Haddonfield’s Dylan Hosty shattered the South Jersey freshman mile record Saturday morning at the Penn Relays Winter Showcase at the Ott Center, winning the race in 4:53.67.
That converts to 4:51.97 for 1,600 meters, 5th-fastest in South Jersey history. She shattered the South Jersey freshman record of 4:58.48 set at the 2010 state Group 4 meet at the Bubble by Lenape’s Natalia Ocasio.
This was Hosty’s second high school 1,600 or mile. She ran 5:11.89 at the Armory last month. In her previous race, she won the 800 at the Ott Center in 2:14.66, also a South Jersey freshman record.
Hosty’s time is 3rd-fastest by a freshman nationally this year, according to the MileSplit U.S. database. Mackenzie Skelly of Penn Charter in Philly ran 4:50.30 in Boston last weekend and Alexandra Scappaticci of Northville (Mich.) ran 4:51.88 in Allendale, Mich., also last weekend.
Hosty’s time is 5th-fastest in New Jersey this year and fastest by a South Jersey runner.
Hosty edged junior Tsadia Bercuvitz of Ithaca by 6-100ths of a second. Bercuvitz led by as much as 4 ½ seconds with 400 to go and still led by 15 meters with one lap to go.
Hosty was out in 74.71 and 75.69 before coming back in 75.33 and 67.95 for massive negative splits of 2:30.40 and 2:23.28. She ran her final lap in 32.68.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 