MASSIVE 5,000 PR FOR LA SALLE’S HELENE USHER FROM HADDONFIELD!!!!!!

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La Salle’s Helene Usher from Haddonfield ran a massive 5,000 PR Saturday in Boston, trimming more than half a minute off her lifetime best.

Usher, a La Salle sophomore, ran 16:30.14 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University. Her previous PR was a 17:05.55 outdoors at last year’s Atlantic 10 meet in Fairfax, Va. Her indoor PR was 17:24.09 at the Armory last January.

Her time is 10th-fastest all-time by a South Jersey high school graduate and 7th-fastest ever on a 200-meter indoor track.

It’s No. 2 this year in the Atlantic 10 Conferfence, behind only teammate Gwenno Goode from Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg High School in Barry, Wales. She ran 15:59.52 in the same race.

Usher ran her K’s in 3:19.68, 3:19.55, 3:21.23, 3:13.08 and 3:16.30. She ran each of her last 11 laps between 38.16 and 39.58.

All-Time South Jersey short-track women’s 5,000 list
15:06.05 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Feb. 20, 2016, New York
15:14.76 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 27, 2020, Boston
15:53.74 … Megan McGlinchey [West Deptford], Dec. 7, 2013, Haverford, Pa.
15:56.73 … Mindy Rowand [Sterling], March 9, 1990, Indianapolis
16:06.92 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 12, 2020, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:25.97 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], March 10, 2023, Virginia Beach, Va.
16:30.14 … Helene Usher [Haddonfield], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
16:32.79 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], Feb. 9, 2007, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:34.70 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], Feb. 19, 2005, Kingston, R.I.
16:48.01 … Kathleen Linck [Bishop Eustace], Feb. 19, 2000, Syracuse
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], March 9, 2012, New York
16:54.24 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], March 5, 2022, Boston
16:54.41 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], Feb. 8, 2025, Boston
16:56.62 … Keira Mansure [Northern Burlington], March 2, 2024, Boston
16:56.86 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], Feb. 3, 2017, New York

All-Time South Jersey women’s 5,000 list
15:02.27 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], July 9, 2019, Azusa, Calif.
15:10.10 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], May 29, 2021, Attleboro, Mass.
15:41.78 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], May 1, 2011, Palo Alto, Calif.
15:53.74 … Megan McGlinchey [West Deptford], Dec. 7, 2013, Haverford, Pa.
15:56.73 … Mindy Rowand [Sterling], March 9, 1990, Indianapolis
16:06.92 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 12, 2020, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:12.62 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], April 7, 2012, Williamsburg, Va.
16:14.07 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], April 12, 2024, Asuza, Calif.
16:17.67 … Lori Townsend [Kingsway], April 27, 1995, Philadelphia
16:22.18 … Kathleen Linck [Bishop Eustace], May 19, 2000, Centerville, Mass.
16:30.14 … Helene Usher [Haddonfield], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
16:32.79 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], Feb. 9, 2007, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:34.70 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], Feb. 19, 2005, Kingston, R.I.
16:36.18 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], June 5, 2021, Nashville, Tenn.
16:40.17 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], April 15, 2022, Princeton
16:41.24 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], May 25, 2013, La Crosse, Wisc.
16:43.90 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], March 31, 2017, Williamsburg, Va.
16:48.96 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], April 16, 2021, Charlottesville, Va.
16:54.24 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], March 5, 2022, Boston
16:54.41 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], Feb. 8, 2025, Boston
16:56.62 … Keira Mansure [Northern Burlington], March 2, 2024, Boston

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