Mid-March each year marks the “distance carnival” phase of track season. St. Patrick’s Day weekend is the annual Dublin Distance Fiesta, and the following Friday is the Bronco Distance Roundup. Both are “PR Factories”, as Dublin announcer Scott Abbott says, meaning these events are electric and bring out the early season best in distance runners.
PR’s (personal records) are never easy, but with these student athletes’ commitment to off season conditioning and willingness to take a patient approach to training, it’s no surprise that 100% of our freshmen hit PR’s at these distance-only events. After a full high school track season of training and hitting a peak, it’s a little harder for sophomores and returners to hit PR’s, but every sophomore at Whitney hit a PR at the distance-only events. The PR’s become tougher and incrementally smaller for runners in their 3rd or 4th year, especially our top runners who’ve gone deep into the postseason at a peak level; but there were a lot of personal bests in that group, as well as just some great performances. Overall, the percentage of PR’s for Whitney runners was higher than the Dublin average, which is a testament to the commitment of the student athletes in our program.
Now is a good time to restate that we are a distance program, meaning we train distance runners. Our runners train generally for distance, and as we get into the second half of the season, some will “specialize”, usually thinking either in terms of 1600/800, or 1600/3200, and once in a while a 400/800 runner. Because of our distance approach, we value training runners to improve in the 3 main distance events: 800, 1600, and 3200. If any of our returning runners is able to PR in all 3 in a single season, we call that the trifecta 🙂
Let’s start with the ladies.
And since there’s no divisions at these recent distance-only meets, we’ll recognize each alphabetically by last name.
Taylor Bettencourt (JR)
Taylor hit a PR in the 800 at 3:05. And she has done the incredible… Taylor’s PR in the 1600 was 6:39.68, and at Dublin she bested that by 0.03 of a second for a 6:39.65! A PR is a PR, right? Then she came back at Bronco and hit 6:39.41, PR by 0.24 of a second. There aren’t too many people who can go in with a 6:39, PR at 6:39, then PR again at 6:39. What are the odds she’ll PR at 6:39 in her next 1600?
Sophie Bowen (JR)
At the start of the season, Sophie raced a 3200 at Placer and clocked 12:30, one second off of her PR of 12:29 from last year. So she had to patiently wait on that til Bronco. She set out for a “low 12’s” pace and mastered it perfectly, coming through in a convincing new PR of 12:08. This mark all of a sudden gets her what should be a qualifying mark for the prestigious Sacramento Meet of Champions. Sophie also hit an impressive 5:32 in the 1600, a 7-second PR, and a 3-second PR in the 800 at 2:34 at Dublin. Sophie has hit the trifecta for the season, meaning she has already hit PR’s in all 3 distance events, and it is still only March.
Rae Britton (FR)
Rae looks more and more like an accomplished runner each week. Her dedication and hard work are paying off as she started off with a solid 6:29 mile in her first high school race, and has quickly lowered that to 6:09 at Bronco, which puts her in the conversation of maybe hitting that elusive sub-6 mile. Rae also lowered her 3200 time at Dublin by 14 seconds.
Alishia Elie (SO)
Last year, Alishia broke 6 minutes in the 1600. Her early races this season were just above 6 minutes, so she unquestionably was driven to get back under 6. At Bronco, not only did she break 6, but she beat her previous personal best of 5:52, and even eclipsed the 5:50 barrier, going 5:49! She then came back for the 800 and got within 2 tenths of a second of hitting another PR.
Addison Ewers (FR)
The best way to describe Addi in her 800 at Dublin was that she was shot out of a cannon. She ran a very fast first lap and held the sizable lead all the way to the dramatic 2:20 finish, which earned her a first place t-shirt, and has her suddenly ranked top 10 in the section. Addi had just run a blazing 5:20 in the 1600 earlier that morning. Both very impressive PR’s. With those marks resoundingly accomplished, Addi was able to focus on lowering her already impressive 12:10 PR in the 3200. And so at Bronco, she set a pace for 11:40 and clicked off the laps to achieve exactly that mark.
Ava Hurren (FR)
We did a time trial at the end of cross country season when everyone was in peak running fitness. There, Ava eclipsed the 6-minute mile by a couple seconds, unofficially of course. So she was mildly disappointed when she went 6:12 in her first track meet. It didn’t take long for her to break 6 officially though, and then at Bronco she lowered her time to 5:50 for an impressive early season PR. She also PR’d by 7 seconds in the 800 at Bronco, placing 3rd in her heat and ending up with a t-shirt.
