2/22-Tilger to focus on Mile + 4x800 @ States

According to Archbishop Carroll Head Coach Phil Reilly, distance ace Mike Tilger will concentrate on the Mile and the 4x800 at the PTFCA State Indoor Championships this coming Saturday at Penn State University. Following their top US 7:57.11 4x800 on 2/21at the Hall of Fame Classic in NY, Carroll is now easily one of the favorites for the 4x800 championship. Others include the PCL\'s Bonner, LaSalle and O\'Hara, plus North Penn and Warwick. Tilger holds the top 3000-3200-2 mile time in the state of 9:26.89 (2 miles). Tilger ran a PA #3 4:21.04 at PCLs on 2/15. With his 1:55-point closing anchor on the 4x800 2/21, that puts Tilger in what should be a feature race against the state\'s two sub-4:13 guys, Steve Hallinan, O\'Hara, 4:12.72, and Chris Spooner, Lewisburg, 4:12.98. Hallinan is coming back from a brief break because of a foot injury, but rebounded to a 4:18 split on 2/21 in the DMR. The state indoor record is 4:11.57, held by North Penn\'s Blair Mancini, and was set in 1981.