Woodbury’s Peyton Shute shattered the 10-year-old course record on his way to a win in the junior class race Saturday morning at the 26th annual Cherokee Challenge.
Shute ran 9:24 – 9:24.49 exactly – and broke the course record on the 3,200-meter layout of 9:26.0, set in 2012 by Cherokee’s Shawn Wilson. Avery Keith of Westfield took 2nd in 9:42.
Shute ran 4:14.89 and 9:15.76 last spring and was 6th in the Meet of Champions. He was second in the sophomore class race last year in 9:55.
Cherokee High has been good for Shute. Last April, he ran 9:15.76 at Cherokee, the fastest 3,200 by a South Jersey sophomore in 14 years.
Here’s a look at all the sub-9:40 times in course history:
9:24 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2022
9:26 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2012
9:27 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2014
9:28 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2010
9:30 … Louis Corgliano [Hammonton], 2013
9:31 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2002
9:32 … Chris Romero [Voorhees], 2017
9:33 … John Vitez [Haddonfield], 2009
9:33 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], 2010
9:33 … Luke Johnson [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2019
9:37 … Robby Andrews [Manalapan], 2008
9:38 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2001
9:38 … Nick Costello [Delsea], 2012
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 