There are PRs and then there are PRs. Moorestown senior Sean Sobin ran a doozy Wednesday.
In a batch meet featuring Moorestown, Cherokee, Camden Eastside, Cherry Hill West and Camden Catholic with FAT timing, Sobin won the 800 in 2:00.98, with Quaker juniors Ethan Taylor [2:02.22] and Lucas Horner [2:04.82] finishing 2nd and 3rd.
What makes this notable is that according to his MileSplit page, this was only his 2nd lifetime 800 and a PR by nearly eight seconds.
The only previous 800 Sobin is listed as running was indoors in January at the Bubble, where he ran 2:09.70.
Note that it’s been nine years since a Moorestown boy ran sub-2 minutes outdoors. That was Kevin Fox, who ran . Horner dipped below 2 indoors with a 1:59.94 at the Ott Center in January. Tayor’s 2:02.22 is also a PR. He ran 2:03.53 when he placed 4th at Central Jersey Group 3 indoors at the Bubble.
Sobin’s 2:00.98 is 2nd-fastest by a South Jersey half-miler so far this outdoor season. Deptford junior John Collier ran 1:59.04 in a meet this past weekend in Lakewood.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 