Closing in 61.4, Ocean City senior Erik Preisner won the 1,600 at the SJTCA meet Saturday morning at the Ott Center with the 7th-fastest indoor 1,600 time in Cape May County history.
Preisner, the South Jersey Group 3 XC champion, ran a lifetime-best 4:22.84, with Highland senior Andrew Dopkin 2nd in 4:24.59, an indoor-outdoor PR.
Preisner came through 800 in 2:15.17 and 1,200 in 3:21.49 before running his last two laps in 31.00 and 30.36. He big-time negatived 2:15.2 and 2:07.7.
Preisner’s previous indoor PR was 4:30.04 this past January in a meet at the Armory. He’s run 4:21.08 outdoors last spring in a meet at Allentown.
Dopkin’s previous PR was 4:28.10 at Delsea in May. His previous indoor PR was 4:32.67 converted from a full mile in a race in January at the Ott Center.
All-Time Cape May County Indoor 1,600 List
4:09.96y … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.03y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:16.02 … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 2012
4:20.43 … Owen Ritti [Ocean City], 2020
4:20.51 … Ryan Birchmeier [Ocean City], 2008
4:20.58y … John Richardson [Ocean City], 2002
4:22.84 … Erik Preisner [Ocean City], 2026
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 