Alyssa Aldridge continues to climb her way up through the all-time South Jersey 3,200-meter list.
After her 10:41.57 at the Rowan Invitational Friday night, the Mainland Regional sophomore is No. 16 in South Jersey history but only six seconds from the top 10.
The full list, with every South Jersey that’s ever run 10:45 or faster, is below.
Aldridge lowered her PR from 10:42.40, when she was third at the indoor Meet of Champions at the Toms River Bubble, to 10:41.57. Her previous outdoor PR was 10:58.99 from last year’s Cape Atlantic meet, where she was second to Devin Grisbaum of Ocean City.
On Friday, Aldridge ran solo pretty much the whole race. She led Julianna Catania of Egg Harbor by 20 meters after just two laps and then ran her third through seventh laps between 81 and 83 before closing in 76.
Catania also broke 11 minutes, finishing second in 10:59.81, an outdoor PR, although she has run 10:49.79 indoors.
Here are splits for Aldridge and Catania, as listed in Tomahawk’s official results.
Aldridge Catania
400 74.45 / 74.45 75.51 / 75.51
800 79.85 / 2:34.30 83.13 / 2:38.64
1200 81.89 / 3:56.19 84.58 / 4:03.21
1600 82.19 / 5:18.38 85.84 / 5:29.04
2000 81.19 / 6:39.56 85.09 / 6:54.12
2400 83.10 / 8:02.66 86.20 / 8:20.32
2800 82.14 / 9:24.80 82.85 / 9:43.17
3200 76.78 / 10:41.57 76.64 / 10:59.81
Timber Creek junior Alyssa Condell, another sub-10:50 two-miler indoors, placed third with a season-best 11:05.71.
Aldridge, Catania and Condell now rank 1-3-4 in New Jersey this year and 1-2-3 in South Jersey.
Here is the all-time South Jersey list, with every girl that’s run 10:45 or faster. Incredible that 16 of the 20 performances have been achieved since 2005 and eight of the 20 since 2012.
- 10:12.8 ….. Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
- 10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley (Kingsway), 2009
- 10:22.02 … Megan Lacy (Cherokee), 2012
- 10:28.6 ….. Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
- 10:30.57 … Dina Iacone (Washington Twp.), 2012
- 10:32.4 ….. Mindy Rowand (Sterling), 1985
- 10:33.22 … Holly Bischof (Bishop Eustace), 2012
- 10:33.25 … Megan Venables (Highland), 2011
- 10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna (Cherry Hill East), 2007
- 10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius (Delsea), 2007
- 10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey (West Depford), 2009
- 10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright (Haddonfield), 2005
- 10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum (Ocean City), 2015
- 10:40.24 … Katie Van Horn (Triton), 2005
- 10:40.95 … Erika Kemp (Rancocas Valley), 2013
- 10:41.57 … Alyssa Aldridge (Mainland Reg.), 2016
- 10:42.22 … Jenn Rawls (Highland), 2009
- 10:43.3 ….. Deanna Germano (Shawnee), 1985
- 10:44.23 … Brittany Sedberry (Ocean City), 2004
- 10:45.12 … Brianna Gess (Haddonfield), 2014
Aldridge on Friday broke the meet record of 10:52.9 set in 1980 by Paul VI’s Dawn Cody.
