Big 1,500 PR for Wake Forest sophomore Grace Wassell from Highland this weekend at the Raleigh Relays.
Wassell ran 4:29.08, a huge drop from her previous official PR of 4:37.32 from a meet in Charlotte last March.
Although when she ran her mile PR of 4:51.12 indoors in Columbia, S.C., last month, she probably came through 1,500 meters somewhere around 4:31.6, but no 1,500 splits were taken (only 1,409 and 1,609, so we extrapolated).
In any case, that’s a big breakthrough for Wassell, who had a high school PR of 5:01.03 for a full mile from Armory Nationals in March 2022, equivalent of a 4:59.28 for 1,600 meters.
Wassell’s time is fastest by a South Jersey collegian since Kristin Siegle of Buena and Rider ran 4:22.45 at NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville in 2019. That was Siegle’s final race.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 