North Allegheny’s Ayden Owens named finalist for national award
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Monday, March 19, 2018 | 12:51 AM
Fresh off winning a national hurdles title, North Allegheny senior Ayden Owens was named as a finalist for MileSplit male athlete of the year for the indoor high school season.
The track and field website annouced five candidates.
The Southern Cal recruit won the 60-meter hurdles at New Balance Nationals Indoor on March 11 and placed second in the pentathlon a day earlier.
Along with Owens, MileSplit also picked middle-distance runner Josh Hoey, a fellow Pennsylvania athlete who’s from Bishop Shanahan in Downington. The three others are sprinter Brian Herron of Atlanta, Ga., sprinter Eric Allen Jr. of Potomac, Md., and middle-distance runner Brodey Hasty or Brentwood, Tenn.
#MileSplit50 boys top 5 finalists in no particular order. No. 1 will be announced next week! ? pic.twitter.com/f0BfRwKnUU
— MileSplit US (@milesplit) March 14, 2018
Chris Harlan is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at charlan@tribweb.com or via Twitter @CHarlan_Trib.
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