Haddon Township graduate Luke Petela PR’d in the 3,000 Saturday in Boston with an 8:22.17 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic.
https://www.lancertiming.com/results/winter20/terrier/index.htm
That’s No. 4 on the all-time Vermont Catamounts all-time performance list.
https://uvmathletics.com/documents/2019/5/24//M_All_Time_List.pdf?id=3771
Petela, a Vermont senior, ran the entire race with teammate Neville Caulfield, who passed him on the final lap and ran 8:21.83 — No. 3 in Vermont history.
Petela closed in 31.7, but Caulfield closed in 30.1.
This is a major PR for Petela, whose previous indoor 3,000 PR of 8:34.70 came his freshman year, in February of 2018, at the America East Conference Championships on the same track at Boston University.
Caulfield and Petela now rank No. 4 and No. 5 this year on the America East performance list, behind three Stony Brook runners.
https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2824/America_East_Indoor_Performance_List/2020/i#event60
Here’s the updated all-time Vermont 3,000-meter list:
8:18.39 … Dan Moroney, 2016
8:21.10 … Connor Jennings, 2011
8:21.83 … Neville Caulfield, 2020
8:22.17 … Luke Petela, 2020
8:25.54 … Doug Maisey, 2010
8:26.29 … Chris Gish, 2017
8:26.60 … Oliver Scofield, 2016
8:27.02 … John Benner, 2019
8:28.42 … Aaron Anderstrom, 2015
8:30.06 … Jamie Carmichael, 2000
Petela is coming off a strong XC season in which he placed 10th in the America East Championships in Albany and raced in the NCAA Division 1 Northeast Regionals in Amherst, N.Y.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 