Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic won two more conference titles over the weekend, giving her 16 championships in 16 tries while running for Edinboro. And 18-for-18 including a couple relay legs.
Racing at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., Anicic won the 1,500 in 4:29.02 and the 10,000 in 35:12.53.
She won both races easily, finishing 30 meters ahead of 2nd-place Anna Igims of Slippery Rock in the 1,500 and running unpressed in the 10,000, lapping the entire field and winning by about a lap and a half over Isabella Myles of Seton Hill of Greensburg, Pa.
Here’s a look at Anicic’s remarkable record of perfection in the PSAC since transferring from Towson:
2022 Indoor at Edinboro
Mile [4:58.38]
3,000 [9:59.46]
5,000 [17:12.88]
DMR [12:03.57]
2022 Outdoor at Millersville
1,500 [4:37.92]
5,000 [17:21.02]
10,000 [36:46.38]
2022 Cross Country at Mansfield
6K [21:09.3]
2023 Indoor at Bucknell
Mile [5:02.72]
3,000 [10:06.49]
5,000 [17:34.83]
DMR [12:05.77]
2023 Outdoor at Slippery Rock
1,500 [4:33.88]
5,000 [17:20.57]
10,000 [35:48.85]
2023 Cross Country at Bloomsburg
6K [21:37.2]
2024 Outdoor at Lehigh
1,500 [4:29.02]
10,000 [35:12.53]
Anicic, a native of Mickleton, East Greenwich Township, in Gloucester County, has PRs of 4:25.00 for 1,500 meters, 4:54.93 for the mile, 9:27.55 for 3,000 meters, 16:14.07 for 5,000 and 33:25.55 for the 10,000.
She goes into the NCAA Division 2 Championships ranked 9th in the 5,000 with that 16:14.07 last month at the Brian Clay Invitational at Azusa [Calif.] Pacific.
Division 2 Nationals are scheduled for May 23-25 at Welch Stadium at Emporia State in Kansas.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 