Another meet, another PR for Noah Kriesman.
The Rutgers sophomore from Cherry Hill East cleared 16-3 ½ and placed 5th Saturday at the TRACK at New Balance Collegiate Showdown in Boston.
Kriesman had just PR’d at 16-2 ¾ last Sunday in a meet at the same facility. Before that he had a PR of 15-7 as a Rider freshman last winter at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships last February at the Armory.
Kriesman improved on his own No. 3 mark in South Jersey alumni history, behind Seneca’s Mike Maira [16-10 in 2014 in College Station, Texas] and current Rutgers teammate Nico Morales [16-9 ½ in April at the Penn Relays].
Although Rutgers hasn’t updated its all-time top-10 performance list, it looks like Kriesman’s 16-3 ½ is No. 7 in school history. Morales is No. 5 at 16-6 from December, but he hasn’t competed since.
At Cherry Hill East, Kriesman had indoor and outdoor PRs of 15-0, so he improved seven inches as a college freshman at Rider and has improved another 7 ¾ inches this year. Kriesman hasn’t competed outdoors since he was a senior at East.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 