Ocean City senior Maeve Smith ran the 12th-fastest 5,000 in New Jersey history [and 3rd-fastest of the day] Thursday at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.
Smith ran 17:08.01, 4th-fastest in South Jersey history, in her first track 5,000 ever indoors or outdoors.
Smith, coming off a 10:32.54 for 3rd place at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken, was the 2nd New Jersey finisher. Junior Allison Lee of West Windsor-Plainsboro North ran 16:38.27, 3rd-fastest in state history. Earlier in the day in Eugene, Ore., Northern Burlington senior Liliah Gordon ran 16:38.54 at the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field.
Results do not show splits.
Smith, who plans to run for Villanova, broke the Cape May County and Cape-Atlantic Conference outdoor records by more than a minute. At 2014 Greensboro Nationals, Ocean City’s Devin Grisbaum ran 18:09.71.
Mainland Regional’s Alyssa Aldridge ran 17:24.43 indoors in 2016 at Armory Nationals and Grisbaum ran 17:47.78 in 2015 at Armory Nationals.
All-Time New Jersey 5,000-Meter Run List
15:52.10 … Charlotte Bednar [The Lawrenceville School], 2021
16:34.66 … Alexa Westley [Warren Hills], 2019
16:38.27 … Allison Lee [Plainsboro], 2025
16:38.51 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007
16:38.54 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
16:45.86 … Megan Curham [Villa Walsh], 2013
16:50.75 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
16:58.19 … Carleen Jeffers [Ridgewood], 2015
17:03.13 … Grace Dwyer [Nottingham], 2013
17:05.30 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
17:07.92 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
17:08.01 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
17:08.55 … Holly Bischoff [Bishop Eustace], 2011
17:09.82 … Isabel Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
17:13.56 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2020
17:13.86 … Caroline Kellner [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2012
17:17.02 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2013
17:18.68 … Miranda Lorsbach [Kent Place], 2020
17:27.49 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2010
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 