Sophie Hutchinson (FR)
Sophie methodically improved in cross country to the point of making the state team, and she has picked up in track where she left off in cross country. Right away breaking 6 minutes in the mile, she then broke 5:30 at Dublin, hitting 5:25. Then she eclipsed that in an exciting fast heat at Bronco, down to 5:22. She also PR’d in the 3200 by a whopping 37 seconds, going 11:37 at Dublin. And she is near breaking 2:30 in the 800, going 2:32 at Bronco.
Gillian Kingery (SR)
Even though it’s tough for senior girls to reach PR’s, Gillian has done just that. At Bronco, she went 6:27 in the 1600, a 7 second PR. She followed that up with an 8 second PR in the 800, going 2:51, placing top 3 in her heat to earn a t-shirt. It’s worth mentioning that she also has PR’d in the 3200, so she has hit the trifecta this season (lifetime PR’s in all 3 distance events), and it’s only March.
Ava Kopec (JR)
Ava started with the Sombrero heat (fastest heat) of the 1600, hitting an impressive early season mark of 5:12. Later she came back with an 11:10 3200m effort. Then at Bronco, she focused on a fresh 800, hitting 2:18, just a second off her postseason best from her championship season in 2022. All 3 early season marks put her Top 10 in the Sac Joaquin Section, including 5th in her specialty event, the 800.
Katie Kopec (SR)
Katie raced in the Sombrero heat at Dublin in the 1600, placing 6th in a time of 5:04, then followed that up with an even more impressive 3rd place finish in the Sombrero heat of the 3200, going 10:33, which is just 3 seconds from her incredible Arcadia performance a season ago. For fun, she raced a fresh 800 at Bronco, nearly winning it all, but placing 2nd while equaling her personal best. Katie is ranked #1 in the section in the 800 and 3200, and is #2 in the 1600.
Manaswin Kotte (SO)
Manaswin did just one event at Bronco, a fresh 3200. She seemed confident in that being her focus. Her personal best from last year sat at 14:17, so the plan for her first 3200 of this season was to keep as close to a 7-min per mile pace. She ran super tough and averaged a 7:07, hitting a new PR in 14:15.
Jane Landon (FR)
In one of the most electric races at Dublin, Jane climbed the lead pack in the 3200 under the lights, outlasting several top performers to nearly break 11 minutes. She had run a very nice 11:34 just a couple weeks prior, but PR’d by over half a minute to post an incredible 11:03, which at the moment is the 6th fastest time in the section. This followed a sub-5:20 mile PR earlier in the day. Jane placed 3rd in each of her Dublin races, earning a couple of t-shirts. At Bronco, she bested that mile by lowering it to 5:14. And in her first-ever 800 as a high schooler, immediately broke the 2:30 barrier, crossing in 2:29.
Addy Lee (FR)
Addy has methodically lowered her 800m time since clocking a 3:31 in her first race. She PR’d at Dublin, then dropped that mark substantially to nearly breaking 3 minutes at Bronco, running 3:08. Similarly, in the 1600, Addy’s first race was just under 8 minutes, but is now threatening the 7-minute barrier after knocking off half a minute at Dublin, then improving on that with a 7:06 at Bronco.
Sophia Lopez (SO)
It was a cold, windy, rainy 1600 when sophomore newcomer Sophia ran her first high school race, managing a time under 8 minutes. But with some consistent training and great weather at Dublin, she took more than a full minute off her time, and now sits at 6:44. Sophia then raced the 800, dominating her heat and earning a t-shirt. At Bronco, Sophia hit an even 3:00 in the 800, no doubt setting up for sub-3 next time out.
Inessa Maldonado (FR)
Inessa has raced the 1600 five times this season, and has hit a PR each time, nibbling her way down to a current 7:09 from Bronco. She has had similar success improving her 800m time, from 3:39 her first time, down to 3:20 at Bronco.
Juliana Ruscica (FR)
Juliana toughed out an 8:20 mile in rough winter conditions at the start of the season, but has taken nearly 40 seconds off that mark to post a 7:42 at Dublin. And in a very determined effort, she bolted to 2nd place on the first back stretch of her 800 at Dublin and held that position for a 3:21 PR, which was more than a half minute faster than her previous best. And in the process, she won a t-shirt as a top-3 finisher.
