Piccirillo 2nd in Mile at New Balance Indoor Nationals

Villanova signee Angel Piccirillo (Homer Center, PA) broke the Armory facility record at the New Balance Indoor Nationals, but was bested by USA #1 miler Hannah Meier (Grosse Pointe, MI), who lowered her nation's best time by almost a second and broke Villanova's Emiliy Lipari's meet record from 2010. This race went according to script, at least according to the national performance list prior to the race. Hannah Meier was #1 and Piccirillo, at #3 nationally, was the next highest ranked miler. On Sunday, Piccirillo ran 4:45.05, less than a second off the Pennsylvania state record she ran on February 25th at the PA state meet. Piccirillo held off Syracuse-bound Brianna Nerud, who took third.

Event 10  Girls 1 Mile Run
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    National: N 4:38.50  3/17/1972   Debbie Heald, Neff, La Mira
        Meet: M 4:42.64  3/14/2010   Emily Lipari, Roslyn, NY   
      Armory: A 4:46.11  1/7/2012    Samantha Nadel, North Shore
    Freshman: F 4:40.10  3/16/1973   Mary Decker, Orange, CA    
   Sophomore: O 4:46.13  3/14/2004   Nicole Blood, Saratoga, NY 
      Junior: J 4:38.50  3/17/1972   Debbie Heald, Neff, La Mira
      Senior: S 4:39.00  2/24/1978   Lynn Jennings, Bromfield, H
    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
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Finals                                                          
  1 Hannah Meier              13 Grosse Point           4:42.60M
  2 Angel Piccirillo          12 Homer-Center Tc-Pa     4:45.05A
  3 Brianna Nerud             12 North Shore Rc-Ny      4:45.29A
  4 Megan Moye                12 Cosby Tc-Va            4:47.75 
  5 Alexis Panisse            12 Benjamin Car           4:48.36 
  6 Katie Fortner             14 Cave Spring Tc-Va      4:49.79 
  7 Carolyn Bethel            13 Hidden Valley Tc-Va    4:52.40 
  8 Maria Seykora             12 Academy of N           4:52.44 
  9 Ellie Gonzalez            14 Catholic Tc-Md         4:53.78 
 10 Audrey Batzel             12 Ocean Lakes Tc-Va      4:55.85 
 11 Anna Boyert               12 Medina Tc-Oh           4:56.12 
 12 Reagan Anderson           13 Adrenaline Tc-De       4:56.26 
 13 Catherine Maloy           13 Academy Of T           4:58.66 
 14 Haley Meier               13 Grosse Point           4:59.12 
 15 Samantha George           12 Una-Nc-Ralei           5:01.97 
 16 Sara Barron               12 Una-Mi-Oakla           5:05.92 
 17 Avery Evenson             13 Una-Mi-Howel           5:06.70