She never ran one in high school. She never ran one at Penn. She never ran one at Duke. On Sunday, Aliya Garozzo tried something she had never done. An 800.
Garozzo ran 2:07.06 in her first lifetime 800 at the Duke Twilight Invitational in Durham, N.C. Not a bad debut!
Obviously, Garozzo is world class in the 400-meter hurdles [54.90] and national class in the 400 [52.43] and she’s run as fast as 13.52 in the high hurdles. But this was a first for the Sicklerville native.
Garozzo was out fast in 60.77 and came back in 66.29. Her 2:07.06 is No. 11 on the all-time South Jersey alumni list.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 