Grace Scott (JR)
At Dublin, Grace set out to better her 11:45 PR in the 3200 from the 2022 season. Grinding out a tough effort for 8 laps, she needed a strong finish to break that mark, and ended up clocking 11:44. The next morning, Grace was a bit disappointed to miss her 1600m PR by 4 seconds. But a week later at Bronco, she set a blistering pace to hit a very fast 5:13, shattering her 2-year-old mark by 11 seconds. She followed that up with a 2:24 in the 800, which is a new PR. Grace has hit the trifecta for the season (PR’s in all 3 distance races), with still a couple months left in the season.
Isabel Soto (SO)
In one of the most anticipated races at Dublin–which ended up being among the most exciting–was when four of our girls seeded between 5:29 and 5:30 lined up in the same heat. All of them hit substantial PR’s, including Isabel, blazing to a 5:20 (10 seconds better than her recent PR, and already 19 seconds faster than 2022). Later in the 800, she sped to a 2:24, finishing 2nd and earning a t-shirt. Isabel had already PR’d in the 3200, breaking 12 minutes for the first time ever at Placer; but she bolstered her trifecta as she PR’d by more than 10 seconds in the 3200 with a new mark of 11:46.
At the midpoint of the 2023 season, Whitney girls have proven to be both fast and deep. We already have 10 girls who’ve broken the 6-minute barrier in the 1600, and 7 girls under 12 minutes in the 3200, both all-time bests for Whitney. Our top girls fill the majority of spots in the top 10 rankings for league. And one glance beyond the top group shows there’s not much of a let-up. We call it the accordion effect when they’re all lined up and pushing each other to get faster.
The story isn’t much different on the boys’ side. With over 30 runners logging race data, the accordion effect is fairly profound with our guys too. There’s a lot to analyze, but one thing stands out now as the dust settles following a flurry of distance events in March… we’ve got 13 boys who’ve broken the 5-minute barrier in the mile, and there are 8 more who are under 5:10. The record, by the way for Whitney, is 16 boys in one season getting into the 4’s. For the 3200, we have tied the mark of 6 runners under 10 minutes, and there are currently 3 more under 10:10.
Like our girls, our boys did really well at the recent distance carnivals. Again, since there are no divisions at these meets, we’ll recognize them alphabetically.
Simon Aragoza (FR)
Simon raced a very solid 3200 at Dublin, clocking 11:00. For a freshman to break 11 minutes is pretty eye-opening, and he came within a second. At Bronco, Simon focused on the shorter distances, coming within 10 seconds of another barrier, the 5-minute mile, hitting a fast 5:09, good enough to win his heat and a t-shirt. And showing off his speed, he flew to a 2:15 in the 800… another win, and another t-shirt.
Aidan Barkve (SR)
Aidan was among the first of our returning runners to hit the trifecta, hitting a couple of lifetime PR’s before we even got to the distance carnivals. But at Dublin, Aidan ran like a man possessed as he went from the mid-10’s in the 3200 to nearly breaking 10 at 10:08, which may be good enough to qualify for Meet of Champions. The next day, he came back with a huge PR, going 4:43 in the 1600. Then Aidan capped it all off with a 2:14 PR in the 800 at Bronco.
Maxwell Bowen (SO)
Max wanted to run just one race at Dublin, so he promptly ran a fresh 1600 in a new PR of 5:24. A week later at Bronco, he shaved another second off of that, then PR’d in the 3200 at 11:29. With an 800 PR already in the books for the 2023 season, Max was one of the first on the team to hit the trifecta.
Peyton Boyd (JR)
Peyton’s PR from 2022 was 5:05 from SFL Finals. At Dublin, going for a sub-5 mark, he lowered his best to 5:02. Then at Bronco, he came very close once again to breaking 5, this time going 5:04. Peyton improved his 800, clocking 2:22 at Dublin. He also posted a PR in the 3200 at 11:20, completing the trifecta, with still many weeks to lower his times, including a legitimate shot at sub-5 in the 1600..
Tyler Crabtree (FR)
Tyler hit a couple of big marks at Dublin, winning a top-3 t-shirt each time. In the 1600, Tyler became one of many runners on the team knocking at the door of sub-5 by finishing in a time of 5:07, down from 5:23 just a couple weeks earlier. His 3200 time of 11:04 puts him in a similar predicament of knocking on another door… maybe break 11 next time out? Tyler was 2nd in his heat and won a t-shirt.
