It's Ben Malone over Edward Cheserek at Loucks Game Mile

Villanova-bound Ben Malone stormed back with a closing lap of 56.0 today at the Loucks Games in White Plains, NY to beat future Oregon Duck Edward Cheserek in a battle of New Jersey prep phenoms.  Cheserek, the two-time defending Foot Locker Cross Country national champion, is the US high school record holder over two miles indoors (8:39.15), and owns a 4:02.21 mile PR.  Malone is the 2012 national indoor champion over 800 meters and won both the Eastern States two mile and Millrose prep mile titles this year.  His mile PR is 4:05.59, set at this year's Penn Relays.  The two Jersey stars might very well have been college teammates: Malone committed to Villanova on October 13th of last year, while Cheserek visited Villanova on his final recruiting visit in early February before signing with Oregon on February 20th .

The race video is available HERE.  
 


Here are the top 15 finishers across all three heats:

Finals                                                                 
  1 Malone, Ben           12   Pascack Valley         4:09.73   10   
  2 Cheserek, Edward      12   St. Benedicts          4:11.19    8   
  3 Manahan, Ryan         12   Marcellus              4:13.07    6   
  4 Shine, Stephen        12   Briarcliff             4:13.47    4   
  5 Holt, Eric            12   Carmel                 4:14.45    2   
  6 Kelly, Sean           11   Chaminade              4:14.78    1   
  7 Kelley, Bryce              Chariho                4:16.72        
  8 Coppinger, Patrick    12   Lowell                 4:18.34        
  9 Germano, Philo             Albany                 4:19.09        
 10 Meehan, Tom           11   Eastport-S Manor       4:20.31        
 11 Greene, Sidgie        12   Thomas Jefferson       4:22.52        
 12 Gordon, Conor         12   Franklin Academy       4:22.63        
 13 Ball, Ronaldo         12   Curtis                 4:22.68        
 14 Pompilj, Marco        10   Collegiate School      4:22.86        
 15 Marlow, Morgan        12   Franklin Academy       4:23.40      

Malone sits on Cheserek's heels at Loucks Games mile

Malone wins by 10 meters over Edward Cheserek