In his first healthy race in a month, Haddonfield senior George Andrus ran an indoor mile PR at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.
Andrus ran 4:18.48 for a full mile, which converts to 4:16.98 for 1,600 meters, below his previous indoor PR of 4:17.72 set at Group 2 sectionals at the Bubble. That’s fastest by a South Jersey runner this winter.
Andrus was sick at states and wasn’t close to 100 percent and didn’t race again until Nationals.
Last spring, Andrus ran 4:10.97 for 1,600 meters on his home track as well as 9:09.38 for 3,200 meters at states. He was the state Group 2 XC champ this past fall and ran 15:40 at Holmdel when he was 2nd at the Meet of Champions.
The Villanova-bound Andrus got out in 61.68 and 2:06.38 and came back in 2:10.10. His time is No. 4 in Haddonfield history, behind Greg Pelose [4:11.93 in 2016], Jim Smith [4:15.2 in 1980] and Ben Potts [4:16.85 in 2011] and No. 6 in Camden County history.
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600 List
y=converted from yards
4:09.96y … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.03y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:11.32y … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:11.89y … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:11.93y … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:13.68y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:13.87y … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:14.1y … Marty Ludwikowski [C.H. West], 1975
4:15.2y … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
4:15.52 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:16.0y … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], 1974
4:16.02 … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 2012
4:16.3y … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1979
4:16.61y … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], 2004
4:16.71y … Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
4:16.85 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], 2011
4:16.98y … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2023
4:16.9y … Bob Marino [Williamstown], 1974
4:17.1y … Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
4:17.33y … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
4:17.51y … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], 2019
4:17.57 … Tobias Janssen [Haddonfield], 2021
4:17.67 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2018
4:17.67y … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020
4:17.98 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:18.21y … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:18.22 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
4:18.28 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
4:18.48 … Justin Kelly [Cherokee], 2018
4:18.50 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2013
4:18.53y … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2001
4:18.4y … Al Harden [Millville], 1979
4:18.4h … Mike Myers [Eastern], 2001
4:18.62 … Brady Shute [Woodbury], 2021
4:18.70y … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2019
4:18.73 … Jacob Cobb [West Deptford], 2022
4:18.80y … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
4:18.83 … Tyler Jackson [Cherokee], 2020
4:19.02 … Jack Bolling [Haddon Heights], 2023
4:19.03 … Noah Culbreath [Kingsway, 2014
4:19.07y … Owen Ritti [Ocean City], 2022
4:19.40 … Justin Branco [Delsea], 2015
4:19.7y … Chris Hageman [Paul VI], 1985
4:19.96 … Robert Rawls [Triton], 2011
4:19.97 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 