Marlee Starliper wasted little time transitioning from cross country mode to track mode.
Starliper, of Northern, went up to New York a week removed from her 13th place finish at Foot Locker XC Nationals, and ran the nation's fastest mile of the young indoor season. Starliper ran away with the win in 4:47.21 at the Armory Coaches Hall of Fame Invitational at the Armory, using that XC fitness to propel her to a quick time.
Her time, a PA#1 and US#1, broke the Hall of Fame Invite meet record by over 5 seconds. She bookending her race with 34 second laps on the 200 meter oval and consistently running mid-36 second splits, as she managed to pull away from second place Lily Flynn of Ursuline School (NY) a little after the midway point.
It's not a PR for the reigning PA indoor mile state champ, who ran 4:43.49 at Penn State last year, but it's still a tremendous start to her junior season on the track.
Isabelle Goldstein of Germantown Academy was also in the field. The junior placed fifth in 5:09.44. State College's Kileigh Kane took 11th in 5:15.17.
According to the MileSplit database, Starliper's time is the fastest ever time run in December by a high school girl.
| INVITATIONAL GIRLS ONE MILE RUN FINALS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | H# | ||||
| 1 | Marlee Starliper | 11 | Northern | 4:47.21 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Lily Flynn | 12 | Ursuline School | 4:54.21 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Lauryn Heskin* | 10 | Marymount School | 5:04.49 | 1 | |||
| 4 | Sarah Flynn | 12 | Ursuline School | 5:07.57 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Isabelle Goldstein | 11 | Germantown Academy | 5:09.44 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Jordyn McDonnell | 12 | Sachem North | 5:10.22 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Maureen Lewin | 12 | Kellenberg Memorial | 5:10.67 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Roshni Singh | 11 | Bay Shore | 5:11.60 | 1 | |||
| 9 | Sonia Finkenberg | 11 | Rye Neck | 5:13.83 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Tess Pisanelli | 11 | Ridgefield High School | 5:13.86 | 1 | |||
| 11 | Kileigh Kane | 12 | State College Area High School | 5:15.17 | 1 | |||