Rancocas Valley’s Ian Moore PR’d in the 800 with the 6th-fastest time in Monmouth University history at the CAA Championships.
Moore placed 5th in 1:50.52 at the Coastal Athletic Association Championships at Elon, N.C. His previous PR was 1:50.81 from a meet a few weeks earlier in Charlottesville, Va.
Moore is one of three South Jersey half-milers on the all-time Monmouth 800 top-10 list. Kingsway’s Stone Caraccio ran 1:50.83 at Princeton in 2022 and Absegami’s Ford Palmer ran 1:51.01 at IC4A’s – also at Princeton – in 2013. They rank 6th, 7th and 9th in school history.
Caraccio and Cherokee grad Nico Grilli placed 5th and 7th in the 1,500, Caraccio with a near-PR 3:49.31 and Grilli with a PR 3:52.97. Caraccio ran slightly faster – 3:49.25 – in a meet at Bucknell in April 2022. They rank 8th and 10th in school history.
Caraccio is No. 4 in Monmouth history at 800 meters indoors with his 1:50.37 at IC4As in Boston but didn’t run the 800 at the outdoor conference meet.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 