Egg Harbor Township graduate Isabella Leak, a junior at Monmouth, ran her second mile PR this month Friday and placed 5th at the Coastal Athletic Assocation Championships at the Armory.
Leak ran 4:53.23, No. 6 in Monmouth history, trimming her mile PR from 4:53.52 at a meet two weeks ago in Boston.
Leak easily advanced to the final with a 5:00.10 in Thursday’s qualifying round. In the final, she closed in 69.33 for her final 400 meters.
Here’s a look at the 10-fastest milers I could find from South Jersey:
4:26.48 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], Sept. 7, 2008, Rieti, Italy
4:32.77 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], April 29, 2017, Philadelphia
4:34.39 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], July 25, 2012, Dublin, Ireland
4:41.57 … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1987
4:41.62i … Greta Feldman [Haddonfield], Feb. 24, 2013, Cambridge, Mass.
4:47.19 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], Jan. 28, 2006, Boston
4:49.86i … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], Feb. 20, 2010, Kingston, R.I.
4:51.44 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], June 21, 2015, Greensboro, N.C.
4:53.23 … Isabella Leak [Egg Harbor Township], Feb. 23, New York
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 