Ben Malone Seizes Eastern States 2-Mile Championship

On the heels of his dominating victory at last week's Millrose Games High School Mile, Villanova's 2013 signee Ben Malone tonight won the prestigious Eastern States championship over two miles.  The race was a relatively slow affair -- Malone's 2-mile PR (9:12.02) is a full 9 seconds faster than his winning time tonight (9:21.17) -- but Malone's superior speed allowed him to run away from the other two competitors in the lead trio, and he won by almost two full seconds.

Up against Malone tonight were seniors Jimmy Daniels, who will run next year at St. Joseph's (PA), and Shawn Wilson (one of Marc Pelerin's charges at Cherokee High School in Marlton, NJ), who has signed on with Syracuse University.   Second-place finisher Josiah Hanko -- still a junior -- finished 2nd at the New Jersey state meet over 1600 meters on Saturday.  So, overall, a solid victory over a talented field of competitors.






Eastern States Championships

Boys 2 Mile Run
================================================================
    Name                    Year School                  Finals 
================================================================
  1 Malone, Ben               12 Pascack Vall           9:21.17  
  2 Hanko, Josiah             11 Trinity Chri           9:23.03  
  3 Daniels, Jimmy            12 Sterling               9:23.62  
  4 Wilson, Shawn             12 Cherokee               9:31.48  
  5 Watts, Mike               11 Islip                  9:34.89  
  6 Scott, Kevin              12 Ocean City             9:42.37  
  7 Kroon, Kyle               11 Toms River S           9:45.66  
  8 Adamovics, Andy           12 Montgomery             9:47.62  
  9 Jones, Leland             10 Summit                 9:48.93  
 10 Colon, Ryan               12 Old Bridge             9:50.45  
 11 Tedeschi, Andrew          12 Montville              9:55.84  
 12 Dillon, Ben               11 Cherry Hill            9:55.95  
 13 Italiano, Tyler           10 Syosset                9:56.55  
 14 Wathen, John              12 Pleasant Val          10:00.56  
 15 Murphy, James             12 Ridge                 10:00.76  
 16 Ehmann, Paul              10 West Morris           10:03.10  
 17 Bustamante, Louis         11 Wallkill Val          10:05.39  
 18 Teachen, Tommy            11 Hopewell Val          10:07.98  
 19 Carosi, Andrew            12 North Hunter          10:09.22  
 20 Mugavero, David           11 North Hunter          10:09.39  
 21 Kessler, Luke             11 Haddon Twp            10:14.61  
 22 Minion, Mike              12 Cherry Hill           10:19.63  
 23 Sisto, Chris              11 Bernards              10:19.82  
 24 Biro, Robert              12 Morris Hills          10:21.51  
 25 Dufresne, Rich            12 Old Bridge            10:25.11  
 26 Weillep, Matthew          11 Manhasset             10:25.72  
 27 Seibert, Nick             12 North Hunter          10:35.56  
 28 Sergison, Matt            12 North Hunter          10:56.22