Quite a steeplechase debut Monday evening for Northern Burlington’s Liliah Gordon.
Gordon, a Penn State freshman who’s red-shirting this spring, placed 2nd in her first lifetime 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Widener Last Chance Invitational in Chester in 10:34.78.
That’s the 2nd-fastest steeplechase in the last eight years by a South Jersey woman. Mainland Regional’s Gillian Lovett, a La Salle sophomore, ran 10:33.24 at the Penn Relays in April.
This was only Gordon’s 3rd race this outdoor season. She ran a couple 5,000s, including a 16:31.18 in Lewisburg in April.
Sydney Shock of Johns Hopkins won the race in 10:33.19, 6th-fastest this year in NCAA Division 3. Her time would be 23rd-fastest among Division 1 freshmen if she were officially competing this spring for Penn State.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 