Collingswood’s Josh Forrest, a junior at St. Joe’s, ran a big 1,500 PR at Bucknell Saturday and the fastest time this year by a St. Joe’s miler.
Forrest ran 3:50.50 at the Bucknell Bison Invitational in Lewisburg, equivalent of a 4:08.94 full mile. His previous PR was 3:52.68 just a week earlier in Fairfaxc, Va. Before this month, his 1,500 PR was a 3:53.54 from Chester, Pa., in April of 2024. Forrest’s mile PR is 4:10.83 from an indoor meet in February at the Ott Center. His time is 8th-fastest this year in the Atlantic 10.
Forrest closed in 58.66 – the fastest lap in the field – ran his final 800 in 2:01.25 after coming through 700 meters in 1:49.26.
At Collingswood, Forrest ran 4:15.72 when he won the state Group 2 title in Somerset in June of 2021.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 