Mateo DelGadillo (SR)
Never really having an ideal 1600 race in 2022, Mateo’s PR was 4:34, still good, but probably not representative of what he could run. So his 4:25 PR at Dublin was as expected as it was impressive, and good for 2nd in his heat and a t-shirt. His 800 time from 2022 on the other hand was very indicative of his ability, as he peaked at an elite 1:57. He came close to that in the Sombrero heat, clocking 1:59. At Bronco, the plan was to race a fresh 3200, which bought him a fast 9:37 and a 21-second PR.
Joey Gloria (JR)
One of our non-freshman first-year distance runners, Joey wasn’t able to hit a PR in the 3200, but came back the next day and dropped over 20 seconds off his mile time for 3rd in his heat, earning a t-shirt, and a new PR at 5:14. At Bronco, Joey earned another t-shirt, finishing 2nd for a 2:20 PR.
Johann Gothold (FR)
Johann had run a 5:20 mile to start the season and was hoping to improve upon that at Dublin. Not only did he improve, but almost broke 5 minutes in the process, crossing the line in 5:02. He also hit a PR in the 800, going 2:18, good enough for 3rd in his heat and a new t-shirt. He was the only one on the team to do the 800/3200 double at Bronco, where he shaved another 3 seconds off of his 800 time, and became the first freshman on our team this year to break 11 minutes in the 3200, clocking an impressive 10:59.
Connor Groff (FR)
Connor is our lone freshman boy to start on the distance squad this track season without having been on the cross country roster. The rigor of our sport has not deterred him as he is improving with the best of them. In the 800 at Dublin, Connor managed a 10-second PR at 2:35, then bested that at Bronco with a 2:30. He also ran the 1600 at Dublin, where he knocked 20 seconds off of his best to go 5:38.
Nick Herrmann (SR)
Nick is our first boy in Whitney history to qualify for two Sombrero heats at Dublin, the 1600 and 3200. In the 1600, he came within 2 seconds of his PR, clocking 4:25, and in the 3200 he was just one second from his PR of 9:19 from last year’s Masters Finals’ 5th place effort, which was just two positions from a state berth. Nick raced the fast heat of the 3200 at Bronco, nearly winning it all, but still getting 2nd and winning a t-shirt.
Aaron Humphries (SO)
One of our most improved runners in year-to-year comparison, Aaron seems to PR every time out. He has done a lot in “the other 22 hours” (what you do beyond practice) to improve as a runner. Aaron’s 5:28 1600 at Dublin was over 20 seconds faster than not only his time at the start of the season, but from his peak last year. His 800 had been just under 3 minutes in 2022 and when 2023 started, but at Bronco he went 2:38. Most profoundly, Aaron’s 3200 has improved by a minute and a half in the same timeframe, all the way down to 11:27, completing a most resounding trifecta of PR’s in all 3 race distances.
David Hurren (JR)
At Dublin, David achieved two impressive marks. One was a 4:35 PR in the 1600, which is a 4-second improvement over his peak in 2022. But the most exciting mark for David was breaking 10 minutes in the 3200. Last year at SFL Championships, David ran incredibly well to advance to divisionals as a sophomore with a 10:04. A time like that naturally causes a runner to pursue that 10-flat barrier, which David eclipsed with a 9:55.
Perry Hutchinson (JR)
Perry opened the season near the 5 minute mark in the 1600 and promptly broke that barrier at Dublin with a convincing 4:53. He also put down an eye-opening 3200m time in 10:32. At Bronco, Perry broke the 4:50 barrier, and went 4:49. Then he came back later with a 2:14 PR in the 800.
Maximus Kotte (FR)
Maximus hasn’t raced as much as his teammates, having missed a couple of meets. But quite literally in each race he has run, he has hit a lifetime PR. His most recent PR’s came at Bronco, where he claimed a top 3 spot and a t-shirt while clocking a 5:34 1600. He came back later for an all-new PR in the 800 at 2:28.
Tyler Kubota (SO)
In 2022, Tyler was the only freshman to break 5, achieving a mark of 4:57. At Dublin he improved on that by a second, but was hoping for more. So at Bronco, he broke 4:50 with an emphatic 4:49. Similarly, he was the only freshman last year to break 11 in the 3200, and soundly lowered that mark to 10:35 at Dublin. With an 800 PR earlier this season, Tyler has hit the trifecta of lifetime PR’s in all 3 distance events.
