MORE FIREWORKS FROM SETH CLEVENGER: A DAY AFTER 3RD-FASTEST 3,000 in D-3 HISTORY, HE RUNS 15TH-FASTEST MILE EVER BY A D-3 RUNNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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One day after he ran the 3rd-fastest 3,000 in NCAA Division 3 history, Haddonfield’s Seth Clevenger capped one of the greatest weekends any D-3 distance runner has ever had by recording the 15th-fastets mile in D-3 history.

On day two of his first meet competing for Rowan, Clevenger placed 5th in the mile at the Dr. Sander Columbia Scorcher at the Armory in 4:02.76. He won the 3,000 in 7:54.87 on Friday.

After smashing the school record in the 3,000 by more than 20 seconds, he broke the school record in the mile by more than eight seconds. The previous mark was 4:11.05 set by Scott Hubbard of Cumberland Regional at Ocean Breeze in February 2024.

Clevenger, a transfer from Iowa State, becomes the 9th-fastest miler South Jersey has produced and the fastest since Kingsway’s Tom Cooke ran 4:01.08 in West Chester in 2021. He’s the fastest collegiate miler from South Jersey since Abgsegami’s Ford Palmer, then a Monmouth senior, ran 4:00.46 at the Armory in February 2013.

Clevenger’s mile and 3,000 times are both fastest in Division 3 this year and are helping Rowan become one of the favorites to win the NCAA Division 3 championship in Birmingham, Ala., in March.

Clevenger’s previous mile PR was 4:07.14 from a meet in Ames, Iowa, in January 2024.

Clevenger came through 400 in 60.98, 800 in 2:01.93 and 1,200 in 3:02.85 and closed in 59.92, with a 29.39 final lap.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni Mile List
3:54.92i … Ford Palmer [Absegami], Feb. 26, 2018, Boston
3:58.14i … Rob Novak [Bordentown], Boston, Feb. 11, 2012
3:58.62i … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], Seattle, Feb. 9, 2013
3:59.35i … John Richardson [Ocean City], Lexington, Ky., Feb. 2, 2008
3:59.85i … Mark Sivieri [St. Augustine], Boston, Jan. 28, 1994
3:59.91i … Brian Gallagher [Sterling], Boston, Feb. 14, 1998
4:01.08 … Tom Cooke [Kingsway], Aug. 15, 2021, West Chester, Pa.
4:01.79 … Karl Savage [Eastern], June 10, 2003, New Britain, Ct.
4:02.76 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], Jan. 24, New York
4:03.48i … Terrance Armstrong [Camden], Feb. 8, 1997, Boston

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