Haddonfield freshman Dylan Hosty ran the 5th-fastest 1,600 or mile in South Jersey history Friday at the 130th Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
Hosty ran 4:49.48 for a full mile, which converts to 4:47.80 for 1,600 meters. Her previous PR was 4:51.58 over 1,600 meters at indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. She ran a 4:53.67 full mile indoors at the Ott Center, which converts to 4:51.97 for 1,600 meters.
Hosty negatived 72.08, 74.94, 73.68 and 68.79 for a second half mile of 2:22.47. Her time is 3rd-fastest among all U.S. freshmen this year and 2nd-fastest over a full mile on the all-time New Jersey list, behind only Sparata’s Claudia DiSomma, who ran 4:47.04 in a meet at Icahn Stadium in New York in 2010.
Hosty lowered the South Jersey freshman mile record of 5:00.16 set in 2014 by Briana Gess of Haddonfield in Glassboro. Gess ran 4:45.97 for 1,600 meters as a freshman when she won the Meet of Champions in South Plainfield, but you can’t convert 1,600 meters into a mile. You can’t convert up, only down.
All-Time South Jersey 1,600-Meter List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:47.80y … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:48.73y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:53.67 full mile Ott, January
4:51.58 1600 Ocean Breeze, MoC
4:49.48 = 4:47.80
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 