Allie Pierontoni runs huge 6K PR at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Championships, Maddie Dischert, Helene Usher, Julia Smith, Lexi Pepper also PR!!!!!!

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Sophomore Allie Pierontoni ran a huge 6,000-meter all-course personal-best on the challenging Lehigh course and was Monmouth’s 3rd finisher Friday at the NCAA Division 1 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.

Pierontoni ran 21:18.3 and finished just 19 seconds behind Monmouth’s No. 1 finisher, freshman Emily Simko of Hatboro Horsham in Montgomery County, Pa., who placed 40th in 20:59.2. Grad student Ashley Navarro of Steinert was Monmouth’s No. 2 finisher in 45th with a 21:04.3.

Pierontoni, a Kingsway graduate, had a previous 6,000 PR of 22:02.5, which she ran last month at the ECAC Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

In her two previous races on Lehigh’s course in Bethlehem (and partially in Lower Saucon Township), Pierontoni ran 22:11.8 at 2021 Lehigh Invitational, 23:33.3 at the 2021 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Championships and 22:08.1 this past September at Paul Short.

So she was nearly a minute faster Friday than she’s ever run on the challenging, winding Lehigh course, which has been used three times for the NCAA Championships.

According to Monmouth’s online record book, the fastest time in Monmouth history at Lehigh coming into the season was 21:35 by Amber Stratz of Central Bucks South in 2017, and Lehigh had three women under that on Friday.

Also under 22 minutes with all-course 6K PRs Friday were Rider freshman Maddie Dischert of Atlantic City High, La Salle freshman Helene Usher of Haddonfield, Seton Hall junior Julia Smith from Schalick and UMBC freshman Lexi Tepper of Cherry Hill East.

Dischert ran 21:40.5 and was Rider’s 2nd finisher, Usher ran 21:43.6 and was the Explorers’ 4th finisher and Smith ran 21:46.3 and was Seton Hall’s first finisher.Tepper ran 21:48.6 and was UMBC’s first across the line.

Dischert’s previous 6K personal best was a 21:56.9 in her last race, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at Twin Ponds on the Farm in Montgomery, N.Y. Usher’s was 22:05.8 in her most recent race, the Atlantic 10 Championships on the Elvin R. King course in Cedarville, Ohio. Smith’s was 22:41.0 at ECACs at Vanny. For Tepper,that’s more than a 90-second PR over her previous all-course best for 6K, 23:26.5, from Paul Short on the same course.

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