)
4x400m (14): Abbi Harsh, Hannah Porter, Karma Dawson, Sydney Scott
4x800m (8): Harsh, Margot Ludwig, Kaylee Stewart, Scott
FORT HILL BOYS
Chase Lamb: 100m (19), 300m hurdles (12)
Harley Twigg: 100m (20), 200m (17)
Liam Hamilton: 110m hurdles (11), 300m hurdles (8)
Casey Martz: shot put (1), discus (16)
Austin Zembower: shot put (15)
Landen Sweitzer: high jump (1)
4x100m relay (14): Braelyn Younger, Jabril Daniels, Neek Taylor, Twigg
4x200m relay (7): Lamb, Taylor, Hamilton, Twigg
MTN. RIDGE BOYS
Zach Haberlein: 100m (5), 400M (4)
Austin Simpson: 800m (2)
Landon Sweitzer: 1600m (11), 3200m (18)
4x200m relay (18): Eli Cooper, Eli Sibley, Haberlein, Enzo Fiorentino
4x400m relay: (10): AJ Lauder, Simpson, Sibley, Haberlein
4x800m relay (5): Lauder, Sweitzer, Cameron Breighner, Simpson
ALLEGANY BOYS
Wade Napier: 400m (7), 800m (8)
Dustin Long: 1600m (2), 3200m (2)
Ryan Wu: shot put (7), discus (3)
4x400m relay (15): Long, Napier, Cade Crawford, Sebastian Sharp
NORTHERN BOYS
Ted Guingrich: 1600m (11)
4x800m relay (16): Guingrich, Tyler Walker, Brayden Upole, Peyton Yoder
SOUTHERN BOYS
Benjamin Brobst: 3200m (8)
Jackson Hordubay: pole vault (17)
Charlie Peterson: triple jump (14)
4x100m relay (11): Curtis Brobst, Brayden Rodeheaver, Kade Savage, Dominic Burgess
4x200m relay (11): Rodeheaver, Peterson, Savage, Burgess.