Allison Colflesh ran a huge 800 PR Saturday and placed 2nd in the Atlantic 10 Championships in Virginia Beach.
Colflesh, a Haddonfield graduate and Richmond senior, lowered her PR from 2:15.60 in the trials all the way down to 2:12.99, and she finished 2nd to teammate Molly Flanagan, who ran 2:11.97.
Colflesh‘s PR before Friday’s trials was 2:15.66 from an outdoor meet last April in Newport News, Va. Her indoor PR was 2:18.87i n Lexington, Va., in January 2024.
At Haddonfield, Colflesh had PRs of 2:14.77 outdoors from her win at 2021 Group 2 sectionals at Delsea and 2:19.29 indoors from a meet in February of 2020 at Ocean Breeze.
Colflesh’s sister Lindsay, also a senior at Richmond, didn’t make the final but has a PR of 2:12.87 from an outdoor meet in 2023 at Princeton.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 