MIT’s Jacob Cobb from West Deptford ran the 10th-fastest mile in NCAA Division 3 Friday in Boston.
Cobb lowered his PR a ridiculous 15 seconds with a 4:07.01 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.
His previous PR for a full mile was a 4:21.92 two years ago at a meet in Salem, Va. He did run 4:16.20 for the slightly shorter 1,600 meters in an outdoor meet at Haddonfield in May 2022.
In a different section of the same race, Kingsway graduate Kyle Rakitis, a Rutgers junior, PR’d with a 4:08.66. That’s No. 9 in Rutgers history.
Rakitis’s previous full mile PR was 4:10.09 in June 2021 at Hayward Field Nationals. His previous indoor PR was 4:12.55 at the 2022 Meet of Champions at the Bubble. His previous collge PR was 4:11.00 a year ago this week in Chicago.
MIT doesn’t have an all-time indoor top-10 on its web site.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 