Haddon Township’s Jake Aylmer, a junior at Stevens, won his first conference title and smashed the school record in the 1,500 at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at Widener University in Chester on Sunday.
Aylmer ran 3:55.49 and edged John Condon of Messiah by three meters. Condon placed 2nd in 3:55.84.
Aylmer broke the Stevens school record of 3:56.62 set by Nick Zickgraf from David Brearley High in Kenilworth at a meet at Swarthmore in May 2017.
Going into the meet, Aylmer was only the No. 4 seed. But he closed in 57.72 to blow away the field after nine runners came through with a lap to go between 2:57.28 and 2:59.30.
His time is equivalent to a 4:12.85 for 1,600 meter or 4:14.33 for a full mile. At Haddon Township, Aylmer had a PR of 4:32.87 for 1,600 meters at the 2020 South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at the Bubble.
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Aylmer’s previous PR was a 3:58.30 when he placed 6th at last year’s MAC meet in York. Aylmer’s previous conference title came when he anchored the winning distance medley at the indoor conference meet in Reading in February.
Stevens is scheduled to compete on Monday in the Widener Final Qualifier anmd then next Wednesday and Thursday at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Championships in Cortland, N.Y., the final qualifier before NCAA Division 3 Nationals.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 