In her first collegiate race, Shawnee graduate Amanda Demko won the 400 Friday at the Stockton Invite in Galloway Township.
Demko ran 58.84, edging teammate Megan Gasnick, who took second in 59.04.
She ran within 1-5th of a second of her outdoor PR of 58.66, which she ran at Group 4 sectionals at Washington Township in the spring of 2019 (her last outdoor race). Demko’s overall PR is 58.54 from the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.
Demko also placed fourth in the 200 in 27.39 and ran the third leg on TCNJ’s first-place 4-by-4, which ran 4:08.04. Demko split 60.9.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 