LUFF - 14:15!

"Luff was Brilliant!" - Coach Jerry Alexander

PRINCETON, NJ -- Running in the fastest of 5 heats in cool conditions, Sam Luff crushed the GRC record in the 5k at the Larry Ellis Invite with a time of 14:15.2 last night. Luff was attempting to run 4:35 pace and finish just south of 14:20. This is a 20-second PR for Luff and it smashes the previous 5,000m track club record of 14:46 by 26 seconds.

REPORT: Luff hit 3200m in 9:08.

MORE: North Bethesda Distance Project projected Luff at 14:17 as late as Thursday.

Wiegner has off day, runs 15:05

ALEXANDER: "Pace was slow (for Wiggy), like 9:26. (He) made a big move to open up the pack but the move hurt him bad and he struggled last mile. He fought very very hard but was not fully recovered from Pike's Peek. The effort was there and tactics were right on. I'll call the night a huge success though--Luff was brilliant!"

Hanson - 3:54.7I (eq 4:12 mile)...just .4 seconds off GRC record!

ALEXANDER: "60.8 at 4, very slow second lap, 63 on 3rd and strong finish, 45.3 appx on last 3. He caused race to be called back with an NHL caliber check on a guy who cut him off. He said race felt too easy. He'll be ready for big PR at Penn."

Section  1                                                               
  1 Nightingale, David           Unattached          14:00.00   13:58.58N
  2 Rome, Cody                   Navy                14:00.00   14:01.81N
  3 Cheserek, Edward             Graybee Track Club  14:42.00   14:02.33N
  4 Edelman, Nate                Cornell             13:50.00   14:06.00N
  5 Snyder, Paul                 Columbia            14:05.00   14:07.81N
  6 Rop, Glarius                 American Int'l      14:06.66   14:07.88N
  7 Meyer, Lucas                 Boston Athle        14:00.00   14:08.68N
  8 Quinn, Tim                   Richmond            14:08.00   14:08.96N
  9 Bendtsen, Chris              Princeton           14:04.00   14:09.40N
 10 Martin, Brendan              Columbia            14:10.00   14:09.77N
 11 Murray, Kyle                 Unattached          14:10.91   14:09.91N
12 Gibson, Robert               Boston U.           14:18.73   14:09.94N
 13 Hackett, Everett             Unattached          14:11.03   14:11.34N
 14 Medrano, Tito                Syracuse            14:00.00   14:12.79 
 15 Williams, Lex                In the Arena        14:10.00   14:13.99 
 16 Luff, Sam            Georgetown R  14:08.00 14:15.20 
 17 Veiga, Jeff                  Umass Lowell        14:09.11   14:15.70 
 18 Lowry, Dan                   Brown               14:00.00   14:16.27 
 19 Murphy, Mike                 Columbia            14:10.00   14:18.26 
 20 Frankin, Michael             Princeton           14:12.00   14:19.44 
 21 Corcoran, Paul               Columbia            14:10.00   14:19.52 
 22 McDonnell, Kevin             St. Joseph's (Pa.)  14:15.07   14:19.64 
 23 Composto, Nico               Columbia            14:05.00   14:22.29 
 24 Schmidt, Michael             Middlebury          14:17.00   14:27.15 
 25 Weeks, Steven                Syracuse            14:10.00   14:28.11 
 26 Poland, Tom                  Columbia            14:12.00   14:30.23 
 27 Veilleux, Ben                Columbia            14:00.00   14:31.96 
 28 Keefe, Sean                  Syracuse            14:18.00   14:38.57 
 29 Bloomberg, Evan              Georgetown          14:18.00   14:40.70 
 30 Escareno, Christian          Brown               14:00.00   14:42.09 
 31 Koloseus, Jay                Syracuse            14:18.00   14:47.53 
 32 Kaulbach, Max                Princeton           14:12.00   14:53.92 
 33 Ryan, Nick                   Northeastern        14:18.00   15:04.06