Davis Little (FR)
In middle school, Davis was a fast 400m runner. But in the early meets, he bypassed the 400, choosing to focus on the 1600, quickly posting a 5:18. He missed Dublin due to illness and had to wait til Bronco to lower that mark; Davis was able to improve his mark to a very fast 5:06. Davis is one of a handful of freshmen gunning for that elusive 5-minute barrier.
Noah Lopez (JR)
As a sophomore, Noah was one of five Whitney runners to break 10 minutes in a 3200 in a single race (most runners in Whitney history). A year later at Dublin, Noah knocked off 12 seconds from last year’s peak, hitting 9:42, which not only qualifies him for Meet of Champions, but possibly the more prestigious invitational portion of the meet. His mile time of 4:34 in 2022 went down at Dublin to 4:30, also qualifying for Meet of Champions. With a 2:05 PR in the 800, Noah has hit the trifecta.
Caden Martin (JR)
As a first year junior, Caden is on a really good trajectory of improvement. At Dublin, Caden set early season personal bests in the 1600 at 6:33, an 18-second PR, and in the 3200 at 14:32, a 54-second PR. At Bronco, he focused on improving his 800, carving 16 seconds off his time down to 2:49, while also lowering his 1600 to 6:29.
Keaton McDermott (FR)
In the 8 races Keaton has run in 2023, each one has been a lifetime best. His sub-6-minute mile PR was pummeled all the way down to 5:37 at Dublin, and then another couple seconds faster at Bronco. In the 800, He PR’d at Bronco by 10 seconds with a 2:37. But maybe his best race was the 3200 at Dublin, where he crushed his old PR by 43 seconds down to a solid 12:12, good enough for 3rd in his heat and a t-shirt. Keaton has since improved on that with a 12:05 at SFL#2.
Victor Needham (SO)
Victor PR’d at Dublin in the 1600 at 5:20, then again at Bronco for a solid 5:15. He also ran the 800 at Dublin, where he hit a 5-second PR at 2:20. The only race he hadn’t run in the 2023 season was the 3200. To hit the trifecta, Victor would need to improve on his 2022 time of 11:59, which he did at Bronco–by a whopping 33 seconds–down to 11:26.
Nathan Olah (FR)
One of our biggest stars of the distance carnivals was double winner Nathan Olah! In his 1600 heat at Dublin, Nathan took control late in the race and put on a devastating kick that gave nobody a chance to reel him in. He shattered his 5:27 PR, clocking 5:04 for 1st place and a t-shirt. He basically hit a replay in his 800, outkicking all competitors for a massive 14-second PR at 2:15. As if that wasn’t enough, Nathan flew right past the 5-min barrier and clocked 4:54 at Bronco, the first freshman this year to break 5. And finally, Nathan entered his first 3200 of his high school career and produced an impressive 11:18.
Jaden Rapp (SR)
Our veteran runners are always improving and perfecting their craft. Jaden, as a senior, is a perfect example of this as he may have had the best races of his life at the distance carnivals. First, in the 3200 at Dublin, Jaden’s early pace was a perfect setup for what we felt for a while he could do… threaten the 10-minute barrier; and he came within 4 seconds. This new 10:04 PR may be good enough to qualify him for Sacramento Meet of Champions. The next day in the 1600, again early race patience paid huge dividends as he was strong in the second half and broke out with a 4:36, a full 10 seconds better than his peak from 2022. Jaden ran the 800 at Bronco, once again hanging toward the back of the pack, letting the frenetic pace of the front runners burn out; he made his moves at the right time, saving his finishing kick for the final 110, a picture-perfect 800 for a convincing win. Jaden was rewarded with two t-shirts, one for winning the 800 at Bronco, and the other was for 3rd in the 1600 at Dublin.
Noah Reed (JR)
One of our runners whom we figured going into the season would have a reasonable chance at breaking 10 in the 3200, Noah made that his mission with an immediate 10-second PR at Placer, dropping his time to 10:14. This mark made the sub-5-min mile pace much more attainable, so at Dublin Noah went to work and came through with a successful 9:56. And then at Bronco, he focused on dropping his 1600 to a new 4:41 PR, an 8-second improvement. Noah continued his assault by powering to a 2:11 in the 800, a 4-second PR, which was a picture-perfect win in his heat, earning a t-shirt, and also completing the trifecta of PR’s in all 3 distance events.
