Maryland senior Kami Joi Hickson from Washington Township ran an 800 PR at Penn State Friday and the 2nd-fastest time in Terrapins history.
Hickson ran 2:07.63 at the Penn State National Open in State College, lowering her PR from 2:08.15 from a meet this past April in Azusa, Calif., and dropping her collegiate indoor PR 2:09.51 from a meet this past February in Boston. She did run 2:08.58 at 2019 Armory Nationals
The only faster indoor time in University of Maryland history is 2:06.54 by Julie Sinkovitz from Woodcliff Lake, Bergen Catholic, and Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, Bergen County. So Maryland’s top two indoor half-milers are both from Washington Township in New Jersey – just different ones.
Anyway, Hickson’s time is No. 6 in the Big Ten Conference this year.
Hickson ran 2:12.04 as a freshman at Washington Township and placed 7th in the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. She finished her high school career at Neumann Goretti in South Philadelphia.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 