Projected State Championship Field - 3,000m

Entrant	Rank	Name		School	Time	Converted	Date	Scratch?
1	1	Rusty	Kujdych	Neshaminy	8:39.51'	8:38.71'	1/6/2018
	2	Tristan	Forsythe	Winchester Thurston	9:15.19B**	8:40.19'	2/3/2018	Y
	3	Noah	Beveridge	Butler	8:44.75B	8:44.75'	1/26/2018	Y
2	4	Mitchell	Etter	State College	8:48.57B	8:48.57'	2/15/2018
3	5	Brenden	Miller	Upper Dauphin	8:49.95B	8:49.95'	1/6/2018
4	6	Spencer	Smucker	WC Henderson	8:51.10B	8:51.10'	1/19/2018	N*
5	7	Chayce	Macknair	Mifflin County	8:53.12B	8:53.12'	2/15/2018
6	8	Patrick	Theveny	Penncrest	8:55.18'	8:54.38'	2/9/2018	N*
7	9	Tyler	Rollins	DT West	8:56.09'	8:55.29'	2/17/2018	N
8	10	Jason	Cornelison	Cheltenham	9:33.95B^	8:55.95'	1/27/2018
	11	Jacob	McKenna	Spring Ford	8:56.88'	8:56.08'	1/27/2018	Y
9	12	Kyle	Burke	Abington Heights	8:56.88'	8:56.08'	2/10/2018
	13	Avery	Lederer	Penncrest	8:57.02'	8:56.22'	2/9/2018	Y
10	14	Peter	Borger	Malvern Prep	8:57.03'	8:56.23'	2/17/2018
	15	Sam	Snodgrass	South Fayette	8:56.47B	8:56.47'	1/19/2018	Y
11	16	Dan	McGoey	North Allegheny	8:57.25B	8:57.25'	2/17/2018
12	17	Ian	Miller	Manheim Township	8:58.22'	8:57.42'	1/27/2018
	18	Jack	Miller	Jenkintown	8:58.71'	8:57.91'	2/9/2018
	19	Jacob	Underwood	Wilson	9:36.62B^	8:58.62'	1/27/2018
	20	Matt	Maiale	Wissahickon	9:37.64B^	8:59.64'	1/27/2018
	21	Morgan	Cupp	Mechanicsburg	9:00.50'	8:59.70'	1/27/2018
	22	Payton	Sewall	DT West	9:36.01B**	9:01.01'	2/5/2018	N*
	23	Christian	Fitch	Fox Chapel	9:01.57B	9:01.57'	2/17/2018

Nothing too crazy here. I do have a few more scratches coming down the pipe as the Butler development in the DMR makes things interesting. If Beveridge isn't in the 3k and Forsythe isn't in the 3k then it's going to be fun to see who (if anyone) can push Rusty. Lots of guys in these races running 3ks back to back weeks as well which is interesting.

I'm assuming Theveny isn't on the Penncrest DMR but that may be an incorrect assumption (kid is a great runner, just not sure what his speed is like). If he's on the DMR, I'd imagine he's out of this race as I think Penncrest will go after a medal. Would like to see Jack Miller (who has the SQG) get in to this field, even if it's as a #13. That's not an unprecedented development and I would think it makes sense logically. 

Lastly, shout out to Payton Sewall from DT West. Kid gets stuck in the slow heat at MoCs and goes for it with a great time. If he's running with his teammate Tyler Rollins in the fast heat maybe we have two DTW guys on my state qualifying list.