Haddonfield graduate Seth Clevenger, a sophomore at Iowa State, ran a big mile PR of 4:07.62 Saturday in a meet at the University of Iowa.
Clevenger placed 4th in the Hawkeye Invitational at the Iowa Recreation Building in Iowa City. His previous PR was a 4:09.15 in a meet last month at his home track at the Leid Recreation Center in Ames, Iowa.
His time is No. 7 in the Big 12 Conference
Clevenger ran 4:09.34 for 1,600 meters outdoors at Haddonfield, equivalent of a 4:10.79 full mile.
It appears Clevenger’s 4:07.62 is fastest by a Haddonfield alumni. Greg Pelose ran 4:10.14 at Boston University as a freshman at B.U. in 2017, Jonathan Vitez ran 4:11.03 in 2012 at Harvard’s Gordon Track Center in Cambridge, Mass., as a sophomore at Princeton, and Ben Potts of Cornell ran 4:11.18 at 2013 IC4As at Boston University as a sophomore.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 
Thanks for the article, Reuben, it’s been fun watching Seth’s continued success. I did a double-check with Haddonfield alum Jim Smith, who, as you know, went on to become a standout runner at Stanford. While Jim ran a 3:42 1500 outdoors (something like a 3:58 mile equivalent) he rarely competed indoors. So it certainly appears that Seth’s time is indeed the best indoor mile time ever by a Haddonfield alum-a very accomplished group!
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