Jack Regan (SO)
Jack’s personal best in the 1600 from 2022 was 5:36. He quickly got that down to 5:17 at Dublin, then all of a sudden dropped a 5:09 at Bronco. This puts him in the unofficial “Five-O Club” with 7 teammates at better than 5:10, all clamoring at the 5-minute mile barrier. And compared to 2022, Jack is also more than a full minute faster in the 3200 now, as he blasted an 11:34 at Dublin. He completed the trifecta by slicing 5 seconds off his 800, which now is 2:25.
Connor Rekers (SO)
Connor is suddenly one of our runners in the conversation of possibly breaking the 5-minute mile. He went 5:26 last year as a freshman, broke that at our league meet, dropped it even further to 5:11 at Dublin, then polished off a 5:07 at Bronco. In similar fashion, his 3200 as a freshman was 12:13, which he broke at Placer, then improved significantly to 11:11 at Bronco. All that and a 10-second PR in the 800 at 2:25, Connor has hit the season trifecta and is knocking on the door of breaking 5 and breaking 11.
Dario Ruscica (SR)
Since the end of last track season, Dario settled on a 4:51 PR in the 1600, itching to get under 4:50. An early season knee glitch inhibited his progress, but didn’t stop him from hitting a PR at Dublin; unfortunately that PR was by only a few tenths of a second, so he was still looking at 4:51. Dario’s moment came at Bronco where he hit 4:46, a new PR under 4:50. Plus he held on for 2nd place in his heat and got a t-shirt. In the 800 at Bronco, Dario didn’t quite hit a PR, but did win his heat, and another t-shirt.
Akanis Surapak (JR)
Akanis was able to hit a season best 2:20 in the 800 at Dublin. He got closer to a PR when he hit 2:16 at Bronco, just 2 seconds from his lifetime best. He did however earn a t-shirt for his 3rd place finish. In the 1600, he also hit a season best at 5:22, just 5 seconds off his peak from 2022. Once again he got a t-shirt, this time for placing 2nd.
Joel Tajiri (JR)
Even though Joel didn’t have his best race at Dublin in the 3200, he still came within 10 seconds of his amazing 10:04 last year. He had a very solid effort in the 1600 at Dublin, equaling his 4:39 best from 2022, and placing in the top 3 for a t-shirt. He came back later in the 800 and ran a very fast 2:09, just one second off his PR.
James Totaro (FR)
James broke 13 minutes in the 3200 for the first time ever when he went to Dublin and hit 12:48. In the 1600 the next day, he PR’d with a time of 5:43. At Bronco, James took an additional 13 seconds off of that for a very nice 5:30 PR. And then in the 800, yet another PR… an 8-second improvement at 2:35.
Callum Turner (SR)
At Dublin, Callum toed the line in the 1600 to improve upon his stellar 4:25 from SFL Championships last May. He did PR, but just by a few tenths, so still at 4:25. Bronco would have been a chance to get it lower, but he elected to save his legs for a fresh 3200, which ended up being a very good choice, as he ran a blistering 9:32 for a shiny new PR. His efforts placed him in the top 3, earning a t-shirt, hitting the season trifecta, and making some friends along the way.
Brendan Whitmore (JR)
Given that Brendan had to take several months off for a knee condition that didn’t allow him to run, his trajectory of improvement since the season began has been dramatic. Brendan’s 3200 at Dublin was over half a minute faster than his season debut at Placer. And then at Bronco, his 5:25 was his fastest of the season by nearly 10 seconds. His 800 at Bronco was a full 10 seconds better than any mark he’d run this season.
Landon Wibbeler (JR)
Landon collected a couple of PR’s at Dublin. First was the Friday evening 3200, where he got the excitement started by cracking that 11-minute barrier for the first time in his life, clocking 10:57, a 20-second improvement from his 2022 PR. In the 1600 the next day, Landon hit another PR, going 5:11. A week later at Bronco, Landon pushed the pace to keep the 5-flat goal alive, actually leading the large pack for a couple hundred meters, eventually hitting an impressive 5:04. Continuing the PR trend, he came back in the 800 to PR at 2:28, yet another runner this year to hit the trifecta, with half the season yet to go.