Audubon senior Riley Fayer, Ocean City sophomore Riley Tolson and Paul VI junior Grace Gutowski ran three of the six-fastest 1,600s in South Jersey this year Monday night at the Ott Center.
Fayer won the race in 5:04.68, an indoor PR, Tolson was 2nd in a lifetiem-best 5:06.40 and Gutowski took 3rd in 5:07.27, a season-best.
They now rank 3rd, 4th and 6th in South Jersey this year.
Fayer ran negative splits of 2:34.37 and 2:30.31, closing in 73.26. Tolson also negatived, out in 2:34.55 and 2:31.85, as did Gutowski, who split 2:34.35 and 2:32.92.
Fayer is No. 2 in New Jersey Group 1 and fastest South Jersey Group 1 miler since Haddonfield Olympian Erin Donohue ran 4:51.15 in Landover, Md., in March 2001.
Tolson is now No. 8 on the all-time Cape May County indoor list, which is also the all-time Ocean City list.
Also under 5:20 were Mainland, who ran a PR 5:11.48 for 4th, Cherokee senior Sofia Recinto PR’d at 5:15.57, closing in 35.45 and 74.59, and Cherokee senior Maya Kumar, who also PR’d with a 5:19.96.
All-Time Cape May County List
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:51.57y … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004
5:02.43y… Bridgett Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
5:03.57y … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
5:04.40 … Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 2026
5:06.40 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026
5:08.37 … Chloe Care [Ocean City], 2025
Gutowski is already 9th-fastest in Camden County history with her 5:03.00 from Virginia Beach Nationals last March.
All-Time Camden County List
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.11y … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025
5:01.96 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
5:02.21 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
5:03.00 … Grace Gutowski [Paul VI], 2025
5:03.82 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 