Updated Maine Indoor All-time best marks
Bethanie Brown of Waterville broke her own Maine all-time best mark in the Mile at the New Balance Grand Prix meet @ Reggie Lewis center this evening. Brown's finishing time was 4:54.57 as she finished 2nd overall in a star studed field. The old mark from the New England Champion meet was 4:56.35
Race Recap (Full article)
In the junior girls one mile, the field stayed packed in for a blazing 72-second quarter mile split, with Raleigh, NC and Duke-bound senior Wesley Frazier taking the lead and dragging Waterville, ME's Bethanie Brown to a comfortable 2:26.5 opening half, putting major real estate between the two of them and the field. Sarah Gillespie of Northwest Catholic in Connecticut made a strong move with 300 meters to go, waking a sleeping giant in Brown, but never allowing Frazier to take notice. Frazier split 33 seconds over her final 200 to take an easy win in 4:48.94, just two seconds from Emily Lipari's meet record, with Brown (4:54.57) outdueling Gillespie (4:54.81) to the line for 2nd and 3rd overall. Frazier's kick looked as smooth as the rest of her race, one in which she simply chopped off 36 second splits as if she was running intervals on her training track. Demonstrating the depth of the field, all 12 runners were under 5:07, and the chase pack was tightly-wound until some furious kicking over the final 200 meters.
Watch the race
Event 7 Girls 1 Mile Junior
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NBIG: 4:46.77 2010 Emily Lipari, USA
World Jr: 4:24.10 2/20/2010 Kalkaden Gezahegn, ETH
American Jr: 4:32.30 3/2/1980 Darlene Beckford, Harvard
Name Year Team Finals
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Finals
1 Wesley Frazier USA 4:48.94 4:31.46 (1500)
2 Bethanie Brown USA 4:54.57
3 Sarah Gillespie USA 4:54.81
4 Ryen Frazier USA 4:59.73
5 Katie Lembo USA 5:01.04
6 Sara Sargent USA 5:01.56
7 Sheridan Wilbur USA 5:02.40
8 Marissa Ruskan USA 5:02.96
9 Keelin Hollowood USA 5:03.53
10 Julie Williams USA 5:04.72
11 Annika Gompers USA 5:05.39
12 Julie McConville USA 5:06.31
