I didn’t realize this until just now, but when Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss ran 5:07.20 at the South Jersey Elite at the Ott Center two weeks ago, she broke a 20-year-old indoor school record.
Weiss ran 5:07.20 and placed 2nd to Ocean City’s Carly Godfrey, who won the race in 5:04.40.
Weiss broke the school record of 5:07.47 set by Theresa Cattuna when she placed 3rd behind Danielle Tauro of Southern Regional and Amanda Marino of Jackson at the 2006 state Group 4 meet at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.
Cattuna holds the Cherry Hill East outdoor record of 4:59.27 from her 6th-place finish at the 2005 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.
Another Cherry Hill East runner, junior Ryleigh Budsock, isn’t far behind Weiss. She ran 5:11.14 in the same race at the Ott Center last month that Weiss ran 5:07.20. Weiss and Budsock are currently 3rd and 7th in South Jersey this year.
Weiss and Budsock will both be running the 3,200 Monday evening at the Ott Center.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 