Ocean City’s Maeve Smith moves into all-time South Jersey 1,600 top-10 with another big race at West Philly Nationals!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ocean City senior Maeve Smith moved into the all-time South Jersey 1,600 top 10 Saturday at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Smith ran 4:53.27 for the full mile, which converts to 4:51.57 for 1,600 meters. It’s 10th-fastest in South Jersey history and 3rd-fastest in Cape Atlantic Conference history, behind Ocean City’s Renee Tomlin [4:49.11 in 2005] and Mainland Regional’s Alyssa Aldridge [4:51.43 in 2017].

Smith negative-split the race, coming through the 880 in 2:27.70 and coming back in 2:25.58 and closing in 72.06.

Smith, whose 17:08.01 Thursday in the 5,000 is 12th-fastest in state history, had a previous 1,600 PR of 4:58.68 from her win at South Jersey Group 3 sectionals last month at Delsea. So this is about a 5 ½-second PR.

Smith also ran 10:32.54 at the Meet of Champions. She’s one of only four New Jersey runners to go as fast as Smith for the 1,600, 3,200 and 5,000 and the only one from South Jersey.

The others are Alexa Westley of Warren Hills in 2019 [4:51.13, 10:15.82, 16:34.66], Ashley Higginson of Colts Neck in 2007 [4:47.71, 10:23.28, 16:38.51] and Grace Dwyer of Nottingham in 2016 [4:51.38, 10:21.46, 17:03.13].

All-Time South Jersey Sub-5 List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:48.73y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:51.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
4:51.57y … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
4:51.84 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.25 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:54.76 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Holy Spirit], 2012
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004
4:55.45 … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
4:55.66 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
4:55.66 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
4:55.70 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
4:55.90 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2019

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