Haddonfield’s Helene Usher and Kingsway’s Allie Pierontoni both finished among the top 5 Friday at the Temple Invitational in Upper Dublin Township, Pa.
Usher, a La Salle sophomore, placed 2nd in 14:25.1 over 4,000 meters, and Pierontoni, a Monmouth senior, was 5th in 14:38.6. Usher’s previous PR over the unusual 4,000 distance was 15:50.1 from a meet last year on the same course. Pierontoni’s previous 4,000 PR was 14:59.6 from last year’s Jersey Jam in West Windsor.
Usher was La Salle’s first finisher. Overall winner Emily Simko, a Monmouth sophomore from Hatboro Horsham, was the overall winner in 14:16.9.
Monmouth edged La Salle 23-35 for team honors.
The race was held on Temple’s course at the Temple Ambler campus, which isn’t in Ambler and really isn’t that close to Ambler.
Mainland Regional graduate Gillian Lovett was La Salle’s 7th runner in her first collegiate race. Lovett ran 15:24.8 and was 16th overall
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 