From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Northern Burlington’s Keira Mansure and Atlantic City’s Maddie Dischert both moved into Rider’s all-time top-10 at 5,000 meters at the John Thomas Terrier Classic Friday night at Boston Universiity.

Mansure, a sophomore ran 17:31.22 and Dischert, a freshman, ran 17:45.09, which puts Mansure at No. 6 in Rider history and Dischert at No. 8.

Mansure’s previous PR at 5,000 meters was an 18:25.92 outdoors last April at the Colonial Relays in Williamsburg, Va. This was her first-ever indoor 5,000. This was Dischert’s first track 5,000.

Mansure and Dischert now rank 11th and 12th in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference at 5,000 meters.

Dischert is the No. 2 freshman in the 5,000 and Mansure is the No. 3 sophomore.

On the MAAC 2024 performance list, Mansure is also 13th in the mile with her PR 5:08.42 at Ocean Breeze earlier this month and 16th at 3,000 meters with a lifetime-best 10:20.91 last month at the Armory. Dischert is 12th in the MAAC in the 3,000 with a 10:13.21, also at the Armory.

According to Rider’s web site, Mansure qualified for the ECAC Championships in Boston the first weekend of March. However, it’s impossible to determine exactly what the standard and how close Dischert is is because it’s not listed anywhere. All the links – including qualifying standards – on the ECAC web site for the meet are dead.