Jenna Mulhern opened up her senior season in a big way on Saturday, running the second fastest track 5K time in Pennsylvania state history. Mulhern ran a time of 16:25.22 to finish as the top female in a mixed race at the Garden State Twilight meet in Edison, New Jersey.
Mulhern, who will be competing unattached for her senior season, moved up to PA No. 2 all-time over 5,000 meters on the track with her performance. That trails only Lydia Russell's 16:18.72 state record from 2019. For Mulhern, it's an eight second improvement on her previous track 5K best of 16:33.93 from the Boundary Battle last year.
Saturday night was the season opener for the Furman University commit. Despite some windy New Jersey conditions, Mulhern still came away with a nice PR, and a solid opener to what will be an unconventional XC season for the senior without the normal slate of meets.
Next up for Mulhern is the Florida State Invitational to race a 6K. She'll be headed to Tallahassee for Friday's meet against some college competition in her what will be her debut 6K.
Check out the results of the 5K at the Garden State Twilight below.
Mixed 5000 meter Run Open
Finals
PLACE NAME GRADE TEAM MARK HEAT
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1 Joe Rosa UNA 14:25.40 5
2 Thomas Long UNA 15:03.57 5
3 David Dorsey UNA 15:07.04 5
4 Evan Kaiser UNA 15:09.27 5
5 Daniel Lewis UNA 15:15.86 5
6 Renzo Almeida UNA 15:20.53 5
7 Bradley Kilheeney UNA 15:23.51 5
8 Michael McCann UNA 15:26.88 5
9 Jayson Harmer UNA 15:43.77 5
10 Joseph Squillacioti UNA 15:46.67 5
11 Greg Selke UNA 15:50.77 5
12 Justin Moran UNA 16:03.56 5
13 Calvin Schneck UNA 16:10.64 4
14 Grant Smith UNA 16:12.41 4
15 Mike O'Dowd UNA 16:21.70 5
16 Tommy Brady UNA 16:24.30 4
17 Jenna Mulhern UNA 16:25.22 4
18 MJ Oswald UNA 16:34.87 5
19 Michael Burke UNA 16:35.02 4
20 Norbert Kuter UNA 16:44.11 4
