Julia Flanagan didn’t just break the Burlington County Open 3,200 record Saturday morning.
She annihilated it.
Flanagan cruised to an outdoor PR 10:29.53 at Lenape, breaking the meet record of nearly half a minute.
At the 1995 County Open at Maple Shade, Northern Burlington’s Colleen Sunderland set a meet record of 10:56.3 that stood for 31 years. The closest anyone has gotten to that record since is 10:58.97 by Lenape’s Megan Quimby at the 2015 meet.
Flanagan has run slightly faster indoors – 10:29.07 at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in March – but her previous outdoor PR was 10:33.44 in Holmdel two weeks ago.
Flanagan had already built a 30-meter lead on the field after 400 meters and she came through 800 in 2:32.11 and 1,600 meters in 5:11.76 before closing in 75.47 and winning by about 200 meters.
Her time is No. 4 in New Jersey this year and No. 1 in South Jersey by more than 20 seconds. She’s No. 9 on the all-time South Jersey outdoor list and No. 3 in Burlington County.
Cherokee sophomore Erin Healy ran 11:09.59 for 2nd place, just a fraction off her PR of 11:09.25 from last month at Cherokee.
All-Time South Jersey Outdoor 3,200 List
10:12.8h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:22.02 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
10:22.20 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Bu;rlington], 2024
10:27.44 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
10:28.6y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:29.28y … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
10:29.53 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 2026
10:30.57 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:32.54 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
10:32.4y….. Mindy Rowand [Sterling], 1985
10:33.22 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:33.25 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:33.85 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 