HS Boys Meet of Champions Mile - Spencer Smucker 4:18.66

West Chester Henderson's Spencer Smucker will certainly be one to watch this upcoming fall on the cross country course. But before that, Smucker took one last stab at a fast time on his home track, Friday night, competing in the boys' "Meet of Champions" mile at the Hoka One One John Hay PA Distance Festival.

Smucker, a junior, laid down the best kick of the night, making up a nice margin on the leader in the closing 150 meters. In a dash to the line between Smucker, Haverford's James Abrahams, and Cheltenham's Will Griffen, Smucker took the win in a new mile PR of 4:18.66. Griffen took second in 4:18.70 and Abrahams was third in 4:19.17.

Relive the race above and check out Smucker's kick. You can also watch a post-race interview with Smucker below:


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Boys 1 Mile Run Elite
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  Points
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  1    46 Smucker, Spencer       Warrior Trac         4:21.01    4:18.66  
  2    37 Griffen, Will          Cheltenham           4:18.00    4:18.70  
  3    41 Abrahams, James        Haverford To         4:20.28    4:19.17  
  4    35 Scratchard, Jed        Unattached           4:19.40    4:22.63  
  5   169 Dorenkamp, Evan        Unattached           4:29.00    4:23.87  
  6    18 Wisner, Jack           Carlisle Track C     4:20.00    4:24.10  
  7    31 Avila, Andrew          Unattached           4:20.00    4:24.32  
  8    36 James, Patrick         O'Hara T/F C         4:22.24    4:24.37  
  9    32 Avila, Chris           Unattached           4:19.00    4:24.70  
 10    38 Ritz, Owen             Germantown A         4:21.93    4:26.69  
 11    44 Knoebel, Ethan         Southern Col         4:26.80    4:27.59  
 12   211 Rollins, Tyler         Whippets Track C     4:27.00    4:27.87  
 13    43 Zilligen, Matthew      LaSalle Trac         4:24.11    4:28.80  
 14    42 Paul, Stephen          LaSalle Trac         4:28.24    4:30.42  
 15    34 Matsumura, Thomas      Unattached           4:23.54    4:32.52  
 16    45 Stanley, Andrew        Southern Hun         4:30.57    4:33.23  
 17    33 Colucci, John          Unattached           4:28.36    4:34.52  
 18    40 Riley, Colin           Germantown F         4:20.00    4:36.36